Russian Bombers Flew Undetected Across Arctic

[file83]

Feeling vulnerable yet?
Is Russia trying to warn us about attacking Iran?
Or just Russian propaganda?

What do you think:

Russian military planes flew undetected through the U.S. zone of the Arctic Ocean to Canada during recent military exercises, a senior (Russian) Air Force commander said Saturday. The commander of the country's long-range strategic bombers, Lieutenant General Igor Khvorov, said the U.S. Air Force is now investigating why its military was unable to detect the Russian bombers.

"They were unable to detect the planes either with radars or visually," he said.

source: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russian_Bombers_Flew_Undetected_Across_Arctic.html

on edit: Additional sources:
http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/04/24/Navigation/177/206145/Russians+claim+bomber+flights+over+US+territory+went.html
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11502888

[AngryAmish]

1. kinda looks like a B1

[KeepItReal]

10. That's the Tu-160 BlackJack Bomber...

Tu-160 BLACKJACK (TUPOLEV)

"The Tu-160 is a multi-mission strategic bomber designed for operations ranging from subsonic speeds and low altitudes to speeds over Mach 1 at high altitudes. The two weapons bays can accommodate different mission-specific loads, including strategic cruise missiles, short-range guided missiles, nuclear and conventional bombs, and mines. Its basic armament of short-range guided missiles and strategic cruise missiles enables it to deliver nuclear strikes to targets with preassigned coordinates.In the future, after the aircraft is equipped with high-precision conventional weapons it may also be used against mobile or tactical targets."

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/bomber/tu-160.htm

[Taxloss]

2. This calls for another $140gazillion dollars into missile defence!

Money well spent, I say.

[Kolesar]

3. Tonight's "THREATDOWN" on the Colbert Report ... eom

[LARED]

4. Cloaking Device???

[file83]

6. Like a Klingon "Bird of Prey"? LOL. - If they had that tech....

...we'd be screwed.

[TrogL]

5. OK, Canada should declare sovergnity over Alaska

or Russia should get it back.

[file83]

7. Before or after WWIII?

[JVS]

8. Glory to Stalin's Falcons! Conquerers of the air element!

[lovuian]

9. America has been left very vulnerable by Bush

and yes Russia is giving Bush the headsup... your one big Bullseye...

[file83]

11. The official 9/11 story, if to be believed, proved that our nation's...

...defenses are completely inadequate. To think that ANYTHING could hit the Pentagon illustrates this point.

I think that the Military Industrial Complex (MIC) has worked well in building up strong offensive military, but the MIC has completely left our defenses in shambles.