Norway scrambles warplanes to escort Russian bombers

MOSCOW:

Norway

scrambled warplanes on Wednesday to escort Russian strategic bombers over the Barents and Norwegian seas, the Russian defence ministry said, quoted by

TASS

new agency.



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Norwegian Air Force F-16

fighter jets escorted Russian strategic missile carriers through parts of their route," it said.

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Elisabeth Eikeland

of the

Norwegian Joint Headquarters

told

Reuters

.

Russia

does the same if the situation is reversed.

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Bodoe

, northern Norway,

Eikeland

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