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Dutch F-16s intercept Russian bombers over Netherlands
Dutch Daily News ^
| 11/05/2010
| Dutch Daily News
Posted on 11/04/2010 7:53:18 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
With the Comrade ensconced in Kremlin West (aka White House) the Russkies say, What the hell and launch their bombers unfettered by any doubts.
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posted on
11/04/2010 7:56:25 PM PDT
by
PaleoBob
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
Red Bears and Red Pandas everywhere!
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posted on
11/04/2010 7:58:52 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
Wow... I remember Russian Bears overflying my ship up in the Bering, 25 years ago. They were old airplanes then. I’m guessing they’re not building new ones.
Hell... wait a few more years and they’ll just start falling out of the sky on their own.
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posted on
11/04/2010 7:59:43 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: PaleoBob
What the bombers are doing is they are probing the defenses(SIGINT). They are measuring time it takes for them to be intercepted.
To: Ramius
All Tu-95s now in Russian service are the Tu-95MS variant, built in the 1980s and 1990s.
To: Ramius
They buzzed us too.
We are still Flying B52’s and U2’s
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posted on
11/04/2010 8:02:21 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
Dutch F-16s patrolled NYC post 9/11. Thank drunken Ted Kennedy for having no air force base near NY. On 911, they had to scramble jets from Mass.
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posted on
11/04/2010 8:02:48 PM PDT
by
Frantzie
(Imam Ob*m* & Democrats support the VICTORY MOSQUE & TV supports Imam)
To: Frantzie
To: Ramius
Everytime I see one of these stories I am reminded of the fact that these planes can’t possibly pose a serious threat.
I’d be surprised if 50% of their ICBMs are even ready to go if they had to.
The important thing here is the symbolism I guess. Russia now controls the main fuel lines to western Europe so this is just their way of showing off without breaking the bank (ie sending a carrier strike group on tour)
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posted on
11/04/2010 8:03:57 PM PDT
by
Eyes Unclouded
("The word bipartisan means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." -George Carlin)
To: mylife
We are still Flying B52’s and U2’s Yah, but we don't pretend that our B52's are a credible threat to the mainland of Russia anymore. They're just not.
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posted on
11/04/2010 8:06:03 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: Eyes Unclouded
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posted on
11/04/2010 8:06:43 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: Ramius
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posted on
11/04/2010 8:07:29 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
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posted on
11/04/2010 8:13:39 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: Ramius
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posted on
11/04/2010 8:14:25 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Ramius
Remember Afghanistan?
They can sure tote a lot of ordinance.
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posted on
11/04/2010 8:15:32 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: mylife
Bomb trucks extraordinaire.
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posted on
11/04/2010 8:18:28 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Army Air Corps
We just saw that the airframes are still viable.
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posted on
11/04/2010 8:24:29 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: ErnstStavroBlofeld
I've been pro-danish , especially since they defeated Reptilicus
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posted on
11/04/2010 8:27:15 PM PDT
by
Waverunner
(I've been pro danish)
To: Ramius
Guess what these are. They don't need to fly over downtown anymore...
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posted on
11/04/2010 8:27:47 PM PDT
by
stormer
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