俄罗斯测试现代化的反潜机
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俄罗斯测试现代化的反潜机
MOSCOW, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Northern Fleet will test a modernized1 anti-submarine aircraft, the Il-38N, which could be used in the Arctic region, a military official said Sunday.
"The plane has been enhanced with new generation detachable hydroacoustic and magnetic
beacons2 that surpass their Western counterparts in a range of ways," the RIA Novosti news agency quoted the fleet's spokesman, Vadim Serga, as saying.
The first crew had begun the practical flight training after concluding the theoretical part of the program, Novosti said.
He added that the plane, equipped with the Novella
sensor3 system that can detect targets from up to 320 km away, can act as a
maritime4 patrol aircraft capable of performing electronic reconnaissance.
On Friday, Serga said the Northern Fleet would expand its air patrol ranges in the Arctic region in 2014 and use the network of a revamped Soviet-era
airfield5, the Temp airfield, on the New Siberian Islands.
In December, President Vladimir Putin ordered the
Defense6 Ministry7 to take every step necessary to protect Russia's security and national interests in the Arctic region.
Russia, Canada, Denmark, the United States and Norway have been collecting scientific evidence for more than a decade in an effort to demand expansion of their exclusive economic zone for additional 200
nautical8 miles (370.4 km) in the northern seas.
According to the UN Convention, each country should demonstrate that the seabed is a natural extension of its
continental9 shelf.
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