Russia sends out 14 long-haul bombers

Herald Sun ^ | 18 August 2007

[Aussie Dasher]

Putin is a real worry. Once a commie, ALWAYS a commie.

[LIConFem]

Ah, the good old days...

[Leatherneck_MT]

Gog and Magog

[econjack]

He is a worry, but my guess is that a lot of his posturing right now is to solidify his political position in his own country, especially with the military who generally think its leadership has gone “soft” on the West. I also think the military misses the “good ole days” when they were a real political force within the Soviet Union.

[Loud Mime]

Putin is a real worry. Once a commie, ALWAYS a commie.

And if he gets a fellow traveler in the White House.....

[flintsilver7]

Of course, to the man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

A threat, yes, but you’ll have to go farther to prove it’s part of the certified Glenn Beck “end of the world” scheme.

[FormerACLUmember]

Lots of deaf young Russians: The obsolete Tu-95 Bear is perhaps the noisiest plane ever built. Its crews are all stone deaf after a few missions. It is so damn loud, US submarines pick up its sonar profile underwater.

[JohnA]

Are airplane engines like car engines where, if you don’t use ‘em. the seals dry up and the engines are at risk of self-destruction?

[Cringing Negativism Network]

What’s next, will Putin paint “CCCP” on the sides?

[American_Centurion]

I think he may be trying to revive the cold war as a little “pay back” on us.

He thinks he can hurt us economically by making us spend cold war style while we are engaged in an expensive war on terror.

He is mistaken. He’s pissing away his oil funds playing a game in which we will, ultimately, hand him his azz.

He may be a shrewd politician but he obviously can’t count.

[FormerACLUmember]

Crack Russian pilots in their scary Tu-95 Bear:

[af_vet_rr]

He is a worry, but my guess is that a lot of his posturing right now is to solidify his political position in his own country,

My thoughts exactly - this has nothing to do with the US, NATO, etc., and everything to do with where he stands in Russia, with the Russian people.

[rightinthemiddle]

Ready for takeoff, Pootie.

[Lockbox]

He would’ve sent 20, but only 14 started............

[USNBandit]

Not just the engines. Hydraulic seals, Fuel lines, older electronics. Just about all the systems on some airplanes.

I used to loath manning up the first go in my Tomcat squadron if the jets had been sitting around a while. If we could, we would turn up all the systems every couple days even if we were going flying.

[johnny7]

Russia sends out 14 long-haul bombers

Wonder how many will make it back...

[50sDad]

“Look at us! Look at us! We are just as powerful as in the Good Old Days when our land holdings were twenty times larger, and not only that, but we have Lenin in a big glass box! Look at us!”

[PurpleMan]

To paraphrase Rush: The only difference between Putin (the new Gorbachev)and all of the other former rulers of the USSR is that he is alive.

[50sDad]

POE!

[Brad from Tennessee]

[“In 1992, Russia unilaterally ended flights by its strategic aircraft to distant military patrol areas (Putin said). . .Unfortunately, our example was not followed by everyone.”]

As if they had a choice in 1992. They were so broke they couldn’t fly a hot air balloon.