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Vladimir Putin has signed off a new division of monstrous nuclear capable bombers to patrol the region.

Relations between the two superpowers are poor with the Kremlin warning Russians to "prepare for war".

Long-range bombers dubbed "Blackjacks" and "Bears" will undertake regular patrols which were common during the Cold War.

And at the Russian border with Europe at Finland, planes are already penetrating foreign airspace.

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The TU-95Ms and TU-22M3s strategic bombers will undertake flights over the Pacific Ocean extending as far as Hawaii and US military bases in Guam.

A new Iron Curtain is falling between the US and Russia as the two nations cut off communication over brewing tensions in Syria.

With the US, China, North Korea and Russia all wielding immense military power in the Pacific the region has been dubbed the Apocalypse Cauldron which could be ground zero for World War 3.

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A spokesman for the Defense Ministry revealed the plans to Russian newspaper Izvestia.

He said: "The formation of the division is almost complete now. It consists of several squadrons of long-distance bombers deployed in the Eastern and Central military districts."

Russia have been moving their firepower to the edges of the territory in recent months,.

Thousands of troops and tanks have been sent towards the Baltic and nuclear ICBMs deployed to their Eastern-most border.

Putin expressed fears earlier this year the world could be descending towards a new Cold War.

Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov told the paper: "Back in the Soviet days our long-range bombers in the Far East had as their primary targets US military bases in Japan, on Guam Island, which then served as the main base of US strategic bombers in the Pacific, and also the US naval bases in Hawaii."

He added the missile carrying planes were used to keep an eye on "enemy activity" and the patrols have not been deployed since the early 2000s.

Russian bombers have regularly been intercepted buzzing European nations including Britain.

Confrontations between NATO powers and the Kremlin have left the world seconds from armageddon as tense moments see nuclear weapons primed for combat – including during RAF intercepts of flypasts during the UK.

The US recently moved their nuclear-capable stealth bombers into their bases in Guam to meet the threats from China, Russia and North Korea.