Top Gun lives!!!!!!! Russian bombers intercepted by F-18s

[calmus]

Ron Paul sucks!!!!!!!!

From BBC

Two Russian bombers approached a US aircraft carrier in the Pacific and were intercepted by American fighter jets, US defence officials say.
The unnamed officials told news agencies that the Russian bombers had flown over the USS Nimitz in the western Pacific on Saturday.

Four F-18 jets escorted the bombers out of the area, they added.

Russia resumed long-range bomber flights last August, in a move regarded as a flexing of military muscle.

Russian officials were not immediately available to comment on Saturday's incident.

It was the first time a Russian bomber had flown over a US aircraft carrier since July 2004.

Meanwhile, Japan has lodged a complaint with Moscow over allegations that a Russian bomber, thought to be one of those involved in the Nimitz fly-over, intruded into Japanese airspace on Saturday.

The incident comes amid renewed tensions between the Moscow and Washington over American plans for a missile defence system based in Poland and the Czech Republic.

[stormshadow]

Ron Paul sucks!!!!!!!!

From BBC

Two Russian bombers approached a US aircraft carrier in the Pacific and were intercepted by American fighter jets, US defence officials say.
The unnamed officials told news agencies that the Russian bombers had flown over the USS Nimitz in the western Pacific on Saturday.

Four F-18 jets escorted the bombers out of the area, they added.

Russia resumed long-range bomber flights last August, in a move regarded as a flexing of military muscle.

Russian officials were not immediately available to comment on Saturday's incident.

It was the first time a Russian bomber had flown over a US aircraft carrier since July 2004.

Meanwhile, Japan has lodged a complaint with Moscow over allegations that a Russian bomber, thought to be one of those involved in the Nimitz fly-over, intruded into Japanese airspace on Saturday.

The incident comes amid renewed tensions between the Moscow and Washington over American plans for a missile defence system based in Poland and the Czech Republic.

Tension over our presence in other countries?  Noooo, couldn't be.  These people are just born and raised to hate us for being prosperous.

Nice self ownership Jackass

[calmus]

Nice self ownership Jackass

if that's addressed to me, go suck a dick.  I never advocated occupation/invasion of any country..........and it's not like we're going to set up missile silos uninvited anyway.

[War-Horse]

Wow. We're amazing.  We sent four "cheetahs"  to run down a "Turtle"..

[headhuntersix]

Ur critizing normal procedures....if a duck flies anywhere near a carrier they're going to scrammble jets....I guess in ur extensive military experience...u would not have scrammbled jets because we don't want to scare anybody. Despite its lumbering nature, The Bear, it was a Bear could lunch enough munitions to potentially sink an entire battlegroup or do serious damage..what were we supposed to do...We played this game with the Soviets daily..this is nothing new.

[War-Horse]

Ur critizing normal procedures....if a duck flies anywhere near a carrier they're going to scrammble jets....I guess in ur extensive military experience...u would not have scrammbled jets because we don't want to scare anybody. Despite its lumbering nature, The Bear, it was a Bear could lunch enough munitions to potentially sink an entire battlegroup or do serious damage..what were we supposed to do...We played this game with the Soviets daily..this is nothing new.

Good point.   Kill em all!!

[headhuntersix]

 ...my point was...this is sorta normal..we wave and smile...they wave and smile and then the crews from both sides sit through long boring meetings trying to deteremine what they learned.