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‘Very dangerous’: Pentagon says armed Chinese jet did ‘barrel roll’ over US aircraft
Fox News ^ | August 22, 2014 | FoxNews.com

Posted on 08/22/2014 3:21:57 PM PDT by twister881

The Pentagon said Friday that a Chinese fighter jet made “several passes” by a U.S. Navy aircraft earlier this week off the coast of China in international airspace, baring its weapons and coming within mere feet of the U.S. plane.

Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said...“Not only is it unprofessional, it’s unsafe,” Kirby said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barrelroll; chinaagressing; chinajet; chinese; jet; provocation; us
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To: Flag_This
Morons are trying to relive the Hainan Island incident.

Their hero Wrong Way Wang Wei.

41 posted on 08/22/2014 3:57:12 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: dfwgator
You are fined one credit for a violation of the verbal morality statute.

Cuss a couple of more times... I don't know how to work the three seashells...

42 posted on 08/22/2014 3:58:10 PM PDT by Charles H. (The_r0nin) (Hwaet! Lar bith maest hord, sothlice!)
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To: bgill

Kirby is one observant dude. And a loser. And he is a Navy REAR Admiral (aka Horse’s Ass).

John Paul Jones and Adm. Farragut are crying in their graves.

Won’t even begin to think of what Bull Halsey is saying about this clown.


43 posted on 08/22/2014 4:00:46 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: twister881
Like April, 2001 all over again. Our so-called "president" is being tested by the Chicoms, and is failing miserably, just like Bush did in 2001.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

44 posted on 08/22/2014 4:02:01 PM PDT by wku man ("Weenie in a Hybrid" by 10 Pound Test - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWdLDSB_6gY)
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To: twister881

Obama’s fault.


45 posted on 08/22/2014 4:04:13 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty (tagline closed due to tyranny)
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To: VerySadAmerican

When the muzzies hit the Twin Towers did Bush say “That’s very unprofessional and unsafe.” ?

BUMP!


46 posted on 08/22/2014 4:05:00 PM PDT by fanfan ("If Muslim kids were asked to go to church on Sunday and take Holy Communion there would be war.")
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To: EEGator

Our guys used to do the same thing back in the day, and maybe still do.

Read Sweetwater Gunslinger 102. I think Top Gun was based on the book.


47 posted on 08/22/2014 4:07:12 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: dfwgator

LMAO!


48 posted on 08/22/2014 4:07:37 PM PDT by Ajnin (Wolves don't lose sleep over the opinion of sheep.)
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To: EEGator

Good job EE


49 posted on 08/22/2014 4:11:29 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
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To: PhiloBedo

I’ll check it out,thanks.


50 posted on 08/22/2014 4:11:36 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: lightman

“Warrior cultures despise a weak POTUS.”

A Navy vet told me that when Carter was president Syrian jets would break the sound barrier as they flew between and below the tops of the two antenna groups on his ship. (Extremely dangerous.) They stopped even coming close as soon as Reagan was elected.


51 posted on 08/22/2014 4:12:30 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: twister881

A Chinese jet did an egg roll? Those Chinese pilots must have been gettin’ some of General Tso’s Chicken.


52 posted on 08/22/2014 4:17:11 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: bgill

It was explained to me many years ago or I read it somewhere.

In the Army and the Marines, the machines serve the men.

In the Navy and the Air Force, the men serve the machines.

Don’t hurt the machines!

Otherwise,’Follow Me!’.


53 posted on 08/22/2014 4:19:13 PM PDT by x1stcav (Leftism is like rust. It corrodes twenty-four hous a day.)
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To: twister881

54 posted on 08/22/2014 4:19:44 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: puppypusher; real saxophonist

The Brits armed their Nimrods with Sidewinders during the Falklands conflict, o its not impossible. But that’s scanty defense against a high-performance fighter.

About these not being considered a threat, they are still capable of carrying anti-ship and anti-sub weapons, so that’s technically a threat.


55 posted on 08/22/2014 4:20:34 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: twister881

Out of curiosity, how do you think the US Air Force would respond if Chinese ELINT aircraft were flying routes 135 miles off the coast of the US? I’m not aware of them doing that, and when the Russians occasionally do it it’s newsworthy...


56 posted on 08/22/2014 4:22:29 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Joe Boucher

Thank you Sir.


57 posted on 08/22/2014 4:22:46 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: BIGLOOK

Bring back some memories, that aren’t so great?


58 posted on 08/22/2014 4:26:52 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Our Sunni White house isn't surprised at the beheading. They are surprised at the publicity)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

“Uh Oh, Obama will have that chinee pilot reprimanded and fined by the FAA.”

No, his main hate America thug, Holder, will “investigate” this to see if it is a criminal act.

Then he will spend millions of our Tax dollars with his lawyer buddies “investigating” this.

The results will be same as the investigations of Benghazi and Lois Lerner, the IRS liar.


59 posted on 08/22/2014 4:30:12 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Our Sunni White house isn't surprised at the beheading. They are surprised at the publicity)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

“About these not being considered a threat, they are still capable of carrying anti-ship and anti-sub weapons, so that’s technically a threat.”

Yea!Your Right.All the more reason to add AMRAAM’s to the armament or have those F-18’s nearby babysitting them.

There is No reason to have them flying near China defenseless.


60 posted on 08/22/2014 4:31:14 PM PDT by puppypusher ( The World is going to the dogs.)
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