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Washington Times: Nuclear-capable Russian bombers cruise California, Alaska coastlines on July 4

Published July 7, 2015 at 7:45 am

Russian Air Force Su-24 bombers (center) fly during a military exercise in southern Russia on Feb. 11, 2015.

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While Americans celebrated the Fourth of July, four nuclear-capable Russian long-range strategic bomber aircraft cruised through the U.S. Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), not far from the Alaskan and California coastlines.