I find it amusing they send two planes out, then feel the need to brag about it.
Those of us that played a part during the Cold War, especially out in the fleet, remember when it was routine, daily event, sometimes twice per day.
All over the world, not just one 13 hour flight in the Pacific.
Putin’s bluffs are becoming pathetic, in short.
Putin hoping Iran’s “ImMadinTheHead” will pull something just as idiotic, but, the consequences to be different from a US response to similar Iranian crap?