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UK Intercepts Russian Bombers (8 Russian bombers)
Sky News ^
Posted on 09/06/2007 4:40:31 AM PDT by UKrepublican
UK Intercepts Russian Bombers Updated: 12:33, Thursday September 06, 2007
RAF Tornados intercepted eight Russian bombers as they approached UK airspace.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: aerospace; coldwar2; cw2; propplanes; putinssoul; raf; raftornados; russia; russianmilitary; scramble; uk
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To: UKrepublican
Aging air fleet stops aging air fleet?
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posted on
09/06/2007 4:42:13 AM PDT
by
50sDad
(Angels on asteroids are abducting crop circles!)
To: UKrepublican
I suddenly feel the urge to read a Tom Clancy novel.
To: UKrepublican
Just the threat of falling, mild steel large aircraft parts or a cast iron turbo prop from 30,000 feet is enough to warrant an intercept. Not to mention giving a good location fix for air crew rescue.
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posted on
09/06/2007 4:45:27 AM PDT
by
Leisler
(Just be glad you're not getting all the Government you pay for.)
To: UKrepublican; Cindy
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posted on
09/06/2007 4:46:44 AM PDT
by
fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: UKrepublican
Putin has contracted 'nut-job' disease.
Here is the moment he got it:
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posted on
09/06/2007 4:48:02 AM PDT
by
Stallone
(Free Republic - The largest collection of volunteer Freedom Fighters the world has ever known)
To: UKrepublican
Putin has lost his mind. He might start WW3 or is it WW4 by now?
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posted on
09/06/2007 4:49:33 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Fred Thompson '0?)
To: UKrepublican
It’s a good thing they weren’t USAF B-52s. LOL!
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posted on
09/06/2007 4:50:38 AM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(tagline on holiday)
To: UKrepublican
Russia detects a huge breach between the US and Europe/Britain. Expect a lot more of this, and expect Americans not to care one way or the other.
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posted on
09/06/2007 4:51:41 AM PDT
by
Tully Pettigrew 1
(I used to care, now I take a pill for that. Hunter /2008)
To: All
More details:
The Bear Tu95 planes were detected by Nato early this morning.
British fighters were scrambled from RAF Leeming in Yorkshire and the Russian planes diverted and headed back to their base without incident.
Sky’s Defence Correspondent Geoff Meade said: “Diplomatic relations between Moscow and London haven’t been great for some time and I think this maybe a bit of sabre-rattling on behalf of the Russians.
“This is the biggest formation of Russian aircraft to be challenged in this way since the Cold War and marks a stepping up of Moscow’s challenge to British defences.”
To: mainepatsfan
Don’t read it out loud unless it has a real happy ending and the bad guys bite the dust.
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posted on
09/06/2007 4:51:49 AM PDT
by
Cindy
To: Tully Pettigrew 1
They would be wrong if they thought that was the case. If anything the past few months have seen relations become closer.
To: UKrepublican
I think this maybe a bit of sabre-rattling on behalf of the Russians Sabre-rattling to what end? Just to be annoying or is something going on?
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posted on
09/06/2007 4:53:26 AM PDT
by
Lil'freeper
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To: UKrepublican
I don’t like Putin, and I don’t need to look into his eyes to know that. Thumbs up to the RAF.
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posted on
09/06/2007 4:55:38 AM PDT
by
WildcatClan
(Duncan Hunter '08 -)
To: Tully Pettigrew 1
“Russia detects a huge breach between the US and Europe/Britain. Expect a lot more of this, and expect Americans not to care one way or the other.”
Well, if Putin detects a rift between the U.S. and the EU, this is the last thing he should do, as he is going to drive the EU right back into our arms. The EU isn’t going to like Putin’s air threats, as well as his oil threats, one bit. If anything, Western Europe will, as they always do when the chips are down, seek us out as their new best buddy. Wait and see.
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posted on
09/06/2007 4:57:00 AM PDT
by
flaglady47
(Thinking out loud while grinding teeth in political frustration)
To: UKrepublican
“This is the biggest formation of Russian aircraft to be challenged in this way since the Cold War and marks a stepping up of Moscow’s challenge to British defences.” Oh no not those Bear Tu95 rust buckets flying over our air space again!
It must be quite a sight just seeing one of them manage to stay up in the air!!
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posted on
09/06/2007 4:57:18 AM PDT
by
snowman_returns
(The Stone Roses - best band the world ever saw!!)
To: STARWISE; Dog; jeffers
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posted on
09/06/2007 4:57:25 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: UKrepublican
BBC reports Norway scrambled a couple of jets to shadow the Russian bombers too.
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posted on
09/06/2007 4:57:33 AM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(McClatchy News report: Half the nation's families earn below the median family income)
To: Tully Pettigrew 1
Maybe we could invite them to join NATO :)
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posted on
09/06/2007 5:01:15 AM PDT
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
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