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Russia's strategic bombers, which in recent years have caused air defenses to scramble in Japan and other neighboring countries with their flights, have diverted away from Japan, Air Force Chief Anatoly Zhikharev told Interfax.
Russia Steps Up Radiation Monitoring Gregory L. White 2011
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Zhikharev said Cuba had a several air bases equipped with the long runways needed by the heavy bombers and said the facilities there were "entirely acceptable" for use by the Russian aircraft during long-distance patrols.
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"If the will of the two states is there, the political will, then we are prepared to fly there" to the bases in Cuba, the agency quoted Zhikharev as saying.
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Zhikharev said Cuba had a several air bases equipped with the long runways needed by the heavy bombers and said the facilities there were "entirely acceptable" for use by the Russian aircraft during long-distance patrols.
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"If the will of the two states is there, the political will, then we are prepared to fly there" to the bases in Cuba, the agency quoted Zhikharev as saying.
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"Yes, there has been such a proposal from the Venezuelan president," Zhikharev said.
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Zhikharev reportedly said Saturday that Chavez had offered "a whole island with an airdrome, which we can use as a temporary base for strategic bombers."
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Zhikharev indicated that Russia was looking only at occasional use of the facilities - not setting up permanent bases in the region.
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Interfax also reported that Zhikharev said Russian bombers could be based in communist-led Cuba, but a Kremlin official said Zhikharev had been speaking hypothetically.
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"Yes, there has been such a proposal from the Venezuelan president," Zhikharev said.
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