Russian strategic bombers land in Venezuela
Two Russian strategic bombers landed in Venezuela on Wednesday as part of military maneuvers, President Hugo Chavez said, welcoming the unprecedented deployment at a time of increasing tensions between Moscow and the USThe Venezuelan leader said the two Russian Tu-160 bombers will conduct maneuvers and that he hopes to ``fly one of those things'' himself.Russian military analysts said it was the first time Russian strategic bombers have landed in the Western Hemisphere since the Cold War.
RUSSIA flew two strategic bombers to Venezuela yesterday in the first such long-range flight since the Cold War.