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« em: Março 07, 2007, 11:23:16 pm »
Estes Russos estão uns machos feitos :lol:
Russian military to inspect Canada from above
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 7, 2007 | 1:44 PM ET
CBC News

Russian military officials will fly over Canada on Thursday and Friday, on the lookout for weapons of mass destruction that might be hidden in the landscape below.

The flight, aboard a Russian Tupolev 154M jet, is being conducted under the terms of the Treaty on Open Skies. Canada has flown similar observation flights over Russia and other countries that signed the treaty in 2002.

The inspection flights, conceived in the 1950s as a means to foster confidence and compliance in arms-control programs, were initially rejected by former Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev. Following a thaw in the Cold War, NATO and Warsaw Pact countries negotiated a treaty that evolved into an agreement among 25 nations to allow inspections of each other's territory.

In this latest inspection, the 28 Russian officers will depart from Trenton, Ont., and fly over military installations, factories, cities and transportation hubs. Canadian military officials will accompany the Russians to make sure the flight follows the specified route and agreed-upon monitoring methods.

The Russians conducted a previous inspection in 2004, flying at the relatively low altitude of 2,500 meters between Ottawa and Winnipeg, returning the same day.

Under the treaty, the aircraft are unarmed but equipped with special cameras, scanners and radar systems. Canada conducts the flights using a Hercules CC-130 fitted with a Samson sensor pod.

This will be the third inspection flight of Canada by another nation under the treaty

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/03/ ... sians.html
 

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« Responder #1 em: Março 07, 2007, 11:57:42 pm »
Não é por nada, mas acho que realmente que esses voos são mesmo só para gastar dinheiro. :roll:

Cumprimentos,
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