Two Russian strategic bombers Tu-160 landed on Wednesday in the Military Base Eérea Liberator, to carry out flights "training" in the region, announced the Russian Ministry of Defense to local news agencies.
"Two Tu-160 strategic bombers of the Russian air force carried out during several days of training flights over neutral waters, after which they return to their base" in Russia, said a spokesman for the agency Mnterfax.
The planes were followed during part of his journey by fighters of the Organization of the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO), indicated to turn the agency RIA Novosti, citing the same source at the Ministry, reported AFP.
The Tupolev Tu-160, according to the Blackjack code of NATO, is a supersonic bomber with variable-geometry wings. The president of Costa Rica and Nobel Peace Laureate, Oscar Arias, considers the visit of Russian Northern Fleet to the region as a "logical response" to the U.S. decision to install its missile shield and was totally outraged.
