[Common Sense 101]

Pooty Poot be dissin’ Sparky the Super CIC?

[BuffaloJack]

Did they shoot it down?
If not, then why not?

[Iron Munro]

Wow!

The full 22 miles?

What’s the range of the Russian cruise missles? 2,000 miles?

[nuconvert]

This kind of stuff has gone on for decades

[molson209]

and if a Civilian airline gets too close to Russia it gets Shot Down

[RayChuang88]

Here's the question: was the planes intercepted not Tu-95 models, but the Tu-142 as shown thus:

The Tu-142 is a special Tu-95 variant originally designed originally for very long range anti-submarine warfare but later upgraded to be a very sophisticated electronics intelligence/signals intelligence (ELINT/SIGINT) platform akin to certain RC-135 versions flown by the USAF. As such, these planes are often seen flying off the coast of Alaska and off the coast of Norway down to the North Sea.

[Sacajaweau]

The Russian Planes entered an ADIZ which applies ONLY to Commercial aircraft. They got checked out.

[Popman]

In the past five years, jets under NORAD’s command have intercepted more than 50 Russian bombers approaching North American airspace.

Putin's been poking Zero in the eye for five years...

I guess he had Obama number for a long time...