Satellite images published by Norwegian media show how Russia has moved a large number of its strategic bombers to an air base on the Kola Peninsula. The Finnish Defense Forces will not comment on the transfer of aircraft.
Russia has recently placed several strategic long-range bombers at the air base on the Kola peninsula, Norwegian media reports.
An online publication was the first to report on the increased activity of Russians on the Kola peninsula Indeed.
Recent satellite images published by the site show 11 Russian strategic bombers at the air base on the Kola Peninsula.
Norwegian media according to the Olenja air base, a total of seven Tu-160 model and four Tu-95 model bombers have been detected.
Of these, the supersonic bomber Tu-160 has been considered the heaviest military aircraft in the world. The plane, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, was designed for warfare against Europe and the United States during the Cold War.
Olenja air base is located on the Kuola peninsula, about one hundred kilometers from the Finnish border. The Kola Peninsula is strategically important for Russia and there is generally a lot of military activity in the area.
According to Norwegian estimates based on satellite images, the number of strategic bombers at Olanje air base began to increase at the end of August. According to the Norwegians, the location of the squadron of these planes has normally been at the Engels Air Base, which is located more than 700 kilometers southeast of Moscow.
Fresh ones satellite images of Russian bombers have aroused attention and confusion in the Norwegian media. Norwegian Minister of Defense Bjørn Arild Gram has reminded that it is not unusual for Russia to move its machines.
“We are monitoring the situation closely. The atmosphere is tense anyway,” the Norwegian minister said on Wednesday, among other things, of the country’s public broadcasting company in the interview.
The Finnish Defense Forces did not want to comment on the matter on Wednesday.
The media the interviewed Norwegian experts consider it possible that Russia would have now more permanently stationed a squadron of heavy bombers in the north. According to the experts interviewed by the Faktisk website, the transfer of the machines can also be a normal military exercise.
Story edited on 12.10. at 8:17 p.m. Added share related to the Finnish Defense Forces.
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