Russia will strengthen the security of its eastern maritime border with the help of Tu-160 supersonic strategic bombers, a military official said on Friday.
Russia in 2018 plans to fly Tu-160s to Anadyr, the country's easternmost Arctic town, said Sergei Kobylash, the Aerospace Forces' long-range aviation commander.
He added that "the Arctic is strategically important to us", Xinhua news agency reported.
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Kobylash said that Russia had been exploring new airfields and other ways to ensure security on the eastern maritime border.
In 2017, Russian Tu-22M strategic strike bombers flew for the first time to Anadyr and the town of Vorkuta in Russia's northwest, he said.
The Tu-160 or the White Swan, is a long-range, supersonic strategic bomber which can be equipped with nuclear warheads.
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