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RUSSIAN THREAT. U.S. conducts strategic bomber exercise
5/13/2014 1:00:52 PM
The US Strategic Command, which is in charge of waging nuclear war, is conducting large-scale bomber exercises this week—days after Russia held what Moscow called "massive" war games simulating a US and NATO nuclear attack.
Ten US B-52 bombers and up to six B-2 strategic bombers will take part in the war games called "Global Lightning 14" from Monday through May 16, the command said in a statement late Sunday.
The purpose is to "demonstrate flexibility and responsiveness in training scenarios throughout the continental US," the command said in a statement from its Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska headquarters.
"This exercise provides unique training opportunities to incorporate the most current technology and techniques in support of our mission," said Adm. Cecil Haney, Strategic Command commander. "Continued focus and investment in our strategic capabilities allow US Stratcom to deter, dissuade, and defeat current and future threats to the US and our allies."
Global Lightning, planned for more than a year, will began days after Russian Vladimir Putin last week oversaw what Russian defense officials called a "massive" nuclear war drill that simulated US and NATO nuclear attacks.
Tensions remain high between the United States and Russia over Moscow's military annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula and ongoing pro-Russian unrest in eastern Ukraine.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Sunday declined to categorize Russia as an enemy, despite its aggression in Ukraine.
"We're not at war with Russia, so do define an enemy as being at war or not at war?" Hagel said on ABC's This Week.
Russia is "an adversary in Ukraine, sure," he said.
"But I think that's a little simplistic to get into either enemy, friend, partner, so on," Hagel said. "Russia continues to isolate itself for a short-term gain. The Russians may feel that somehow they're winning, but the war was not about just short term."
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