U.S. military detected two Russian aircraft flying toward a U.S. naval exercise in the Pacific Ocean, Pentagon said on Thursday.
The aircraft, two TU-95 Bear strategic bombers, were detected on Wednesday as they were approaching the exercise site in waters off Guam, Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Commander Chito Peppler said.
However, no air-to-air interception ensued since the Russian aircraft didn't get close enough to Guam, where the U.S forces were engaged in a naval exercise involving about 30 naval vessels and over 20,000 U.S. military personnel, the spokesman added.
Russia said a long-range Russian bomber flew over a U.S. military base on Guam, a claim denied by Pentagon.
Source: Xinhua
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