If imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, the Soviet Tupolev TU-4 should have made Western Nations tickled pink. But quite the opposite was the .
12 Mar 2021
Japan’s air force recently deployed F-15 fighter jets to intercept two Russian nuclear-capable Tupolev Tu-95MS bombers flying over the Sea of Japan, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported Thursday.
“Two Tu-95MS strategic bombers of the long-range aviation conducted a routine flight over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan and the north-western part of the Pacific Ocean… The duration of the flight exceeded nine hours. At certain stages of the flight, the Russian strategic bombers were escorted by the Japanese air force’s F-15 fighters,” Russia’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement issued March 11.