Posted on 12/08/2014 6:50:27 AM PST by illiac
In an attempt to promote transparency in military activities between the two countries, Russia will conduct an observation flight over the United States as part of the Treaty on Open Skies between Dec. 8 and Dec. 13, Sergei Ryzhkov, head of Russia’s National Nuclear Risk Reduction Center, said Monday.
The flight will be launched from Travis Air Force Base in California and cover a maximum range of 2,640 miles. A group of U.S. specialists will also board the Russian aircraft to monitor the flight and to ensure that norms of the treaty are not violated. According to the U.S. Department of State, the Treaty on Open Skies allows 34 participating countries to carry out observation flights over each other's territories to gather information through aerial imaging on military forces and activities that are of concern to them.
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The obama Regime.
Open to Russia.
Closed to Americans.
Can’t they just go to google earth like the rest of us?
CC
Will not consider sanctions against Iran
Will consider sanctions against Israel
The government wisdom tank is empty.
a) Weakens America/AmericansI have yet to have anyone raise a single substantive counter example in several years of posting this.
b) Distances America's allies
c) Strengthens America's enemies
d) Serves Islam
e) Harms Israel
Or some combination of the above.
The Treaty on Open Skies entered into force on January 1, 2002.
I learned F You in Russian several years back. Maybe I should apply it to the roof of my house.
This has been going on for years; the Treaty on Open Skies was signed in 2002, when Jorge Bush had been El Presidente for a year.
Yep. It was Negotiated by Bush Sr in 1989 but came into full effect in 2002.
The treaty was eventually signed as an initiative of US president George H. W. Bush in 1989. Negotiated by the then-members of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, the agreement was signed in Helsinki, Finland, on March 24, 1992.
‘F yo mama’ is more popular. I heard it a LOT on the dashcam videos of the Chelyabinsk meteor.
The US specialists will no doubt be there to point our all of our missile silo’s and military bases and provide coordinates.
Russia demands - US submits
America demands - Russia says “Nyet”
America sulks but accepts the blows
Russia grins
America threatens sanctions
Russia grins, NATO suffers
America wants dialogue with Putin
Russia lectures the US - Obama caves
This is the most humiliated America has ever been except Pearl Harbor and 9/11 and it is ongoing!
Noted :)
What is interesting from the article is that the flight will originate from a US base- Obama is bending over backwards to enable Russia just a few months after Russia violated the treaty by denying a US flight without acceptable justification: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/17/russia-blocks-us-treaty-approved-spy-flights/?page=all
Please, sir, may I have another?
They’re just confirming the gutting of our armed forces under this regime.
This has been going on for many years. We do overflights of their territory as well.
Has Barry asked Vlad to do Michelle while he watches yet?
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