RAF scrambled as Russia tests nuclear-capable missiles

Times of London ^ | 01/22/08 | Tony Halpin

[TigerLikesRooster]

Russian ego boosted by high oil revenue.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[SevenofNine]

Look like Vlady playing catch with RAF

[TigerLikesRooster]

I am sure he wants to inspect parading troops on the balcony of Lenin Mausoleum, wearing an Al Capone hat, just as his bosses used to do in Soviet days.

[oneamericanvoice]

Let’s go practice in the Barents Sea, shall we? Perhaps Russia needs a reminder of the old days, da?

[thundrey]

This illustrates just why Gordon Brown needs to stop raping Her Majesty’s Armed Forces and especially, halt the downsizing of the Royal Navy, which despite having lot’s of new super-sexy weapons systems like the Daring Class destroyer and the Astute Class SSN, as well as two new proper-sized aircraft carriers due in service in the next decade, is having to slash it’s current fleet to the bone in order to pay for the new stuff....

[proxy_user]

But if you attack your customers with nuclear warheads, they are unlikely to pay their next bill.

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

if they’re interested in showing off, we should test their missile evasion capabilities.

[SevenofNine]

ROFL you got that right

I wonder if there photo of Vlady in his KGB days wearing Al Capone hat come on Freeper google that LOL!

[TigerLikesRooster]

They sell oil, natural gas and military hardware. The West would not boycott Russia oil and natural gas because Russia resumes military harassment of the West again. As for the military hardware, Chicom, Syria and Iran are their main customers. Their posturing only help sales to these characters.

They import lot of stuffs from the West, from cars to cell phones. If Europe or U.S. refuses to sell, they just buy them from E. Asia.

[saganite]

Looks like it’s back to Keflavik for the USAF.

[RinaseaofDs]

It’s happened throughout European history. Some tribe will get rich doing something, have a bunch of kids, and then get adventurous. Nothing much separating us from other species, actually.

The healthier and more prolific the species, the more the perceived need to be a pain in the ass.

Most of the dark ages especially reads like this.

[spanalot]

prop planes - what a joke- all the pilots are deaf after 100 hours.

[GBA]

Blackjacks aren’t prop bombers. I am surprised they were able to get two in the air at the same time, though.

[steve86]

Pavel Felgengauer, one of Russia’s leading defence analysts, told The Times that the display of power was much less impressive than it appeared. Russia’s navy was so depleted that perhaps only 30 out of 300 vessels could go to sea at any time. “They have put them all together and sent them to the Atlantic. This is just an attempt to show the flag before the presidential elections and to tell people at home that Putin’s eight years have restored Russia’s imperial greatness,” he said. “The Admiral Kuznetsov is due to go in for repairs when it returns home. There are two tugs with it now because everybody understands that it could go bust at any moment.”

That is kind of funny but Pavel had better know he is high on the Polonium recipient list.

[Snickering Hound]

The Admiral Kuznetsov

[SampleMan]

If we were doing full blown strike group war games just off the coast of Russia, the Russians AND the American media would be having a cow.

[WoofDog123]

Can someone with a grasp of the logistical issues tell me if the navy leaving Keflavik alters interception ability of russian bombers on the polar route to any significant degree? I am still baffled by this closure.

[SampleMan]

The Royal Navy is well past the point of no return. It is doubtful that the entire RN surface fleet could currently best a single American amphib group.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

Try this: HERE