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waters, without violation of other states" borders," Drik said.A similar patrol mission in September 2009 was shadowed by an F-22 Raptor, reportedly the first time the world"s only fifth-generation fighter aircraft, which uses stealth technology, was sent out to keep an eye on Russian planes.
Russian strategic bombers resumed patrol flights over the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic oceans in August 2007, following an order from then-President Vladimir Putin, and are usually shadowed by less sophisticated NATO aircraft.
Russia has yet to develop a fifth-generation fighter and has just started testing a prototype, known as the T-50, which is not expected to enter service until 2015. A second U.S. fifth-generation fighter, the F-35 Lightning II, is due to enter service with the U.S. Marine Corps in 2012.
MOSCOW/LONDON, March 25 (RIA Novosti)
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