Well, this is just dandy. It didn't take the Russians long to test the new defense pact between the US and Iceland to see if anyone was awake.
1 posted on
10/06/2006 11:46:29 AM PDT by
Truth29
To: Leifur; Theoden
2 posted on
10/06/2006 11:47:31 AM PDT by
Truth29
(r)
To: Truth29
Yep, and no one was awake...
3 posted on
10/06/2006 11:48:08 AM PDT by
GOPJ
(Quickest way to put the Foley scandal behind us is for Foley to switch parties - BufordP)
To: Truth29
Ain't that the truth. Looks like the Russkies are thinking about Iceland if NATO won't back off of letting Eastern European nations join up. Ironically, I just got done yesterday re-reading "Red Storm Rising" and this just seems too 'deja vu'.
4 posted on
10/06/2006 11:49:36 AM PDT by
PeterFinn
(Condoleeza Rice. President. 2008.)
To: Truth29
Icelandic airspace is just as secure as it was before LOL
5 posted on
10/06/2006 11:50:36 AM PDT by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: Truth29
Gudmundsdóttir admits that communications with radar stations have been somewhat lax since the departure of the US military, but says that the Icelandic airspace is just as secure as it was before
We have great RADAR coverage...
7 posted on
10/06/2006 11:53:09 AM PDT by
Dominick
("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." - JP II)
To: Truth29
8 posted on
10/06/2006 11:57:47 AM PDT by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: Truth29
The boys in Colorado probably knew about it; suppose there's nothing they could have done with no fighters on station in Iceland to chase them out.
9 posted on
10/06/2006 12:00:15 PM PDT by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: Truth29
I spent 2 years stationed in Iceland chasing Bear bombers and it wouldn't surprise me a bit if they were able to overfly Iceland pretty much unnoticed since there's no military presence ther any more.
All the Icelandics have are three radar sites (assuming they are all still operational) used by our military previously but that are now used only as Air Traffic Control facilities. If the aircraft weren't squawking there's a good chance the Icelandics wouldn't see them even though they would get a raw data return from the aircraft. Raw data wouldn't tell them who they were, only that there are aircraft there.
12 posted on
10/06/2006 12:11:02 PM PDT by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: Truth29
Come on guys! The Russians are our friends now...
They were just flyin' around minding their own bidness!
yukety yuk yuk...
13 posted on
10/06/2006 12:12:12 PM PDT by
stevie_d_64
(Houston Area Texans (I've always been hated))
To: Truth29
I am sure the Ruskies didn't do it on purpose......
14 posted on
10/06/2006 12:12:51 PM PDT by
b4its2late
(I'm not insensitive, I just don't care.)
To: Truth29
It is my understanding that we left Iceland completely just a few weeks ago. We wanted them to upgrade the base some and they said no, so we said goodbye.
I wonder if they are rethinking their decision now?
19 posted on
10/06/2006 12:34:39 PM PDT by
Veloxherc
(To go up pull back, to go down pull back all the way.)
To: patton; Cyber Liberty; NicknamedBob; coolbreeze; Argh; Truth29
yeppers.\\
Iceland is "just as secure" as it was before.
Yepp. Of course. Right.
24 posted on
10/06/2006 12:42:45 PM PDT by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Truth29
They're also complaining about our goings on with Poland. They really seem to be energized by their recent oil wealth.
46 posted on
10/06/2006 1:55:02 PM PDT by
PghBaldy
(Depose Nancy! What did she know and when did she know it?)
To: Truth29
So....
How's That "We don't NEED a military!" thing going over with the leftists in Iceland right now??
63 posted on
10/06/2006 3:16:56 PM PDT by
tcrlaf
(VOTE DEM! You'll Look GREAT In A Burqa!)
To: Truth29
HjördÃs Gudmundsdóttir, Now, there's a language for ya'!
67 posted on
10/06/2006 4:52:59 PM PDT by
bannie
(HILLARY: Not all perversions are sexual.)
To: Truth29
Russian bombers passed aviation tower unnoticed
It's also very possible that the Russians had no idea where they were.
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