Yup, that's four big self-contained anti-shipping missiles that can launch themselves out of a standard-looking cargo container.
Posted on 10/29/2015 11:59:58 AM PDT by tcrlaf
Two Russian warplanes flew within one mile of the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, forcing the U.S. Navy to launch four fighter jets in response Tuesday, a Navy spokesman told Fox News.
The USS Reagan was sailing in international waters east of the Korean peninsula, Stars and Stripes reports. It adds that the U.S. is currently engaged in joint military exercises with South Korea.
The Russian "Bear Bombers" approached the aircraft carrier at an elevation of 500 feet Tuesday morning, according to Navy spokesman Commander William Marks. He said U.S. F/A-18 Super Hornets escorted the Russian planes as they transited out of the area.
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Peace through strength.
The modern variant of the old Cold War howdy do.
Yup, that's four big self-contained anti-shipping missiles that can launch themselves out of a standard-looking cargo container.
See my tagline.
Speking of symbolism, after Ruskies fired salvo of 26 cruse missiles from the Caspian Sea, USS Theodore Roosevelt suddenly left post in the Persian Gulf. I wonder what Lt. Gen. Paul Van Riper thinks about it.(CVN-71 was named after the 26th President of The United States).
I was on the FDR (CVA-42) when we were in the Med during the Cold War times in ‘60-62. Flight deck; Catapults Division.
When anchored off shore in Naples, the Russians flew a couple of jets a day at high speed over the ship at about 400 ft. just to show off.
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