In sci.space.history Pat Flannery wrote:
Bear Bomber that is!
If you want to see just how far our stock (literally and figuratively)
has sunk in the world, just read this little item:
http://www.barentsobserver.com/russi...408-58932.html
We should have seen this coming after that Bjork "Human Behavior" video
with her as a cosmonaut up on the Moon.

Probably has more to do with Britian freezing Icelandic assets in the
UK and them no longer getting the influx of cash from US Air Force
people at Keflavik.

From what little I've read, Iceland is very much up the creek in the
current money crisis.

As to why the Russians didn't snap at this offer immediately is
beyond me. That would give their naval patrol aircraft a perfect
base for monitoring the whole North Atlantic.

Or perhaps tap into SOSUS?

At the same time though, if things were ever to get "warm" that would
be a very lonely place for the aircrews to be...

rick jones
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