Nautical Update: Two Russian aircraft buzzed U.S. warship off Arctic Coast

Conservative Refocus News ^ | 9/17/10 | Barry Secrest

[sushiman]

A pair of Russian aircraft buzzed a U.S. warship off the Arctic coast of Russia on consecutive days last week, leading the U.S. Navy chief of naval operations to raise the issue with his Russian counterpart, a Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said.

[sushiman]

OK, so what was the message they were sending ?

[rahbert]

They buzzed US ships off the Arctic coast of Russia.

I suspect they were reminding the navigator that the three mile limit is close by. Our navy would do likewize in a similar situation.

[darkwing104]

Same old stuff different year...Nothing new but I am surprised that the IL-38s are still flying.

[saluki_in_ohio]

I remember when I was in the Navy we would see Soviet aircraft fly over our ship regularly. It happened so often we would think nothing of it...

[Gay State Conservative]

The Soviets know that with Hussein in charge they have *nothing* to fear from the United States Armed Forces.

[Beowulf9]

“The Soviets know that with Hussein in charge they have *nothing* to fear from the United States Armed Forces.”

My thoughts exactly.

[sushiman]

50 yards away and 100 feet high ?

[Eyes Unclouded]

We’ve gotten back up on our feet at the same time you guys are about to fall down on your a**.

[sushiman]

To what are you referring ?

[saluki_in_ohio]

50 yards away and 100 feet high ?

I don't remember the distances, but I remember seeing several Tu-95 Bear bombers up close and personal on a Westpac cruise in 1983....

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Fun and games, doesn’t mean a thing.

[TomServo]

Big deal....happens all the time....

[conservativeharleyguy]

They were probably looking for a place they could bail out of their flying tractors and make a dash for asylum in the US...

[skeeter]

I’m not sure what these silly cold war games of theirs hope to achieve. Its not as though we don’t know they’re coming.

[KingLudd]

Exactly. Too bad because we’ve got all of this badass stuff with which to fight.

[AU72]

Just the Russian military equivalent of Putin riding a horse bareback.

[SgtBob]

The P-3 Orion (Il-38’s carbon copy) is 5 years older. Putin will maintain his military.

[magslinger]

We had a Bear pass overhead so low I could see the stenciling on the panels. He cleared the mast. I don’t know who was more surprised, me or the pilot.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Used to happen all the time during the cold war. No big deal, just launch the alert fighters to intercept while the planes are still hundreds of miles away.

[InABunkerUnderSF]

You’re right.

It only meant something if the Taylor lit something off. The purpose of the game was to get the other guy’s ship to light off a radar or send off an Oh$h!ogram that can be subjected to analysis.