1.How often would NATO fighters have to intercept these bombers?
2.Are these bombers armed and if so with what type of weapons?
3.What routing's would they take when heading towards UK or wherever they decide to go?
4.What happens if they cross an airway and how would ATC handle this?
5.Roughly how long would a typical mission last?
6.Also does the US have patrols like these with their bombers?
Since most of this in my eyes is secret, we'll cover it sensibly.
1. Whenever they are deemed a threat... Not daily if thats what you're worried about.
2. Probably, search for "Bear", "Backfire" and "Blackjack" on
here, and there associated weapons.
3. Draw a line from Russia, without going within 12miles of any other country, and thats a rough idea of a routing they are allowed to take.
4. Nothing like annoying someone by flying through restricted or controlled airspace, thankfully the Ruskies are not idiots, they dont want to bump into another plane.
5. 14hrs or so isn't out of the realms of possibility.
6. Almost certainly, wasn't *that* long ago they always had a couple of Nuclear armed B52's over europe.
Hope thats alright.