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Russian Fighter Jet Flies Repeatedly Within 1000 Yards Of US Warship In The Black Sea
Zerohedge ^
| 11-14-2014
| Tyler Durden
Posted on 04/14/2014 9:01:36 AM PDT by tcrlaf
As we reported last Friday, a second US warship, the destroyer Donald Cook, crossed the Bosphorus last week and entered the Black Sea at precisely the time when NATO was arguing that its encroaching presence around Russia should not spook anyone.
Apparently it spooked someone, Russin, which over the weekend decided to give the Americans a warm welcome. As AP reports, "A U.S. military official says a Russian fighter jet made multiple, close-range passes near an American warship in the Black Sea for more than 90 minutes Saturday amid escalating tensions in the region."
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: navy; russia; ukraine; us
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To: tcrlaf
Guaranteed that the aircraft was “painted” by the ship’s air defense radar and the guns/missiles were tracking him.
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posted on
04/14/2014 9:26:31 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: tcrlaf
1980, Arabian Sea, on the USS Okinawa, this aircraft hovered off our port side and took ictures of us expressing our discontent...
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posted on
04/14/2014 9:28:27 AM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(Lk 16:31 And he said unto him If they hear not Moses and the prophets neither will theybe persuaded)
To: tcrlaf
1981, about 1500 yards off our Port side, this BEAR Bomber flew by taking pictures of damage to the ship and aircraft after we had a crash on March 3, 1981.
This aircraft flew by March 4, 1981.
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posted on
04/14/2014 9:31:33 AM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(Lk 16:31 And he said unto him If they hear not Moses and the prophets neither will theybe persuaded)
To: dfwgator
"So! ...You're The One!""Yes Ma'am!"
To: tcrlaf
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posted on
04/14/2014 9:48:45 AM PDT
by
McGruff
To: dfwgator
“If a Russian ship was off the East Coast, Id sure as Hell hope wed do the same thing.”
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Don’t hold your breath.
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posted on
04/14/2014 9:50:11 AM PDT
by
mongo141
(Revolution ver. 2.0, just a matter of when, not a matter of if!)
To: depressed in 06
And only warning shots then.
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posted on
04/14/2014 9:55:31 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
He probably had orders to not turn on the attack radar.
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posted on
04/14/2014 9:56:25 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
To: tcrlaf
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posted on
04/14/2014 9:57:11 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
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To: RaceBannon
Thanks for sharing those photos.
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posted on
04/14/2014 10:14:51 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: tcrlaf
Escorting gomers, Tomcat-style
To: Jack Hydrazine
I’m sure that was done. The Roosky’s threat detection systems were screaming bloody murder at him the whole time, while we pinged the ever-lovin’ crap outta him with our weapon targeting systems.
That’s the game.
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posted on
04/14/2014 10:33:23 AM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: tcrlaf
It was a SU-24 Fencer. Biggest threat it posed was crashing into the ship.
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posted on
04/14/2014 10:34:00 AM PDT
by
edpc
(Wilby 2016)
To: tcrlaf
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posted on
04/14/2014 10:35:19 AM PDT
by
DesScorp
To: tcrlaf
It would be a good time to test the chaff dispensers.
To: tcrlaf
And what did the us warship do about it?
Nothing I imagine?
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posted on
04/14/2014 11:18:13 AM PDT
by
chris37
(Heartless.)
To: tcrlaf
"...a second US warship, the destroyer Donald Cook, crossed the Bosphorus last week and entered the Black Sea at precisely the time when NATO was arguing that its encroaching presence around Russia..."
In political regulator class speech, preventing Russian expansionism is "encroaching," while Russian expansionism is okay. Anything for an international trade buck.
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posted on
04/14/2014 11:45:16 AM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: dfwgator
My daughter worked a short time with the guy who was the pilot of The “MIG” in that scene.
He was a very decorated pilot; and went on to head a nuclear energy group.
To: tcrlaf
You got to wonder what a “The US Navy Phalanx Close-In Weapons System CIWS” would do to a Russian jet at 1000 yards. After all it was designed for ship protection from incoming missiles and other artillery.
Those radar controlled DU rounds would have to shred the jet into turbine dust.
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posted on
04/14/2014 12:18:11 PM PDT
by
Robert357
(D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
To: twister881
prolly vectored up from below/behind and gave them a full shot of his RADAR hopefully blowing the the ECM guy's eardrums out too...
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posted on
04/14/2014 2:42:32 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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