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Saturday, April 06, 2013

Russian Strategic Bomber Burned Beyond Recovery

Tu-95 Bear |An iconic Russian Cold War bomber, which had been reported to suffer a minor malfunction, actually burned beyond recovery for unclear reasons, Kommersant daily said Saturday.

A Tu-95MC “Bear-H” turboprop missile carrier aborted takeoff after the crew discovered smoke in the service compartment in mid-February.

The Defense Ministry only reported at the time that the fire was soon extinguished and that no one was hurt in the incident, which took place at an airbase in Ryazan Region in central Russia.

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