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Russian Nuclear-Capable Bombers 'Tested' US Air Defenses 16 Times In Last 10 Days
"Smith sought to downplay the incursions that she called 'a spike in activity,' telling the Washington Free Beacon’s Bill Gertz that the flights were assessed as routine training missions and exercises. But an unnamed defense official familiar with the incursion reports disagreed with Smith’s assessment. 'These are not just training missions,' the official told Gertz, saying that Russian strategic nuclear forces appear to be 'trying to test our air defense reactions, or our command and control systems.'"
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