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Russian aircraft flies within several feet of US navy plane over Mediterranean Sea
The Guardian ^ | Wed 16 Feb 2022 13.40 EST

Posted on 02/16/2022 4:34:41 PM PST by BenLurkin

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1 posted on 02/16/2022 4:34:41 PM PST by BenLurkin
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"You know, keeping up international relations."

"You know, the bird."

"I was in a 4G inverted dive, and the range was about 2 meters..."

2 posted on 02/16/2022 4:36:44 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (HONK HONK, Clown World!)
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This is about to get nasty.


3 posted on 02/16/2022 4:36:59 PM PST by ALASKA (RESIST)
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They keep trying to gin up another Tonkin Gulf incident.


4 posted on 02/16/2022 4:38:30 PM PST by glorgau
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The Ukraine isn’t worth the life of even a single American aviator.


5 posted on 02/16/2022 4:38:52 PM PST by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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I don’t trust Biden’s woke Pentagon spokeshole. And I sure don’t trust the Guardian.


6 posted on 02/16/2022 4:39:01 PM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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The Cold War is back.

Once again and soon enough we’ll be hearing the old BS about how Russian and NATO planes will be getting lost in “training accidents”.


7 posted on 02/16/2022 4:39:42 PM PST by MercyFlush (DANGER: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish)
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Macho Russians , D’oh


8 posted on 02/16/2022 4:39:49 PM PST by butlerweave
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Kafka is a Pentagon spokesdroid?

Can’t make this crap up.


9 posted on 02/16/2022 4:42:26 PM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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“They keep trying to gin up another Tonkin Gulf incident.”

This crap used to go on all the time and now it’s happening again. There’s no need for anyone to fake this kind of thing.

But if this is how the Russians want to play then next time the Navy guys will have CAP coverage and it will not end well for Ivan. Hope the bastards can swim.


10 posted on 02/16/2022 4:43:16 PM PST by MercyFlush (DANGER: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish)
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We got this.


11 posted on 02/16/2022 4:43:47 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Dalberg-Acton

Take your pick

Russian aircraft flies within several feet of US navy plane over Mediterranean Sea
The Guardian
5 hours ago
Russian aircraft buzz US Navy patrol planes, get within 5 feet, Pentagon says
ABC News
4 hours ago
Russian fighter jets came ‘extremely close’ to US Navy planes, at one point coming within just 5 feet
Yahoo News
6 hours ago
U.S., Russian Aircraft Flew Perilously Close to Each Other Amid Ukraine Tensions
The Wall Street Journal
2 hours ago
Russian jets endanger US surveillance planes in close call over the Mediterranean, Navy says
NavyTimes.com
5 hours ago


12 posted on 02/16/2022 4:44:05 PM PST by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: backwoods-engineer

Yes, I know the finger Goose...


13 posted on 02/16/2022 4:44:58 PM PST by EEGator
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14 posted on 02/16/2022 4:45:01 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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15 posted on 02/16/2022 4:45:05 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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An airplane did a thing.


16 posted on 02/16/2022 4:45:52 PM PST by The Duke (Search for 'Sydney Ducks' and understand what is needed.)
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17 posted on 02/16/2022 4:51:01 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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Hi.

I don’t know why this article reminds me of Wong Wei. Chicom J6 pilot who messed with a P8 over the S. China sea. He ended up being fish food.

I know Ivan personally. Ivan is gonna Ivan.

Whether it’s a crazy Ivan, or a Foxbat pilot ejecting over the Afgan plain saving the last bullet for himself.

Ivan is gonna Ivan.

5.56mm


18 posted on 02/16/2022 4:54:46 PM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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“But if this is how the Russians want to play then next time the Navy guys will have CAP coverage and it will not end well for Ivan. Hope the bastards”

You seem to be losing sight the “bastards” are highly trained soldiers. They aren’t the typical 3rd worlder militaries our forces are used to dealing with. Also remind yourself the most challenging combat decions they are faced with now is which lipstick matches their uniforms, and I’m referring to the males.


19 posted on 02/16/2022 4:55:45 PM PST by chuckb87
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Don’t worry. Our pilot was vaccinated


20 posted on 02/16/2022 4:56:33 PM PST by Tai_Chung
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