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Air Force confirms Russian jets circled US territory of Guam
FoxNews.com ^ | 2-16-2013 | FoxNews.com [author]

Posted on 02/16/2013 12:07:17 PM PST by topher

Edited on 02/16/2013 12:14:47 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

The Air Force confirms that two Russian bombers on Tuesday circled the U.S. island territory of Guam, prompting U.S. jets to scramble and respond.

Two U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter aircraft, operating out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, intercepted the Russian Tu-95 bomber aircrafts, which left in a northbound direction, said military spokeswoman Capt. Kim Bender.


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TOPICS: Extended News; Japan; News/Current Events; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhorussia; guam; nationalsecurity; russia; tu95; usaf; waronterror
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I am curious how they knew the Russian Aircraft were carrying nuclear tipped missiles.

I understand cruise missiles being visible, but how does one know that they have nuclear warheads?

1 posted on 02/16/2013 12:07:27 PM PST by topher
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To: topher

Maybe they wanted to watch it tip over?


2 posted on 02/16/2013 12:08:32 PM PST by Cowboy Bob (Soon the "invisible hand" will press the economic "reset" button.)
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To: topher

I am curious how they knew the Russian Aircraft were jets.


3 posted on 02/16/2013 12:08:58 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Cowboy Bob

Beat me too it


4 posted on 02/16/2013 12:10:01 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: topher

We have Beeber like devices that detect them


5 posted on 02/16/2013 12:11:00 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: topher
Newspaper cited in article is the Washington Free Beacon: More on this story, click this link

Bill Gertz is the author of the story on the Washington Free Beacon.

6 posted on 02/16/2013 12:11:01 PM PST by topher (Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)
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Air Force confirms Russian jets circled US territory of Guam

Jets? Tu-95s are turboprop aircraft.

Russian Tu-95 bomber aircrafts

"Aircrafts"? AIRCRAFTS???

Damn, journalists are getting lazier and lazier.

7 posted on 02/16/2013 12:12:33 PM PST by SIDENET (I've drawn my line in the sand.)
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I’ll bet you a dollar to a donut that the Obama Administration told the Guan AF to “stand down.”

Just like Benghazi.

I bet the F-15s weren’t even armed.


8 posted on 02/16/2013 12:12:38 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: al baby

You may you don’t have to rely on the fact they glow in the dark?


9 posted on 02/16/2013 12:13:02 PM PST by topher (Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)
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To: All

Ok, a nickle to the first person to “get” my joke.


10 posted on 02/16/2013 12:13:21 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: topher
This is nothing new. Russia like to approach our airspace every now and then to get a reaction. As for nukes, when I was in Intel I used to call this "Ouija board." reporting...as opposed to saying they pulled it out of their a..


11 posted on 02/16/2013 12:13:44 PM PST by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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We have Beeber like devices that detect them

Well, color me STUNED.

12 posted on 02/16/2013 12:13:50 PM PST by SIDENET (I've drawn my line in the sand.)
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To: SIDENET

At least they didn’t say “aircraftses”...


13 posted on 02/16/2013 12:14:50 PM PST by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
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To: SIDENET
I had the same thoughts. FoxNews should have caught that.

The author on the Washington Free Beacon side (Bill Gertz) may be getting slow in his old age...

14 posted on 02/16/2013 12:15:13 PM PST by topher (Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)
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To: SIDENET

Turboprops are jets.

Essentially, variations on turbofans, but the fan is unducted.


15 posted on 02/16/2013 12:15:54 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: topher

16 posted on 02/16/2013 12:15:54 PM PST by gaijin
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To: topher

That’s what Bears are primarily for: carrying nukes. Whole lot of traffic of all kinds going on in that area, most likely, and things are getting tight. China wants more real estate with more east Asian people (”One China policy” extended) and more routes. Russia wants to help (see SCO members) and to take back some real estate just south of it. There are Iran and N. Korea: lapdogs of the aforementioned, which countries may be close to mounting nukes.

That’s what we should be concerned about—not all of the other broadcasts of hysteria going on. Oh...and our Navy and Air Force going on strike because of budget cuts? Ha! Yeah, right! We’re closer to high-intensity and nuclear war than ever before. That’s my guess.


17 posted on 02/16/2013 12:21:11 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
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To: topher

You better give it to em zer0, They might beat you up and take your lunch money.


18 posted on 02/16/2013 12:23:10 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: 1rudeboy

They are turboprops. Which is a type of jet prop.


19 posted on 02/16/2013 12:27:02 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Vaquero

I get that, and I’m not familiar with the Tu-95 enough to say how much “jet” is used for propulsion.


20 posted on 02/16/2013 12:28:14 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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