Russian A-50 military reconnaissance aircraft with special external radar and monitoring system takes off from the airport outside the town of Pechora, Komi repuplic, Russia, 29 March 1995. This airport is a part of the “Darial” space defence center responsible for North-Western air space territories, that encompass the Greenland sea, North Atlantic and the United States of America and can detect missiles within radius of 6,000 kilometres. (Photo by Vladimir Mashatin/EPA)
