We had 13 aerial tankers airborne over the Med. Russia knew that, and was watching them, thinking the bombers were coming from the west..
The ruse was that the bombers came from the east, where Russia and Iran have no radar.
Russia didn’t even turn on their S-400 and S-300 radar. They knew that if they tracked any of our inbound aircraft their radar would get cratered.
How would they get cratered?