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RAF jets scrambled to intercept Russian planes
Telegraph ^
| 7/19/2007
| Telegraph
Posted on 07/19/2007 9:04:53 AM PDT by pacelvi
RAF jets scrambled to intercept Russian planes By Sally Peck and agencies Last Updated: 7:54am BST 19/07/2007
Two RAF fighter jets were scrambled on Tuesday to intercept two Russian planes on course for British airspace, it emerged yesterday.
The incident marked the latest escalation of tensions in the standoff between London and Moscow.
As Moscow hesitated in its response to Britain's expulsion of four Russian diplomats, two Tornado fighters raced to meet the Tu95 "Bear" bombers that had been dispatched from their base near the northern port city of Murmansk in the Arctic Circle. The planes turned back before they reached British airspace.
The incident, now rare according to the RAF, but once commonplace during the Cold War, may be seen as a show of defiance by the Kremlin.
But Moscow said the Russian planes were on a training flight unrelated to the current diplomatic crisis over the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coldwar2; coldwarii; raf; russia; worldwar4; worldwariv
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posted on
07/19/2007 9:04:58 AM PDT
by
pacelvi
To: pacelvi
The reemergence or the last gasp of the Russian bear?
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posted on
07/19/2007 9:09:14 AM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, esto mihi Jesus" -St. Ralph Sherwin's last words at Tyburn)
To: pacelvi
Is Putin really still operating with a 1950’s Cold War mentality over how to intimidate the West?
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posted on
07/19/2007 9:10:27 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: Pyro7480
This does not bode well. Maybe it’s time to reintroduce the duck and cover drills in school and clear out those bomb shelters.
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posted on
07/19/2007 9:11:09 AM PDT
by
CJ Wolf
To: pacelvi
The Russians were running exercises across all of Russia that week.
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posted on
07/19/2007 9:11:18 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Satan is working both sides of the street in World Socialism and World Courts.)
To: pacelvi
Tu-95 "Bear" Strategic Bomber
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posted on
07/19/2007 9:14:52 AM PDT
by
RDTF
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
To: pacelvi
Pretty childish behavior there shorty.
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posted on
07/19/2007 9:15:52 AM PDT
by
McGruff
To: pacelvi
Dejavu all over again. Remember last week there was a post about civilian raido operators seeing a spike in military traffic.
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posted on
07/19/2007 9:15:54 AM PDT
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: RDTF
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posted on
07/19/2007 9:16:37 AM PDT
by
RDTF
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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posted on
07/19/2007 9:17:05 AM PDT
by
longshadow
(FReeper #405, entering his tenth year of ignoring nitwits, nutcases, and recycled newbies)
To: pacelvi
Don't you love it when Putin shakes his finger at someone...and it falls off.
I think much of Putin bravado lately is an attempt to solidify his position of power at home. He has enough social, economic, and political problems on his plate at home to contend with and I really don't think he's stupid enough to start a conflict with the West.
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posted on
07/19/2007 9:19:23 AM PDT
by
econjack
To: RDTF
Those are great pictures! Thanks!
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posted on
07/19/2007 9:19:37 AM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
("The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves!")
To: longshadow
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posted on
07/19/2007 9:21:15 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(The Democrat Party: radical Islam's last hope)
To: pacelvi
To: RDTF
Looks like a ca 1957 turbo-prop. Probably could shoot that down with my .270.
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posted on
07/19/2007 9:23:40 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Confidence in Congress has hit an all-time low of 14%)
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To: pacelvi
But Moscow said the Russian planes were on a training flight What? Training on how to bomb England?
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posted on
07/19/2007 9:30:48 AM PDT
by
Pete
(Run, Vaclav, run!!)
To: pacelvi
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posted on
07/19/2007 9:31:46 AM PDT
by
1035rep
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