Is Confrontation inevitable? Political tension is increasing, but cooperation could still prevail

Five U.S. B-52 Bombers were conducting a training mission on March 28 high over the Norwegian Sea in the Arctic Ocean. F-16 fighter jets from Norway were also aloft, part of joint NATO exercises involving 10,000 troops in northern Sweden. Unexpectedly, two Russian Tu-160 bombers crossed into the sam...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stephen, K.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Norway
Norwegian Sea
Northern Sweden
Online Access:https://publications.iass-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_4989888
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Summary:Five U.S. B-52 Bombers were conducting a training mission on March 28 high over the Norwegian Sea in the Arctic Ocean. F-16 fighter jets from Norway were also aloft, part of joint NATO exercises involving 10,000 troops in northern Sweden. Unexpectedly, two Russian Tu-160 bombers crossed into the same airspace. Surprised, Norway scrambled the F-16s to follow the interlopers.

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