U.S. admiral: Russian bombers never got within 500 kilometers of Guam

NY Times ^ | 8/10/07

[bnelson44]

The U.S. Pacific Fleet commander said Russian bombers never got within 300 miles (500 kilometers) of Guam this week and did not fly over the U.S. territory as a Russian air force general claimed.

Navy Adm. Robert F. Willard disputed that U.S. fighters intercepted the bombers. The admiral said the Russian aircraft never got close enough to the Pacific island or the massive U.S. military exercises being held nearby, to warrant such action.

"U.S. planes went to an orbit point in preparation for an intercept that never occurred because the Bears didn't get close enough," Willard said in an interview Thursday using a slang term for the Russian planes.

[Ancesthntr]

"U.S. planes went to an orbit point in preparation for an intercept that never occurred because the Bears didn't get close enough,"

They were testing our readiness, and they'd have also taken a lot of pictures and gotten a lot of info about electronic frequencies used if we had let them get closer. Kudos to the Navy for watching our "friends" the Russkies

[Spruce]

Wait a minute! The Russians were, were...were...lying? What?! No way!

[wildcatf4f3]

I know it’s hard to believe

[Nabber]

FYI:
“Bear” is not a SLANG term for the Russian bombers; it is the official name of the TU-95, with “Bear” being the NATO designator. Typical lack of grasp of details by the reporter.

[4woodenboats]

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[GBA]

Well...sort of slang. NATO designated slang. All NATO names for Soviet bombers started with “B” (Bear, Bison, Badger, Backfire, etc.) whereas Soviet fighters were designated names starting with “F” (Fishbed, Faggot, Flogger, Foxbat, etc.).

[CodeToad]

There are so many US tracking RADARs in that area of the world that there is no way a Russian anything flew over Guam without notice.

[M Kehoe]

Msg to Pootie Poot:

[Flash]

Your southern flank is not secure. I repeat, your southern flank is not secure.

[End]

Why Ivan is trying to flex his muscles, I don't know. Those TU-95 are Falcon food.

5.56mm

[BallyBill]

They were flying their new stealth Potatoe powered Vodka Bomber.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

If I were a Russian military pilot, I’m not so sure I would want to fly a plane called a “Faggot.”

How many guys want to be called a “faggot” pilot?

[Nakota]

It’s a good thing the Russians didn’t try a flyover with Mig 15s. The NATO codename would not be politically correct.

[GBA]

Good point. How would you like to get shot down by a faggot? This is another time we can blame the Brits. They smoke fags and keep a dry faggot around for a cold winter night and for some reason, they designate MiG-15s faggots.

[3niner]

Those TU-95 are Falcon food.

Falcons are so passe'. A Raptor could have taken them out before they even knew there was another plane nearby.

[Calvin Locke]

I’m not so sure I would want to fly a plane called a “Faggot.”

Good point. If you ignite a faggot, it burns pretty hot.

[familyop]

Russia's trying to make a lot of noise, ping.

[GladesGuru]

So, the Brits “smoke fags”, eh? I was unaware they even had a season for them.

;-)

[GladesGuru]

So, the Brits “smoke fags”, eh? I was unaware they even had a season for them.

;-)

[M. Espinola]

Dictator Putin's plausible deniability is not functioning.

[NearlyNormal]

A Raptor could have taken them out before they even knew there was another plane nearby.

Yeah, I wonder how far the Raptors followed the Bears without them (or Ruskie ground radar) even noticing.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

If you use that word you have go into rehab.

[jack_napier]

Considering these things are huge turboprops, this makes sense as everyone yesterday commented that they are slow and you can see em coming a mile away, so how could it have happened?

[Oztrich Boy]

Yap. Only believe a story after it has been confirmned by the NY Times.

[skeeter]

The Russians were, were...were...lying? What?! No way!

The other great soviet tradition is being revived.

[bert]

It’s slang if you are only 30 years old and don’t know about NATO or military designators for Russian aircraft.

I’m suprised the lefty presstitute didn’t use the word “slur” insted of “slang”

[VOA]

"U.S. admiral: Russian bombers never got within 500 kilometers of Guam"

Looks like the Russians have learned to keep a really short leash on
their mobile military assets.

Their diplomats in the USA must have seen "The Hunt For Red October"
when it's aired about 100 times on A&E.
And don't want a real-life repeat of some of my all-time favorite
movie dialogue:

Ambassador Andrei Lysenko: There is another matter...
one I'm reluctant to...

Dr. Jeffrey Pelt: Please.

Ambassador Andrei Lysenko: One of our submarines, an Alfa, was last
reported in the area of the Grand Banks. We have not
heard from her for some time.

Dr. Jeffrey Pelt: Andrei, you've lost another submarine?

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

I’d love to go into rehab....especially if Ann Coulter is in there with me! I think she’s hot, and the fact that she irritates liberals on a daily basis makes her all the more attractive.