Russia Violates U.S. Airspace--Russian nuclear bombers violated U.S. airspace

Washington Free Beacon ^ | June 28, 2012 | Bill Gertz

[AppyPappy]

Nuclear bombers.

OK

[ETL]

Republican Rep Turner, although right-on with his concerns over these continuing Russia-China, others, war games, doesn't seem to quite 'get' what Obama means by a 'reset' with Russia. Obama's 'reset' is based on the Russia-ChiCom "new world order" agenda: a stronger Russia and China and a significantly weaker US.

From the article:

"On Capitol Hill, a senior House Republican expressed concern over the Russian war games.

“These latest reported actions show what the Russian Federation thinks of the 'reset' the Obama administration desperately continues to push,” said Rep. Michael R. Turner (R., Ohio), chairman of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee.

“Incursions into our airspace, along with their threats to attack our missile defense systems, show President Putin’s aggression in the face of President Obama’s ‘flexibility,’” said Turner.

Turner was referring to open-microphone comments made by the president during a meeting in March with then-Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. Obama was overheard telling the Russian leader not to pressure him during the election and promising “more flexibility” in negotiations with Moscow on missile defenses after his presumed reelection."

[MeganC]

>>>A Russian military spokesman, Air Force Lt. Col. Vladimir Deryabin, was quoted in Russian press reports as saying the purpose of strategic exercise involved “practice destruction of enemy air defenses and strategic facilities.”<<<

If the Russians think of us as their enemy then why does Obama insist on calling them our ‘friend’?

[hitchwolf]

Hey, enough with your facts.

Don’t you know it’s much easier to live in a fairytale world where the boogeyman is coming to get you at all times of the day?

[moonshot925]

No, but some ICBMs like Minuteman III have a self destruct mechanism.

Look what happened to the B-70 and Skybolt programs. They were canceled in 1961/62 while the Minuteman and Polaris programs were accelerated.

ICBMs are a cheaper and more effective way of doing the same thing. They have much faster response times and are less vulnerable.

[ScottinVA]

Obama doesn’t give two sh*ts about this. He has his shiny new Obamacare victory and won’t be deterred from his happy time.

[ScottinVA]

The U.S. Northern Command and joint U.S.-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) Command said two Russian bombers violated U.S. airspace near Alaska during recent arctic war games.

I remember in 2008 one Sarah Palin mentioning these airspace incursions by Russian aircraft and drawing derision and ridicule for it.

[austinaero]

It’s a game,,this is old. They probe, just to see how we respond..we probe,,put a bunch of equipment off range,,see how they respond. I think there is a standing “disagreement” over where the exact boundary is,,and it’s not by much,,and in a fighter jet,.it’s mere seconds if that

[khelus]

Thanks for the ping and hat tip.

Great link collection about Russia and China.