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. No nuclear weapons on Russian bombers in Venezuela: report
MOSCOW, Sept 11 (AFP) Sep 11, 2008
Neither of the two Russian strategic bombers that flew to Venezuela on Wednesday are carrying nuclear weapons, a Russian air force spokesman said on Thursday, quoted by Interfax.

"There were no nuclear weapons on board these planes," said the spokesman, Vladimir Drik.

NATO planes tracking the two Tu-160 bombers as they flew to the South American country on Wednesday came "dangerously close," he added.

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