Russian strategic bombers land in Venezuela
图160:TU-160后掠时翼展35.6m，展开时55.7m
莫斯科电：俄罗斯政府发言人称:作为军事演习的一部分，周三两架俄罗斯战略轰炸机降落在委内瑞拉，并声称跟最近的俄美紧张局势无关。
■ MOSCOW (AP) - Two Russian strategic bombers landed in Venezuela on Wednesday as part of military manouvers, the government said, announcing an unprecendented deployment to the territory of a new ally at a time of increasingly tense relations with the U.S.
Russia's Defense Ministry said the two Tu-160 bombers flew to Venezuela on a training mission. It said in a statement carried by the Russian news wires that the planes will conduct training flights over neutral waters over the next few days before heading back to Russia.
In Moscow, Defense Ministry spokesman Alexander Drobyshevsky refused to say how long the Venezuela deployment will last or say whether the planes carried any weapons.
TU-160空中加油
The military said NATO fighters escorted the two Russian bombers on their way to Venezuela.
Earlier this week, Russia said it will send a naval squadron and long-range patrol planes to Venezuela in November for a joint military exercise in the Caribbean.
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据俄新网报道，德里克说：“飞行总共用了近40分钟。俄罗斯远程航空兵将在加拉加斯机场为远程飞行进行计划内的准备工作。”
他表示，从9月18日至19日，两架战略轰炸机的机组人员将按空中执勤计划进行长途飞行。飞行区域将是大西洋和北冰洋的公海海域上空。
他早前透露，9月18日战略轰炸机将从委内瑞拉飞回俄罗斯。他说：“远程航空兵的飞机将从加拉加斯机场起飞，飞行时间大约需要15小时。”
在返回远程航空兵恩格斯空军基地期间，轰炸机将飞越大西洋和北冰洋的公海海域上空。他说：“图-160战略轰炸机预计9月19日飞抵目的地。”