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1 posted on 10/01/2006 11:18:26 PM PDT by DTAD
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To: DTAD

Shoot em down and ask questions later.


2 posted on 10/01/2006 11:28:03 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Never forget Matt Maupin)
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To: DTAD

Those old turboprops are still flying? Pretty amazing.


3 posted on 10/01/2006 11:31:47 PM PDT by kingu (No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
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"The Russian Tu-95 bombers on a training exercise Thursday penetrated a North American buffer zone"

They are probing our radar and air defense coverage. This sort of stuff has been occurring for years.
5 posted on 10/02/2006 1:05:42 AM PDT by Red6
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Russian defense officials are quoted in the article as claiming that the TU-95 flew 'unobserved' for a considerable part of its mission. I presume this means that they weren't 'painted' by a tracking radar. OTOH, there's no way they could know whether an F22 was lurking -- and they do have some Raptors up at Elmendorf.


11 posted on 10/02/2006 6:24:03 AM PDT by Tallguy (The problem with this war is the name... You don't wage war against a tactic.)
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To: DTAD
Tu-95 Bear (amazing video, YouTube)
16 posted on 10/02/2006 10:23:06 PM PDT by vertolet
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