Russia reportedly said the MiG-31 aircraft are now based at a Kaliningrad airfield 'as part of the implementation of additional strategic deterrence measures.'
Russia's Defense Ministry said Thursday that the MiG-31 aircraft are now based at the Chkalovsk airfield in the Kaliningrad region"as part of the implementation of additional strategic deterrence measures," Russian state-owned news agency Ria Novosti reported.
That means the planes, equipped with their Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, are now close to NATO borders. , which does not share any borders with Russia but is still part of its territory, is sandwiched between NATO countries Poland and Lithuania.
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