Intercepted Russian bomber was carrying a nuclear missile…

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Intercepted Russian bomber was carrying a nuclear missile over the Channel | UK | News | Daily Express
▻http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/555454/Intercepted-Russian-bomber-was-carrying-a-nuclear-missile-over-the-Channe

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RAF Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled on Wednesday [28 January] after two long-range TU-95 “Bear” bombers were detected flying over the English Channel.
The incident was last night described as “yet another in a series of deliberately provocative” measures by President Vladimir Putin which confirmed that Nato’s status had moved firmly from “rival to adversary”.
Sources within the Ministry of Defence last night revealed that one of the two long-range bombers was carrying at least one air-dropped “seek and find" nuclear warhead-carrtying missile, designed to seek and destroy a Vanguard submarine.
Both Prime Minister David Cameron and Defence Secretary Michael Fallon were alerted after cockpit conservations confirming the bomber’s nuclear payload were intercepted by a Norwegian military listening post, and shared with the Ministry of Defence.
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One senior RAF source said: (…)
"We also knew from another source that one of the aircraft was carrying a nuclear weapon long before it came anywhere near UK airspace.”
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“But this intimidation belies a misunderstanding of the way the West works. As far as our military is concerned, it is helpful for Putin to be stepping up these actions. It serves to remind the public at a time where defence budgets are under pressure that this threat is still real, active and is not going away.”

Et donc, merci M. Poutine, de nous rappeler qu’il ne faut pas diminuer nos dépenses militaires !…

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geneghys @geneghys 1/02/2015

Ah ben c’est joyeux. Si c’est une ogive nucléaire, je ne sais pas si les armements supplémentaires y changeraient quelque chose...

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Reka @reka CC BY-NC-SA 1/02/2015

#it_is_on_the_way_to_begin #cool

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odilon @odilon CC BY-NC-ND 1/02/2015

#monde_de_cinglés

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Fil @fil 1/02/2015

#nucléaire #armement_nucléaire #russie

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Simplicissimus @simplicissimus 2/02/2015

Hé, je ne voulais pas vous affoler !
Je faisais juste remarquer que le ministère de la Défense britannique communiquait sur ce genre d’informations.
Dans quel(s) but(s) ? On peut en imaginer aisément plusieurs : attribuer à la Russie une posture d’agresseur, faire monter la tension et, sordidement comme indiqué dans l’article, préparer des décisions budgétaires favorables aux militaires.
Sinon, ce genre de mission sur une base permanente ont repris, du côté russe en octobre 2007. Ça avait été un peu médiatisé à l’époque, cf.
Reprise des vols permanents de bombardiers russes
▻http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2007/08/20/01003-20070820ARTFIG90093-reprise_des_vols_permanents_de_bombardiers_russes
En France, on a toujours des avions en permanence nucléaire, porteurs de missiles de croisière à tête nucléaire (ASMP-A). Depuis 2010, ce sont des Rafales qui assurent cette mission. D’accord, ils sont au sol.
Ne parlons pas des B-52 états-uniens qui peuvent emporter jusqu’à 20 missiles de croisière à tête nucléaire (AGM-129 ACM). Avec, à l’usage, des plaisanteries telles que celle-ci :
On August 30, 2007 twelve ACMs loaded on a B-52 were flown across the US from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana for decommissioning. The nuclear warheads which should have been removed before the flight were mistakenly left installed on six of the ACMs. For 36 hours the nuclear weapons were unaccounted for, which led to an official investigation of the incident.
WP, of course, ▻http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-129_ACM

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▻http://rt.com/uk/227355-british-typhoons-russian-bombers
Le point de vue des militaires russes contrebalance un peu le point de vue des militaires britanniques, pour les premiers tout cela était prévu. Qui croire, je n’en sais rien, mais l’article anglais sent bon la bonne vieille propagande (sans parler du montage photo hideux en haut de l’article).

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