Did a search and was surprised not to see this posted.
1 posted on
09/24/2014 1:10:57 PM PDT by
dware
To: dware
“said the jets intercepted the planes about 55 nautical miles from the Alaskan coast at about 7 p.m. Pacific time Wednesday.”
Uh, I hope they mean GMT. Otherwise, the person who wrote this is an idiot.
Also, there is a 12-mile limit so that 55 miles is still not in Alaskan air space.
2 posted on
09/24/2014 1:14:24 PM PDT by
spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
(Why does every totalitarian political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I do?)
To: dware
They must hae thought that Sarah Palin wes the story source.
someone must have thougt
3 posted on
09/24/2014 1:14:29 PM PDT by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: dware
Old news. I was doing this sort of thing 50 years ago in what was then called the Air Defense Command. F-94’s F-89’s, F-86D’s. ‘Twas a hoot!
6 posted on
09/24/2014 1:23:30 PM PDT by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: dware
7 posted on
09/24/2014 1:25:50 PM PDT by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: dware
One can only hope it was a case of the Russian pilots
going, “Shit, where did those guys come from!??”.
8 posted on
09/24/2014 1:26:16 PM PDT by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: dware
At its narrowest, the Bering Strait is only 53 miles wide, so it is possible for Russian planes to be over Russian land and still be within 55 miles of the coast of Alaska.
11 posted on
09/24/2014 1:38:07 PM PDT by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: dware
.......two IL-78 tankers, two Mig-31s, and two Bear bombers. So? Coulda been a retro fly-by.
55 miles out of where in Alaska?
12 posted on
09/24/2014 1:39:12 PM PDT by
Kenny Bunk
(2014-2016. Whether The Republic lives or dies depends on the now-missing integrity of the the GOP.)
To: dware
Lt. Col. Michael Jazdyk, a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, said the jets intercepted the planes about 55 nautical miles from the Alaskan coast at about 7 p.m. Pacific time Wednesday. Today is Wednesday, it is right now 4:43 Eastern Standard Time.
So, of the coast of Alaska right now it is about 43 minutes past noon. .
To: dware
I thought that since Obama was elected, Canada protected Alaska. No?
21 posted on
09/24/2014 2:22:00 PM PDT by
KingLudd
To: dware
Pardon what is probably a dumb question, but do the Russians conduct such exercises hoping to get intercepts by F-22s, in order to get more info about these planes? Otherwise, what’s the point - they have decades worth of info about US airspace detection capabilities near Alaska?
To: dware
I doubt this would be classified, so I’m just wondering where these F-22’s come from? Is there an air base on Attu?
28 posted on
09/24/2014 3:29:49 PM PDT by
navyblue
(<u> Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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