[yarddog]

I wonder what the rules are on defense from an air attack. Do they have to actually attack? Is there a limit as to how close they can come?

[rlmorel]

I believe that our aircraft respond when queried on the appropriate channels, because, hey, that’s generally how we operate.

Of course, I don’t want to rule out stupidity and incompetence on the part of the Russians, but it seems equally likely as provocation.

[Delta Dawn]

After about the second flyby, the appropriate response would have been to blow it out of the sky.

I think Putin would have understood that.