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Air Force confirms Russian jets circled US territory of Guam
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| 2-16-2013
| FoxNews.com [author]
Posted on 02/16/2013 12:07:17 PM PST by topher
Edited on 02/16/2013 12:14:47 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
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The Air Force confirms that two Russian bombers on Tuesday circled the U.S. island territory of Guam, prompting U.S. jets to scramble and respond.
Two U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter aircraft, operating out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, intercepted the Russian Tu-95 bomber aircrafts, which left in a northbound direction, said military spokeswoman Capt. Kim Bender.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Japan; News/Current Events; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhorussia; guam; nationalsecurity; russia; tu95; usaf; waronterror
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I am curious how they knew the Russian Aircraft were carrying nuclear tipped missiles.
I understand cruise missiles being visible, but how does one know that they have nuclear warheads?
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:07:27 PM PST
by
topher
To: topher
Maybe they wanted to watch it tip over?
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:08:32 PM PST
by
Cowboy Bob
(Soon the "invisible hand" will press the economic "reset" button.)
To: topher
I am curious how they knew the Russian Aircraft were jets.
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:08:58 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: Cowboy Bob
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:10:01 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: topher
We have Beeber like devices that detect them
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:11:00 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: topher
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:11:01 PM PST
by
topher
(Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)
To: topher
Air Force confirms Russian jets circled US territory of Guam Jets? Tu-95s are turboprop aircraft.
Russian Tu-95 bomber aircrafts
"Aircrafts"? AIRCRAFTS???
Damn, journalists are getting lazier and lazier.
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:12:33 PM PST
by
SIDENET
(I've drawn my line in the sand.)
To: topher
I’ll bet you a dollar to a donut that the Obama Administration told the Guan AF to “stand down.”
Just like Benghazi.
I bet the F-15s weren’t even armed.
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:12:38 PM PST
by
Gaffer
To: al baby
You may you don’t have to rely on the fact they glow in the dark?
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:13:02 PM PST
by
topher
(Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)
To: All
Ok, a nickle to the first person to “get” my joke.
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:13:21 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: topher
This is nothing new. Russia like to approach our airspace every now and then to get a reaction. As for nukes, when I was in Intel I used to call this "Ouija board." reporting...as opposed to saying they pulled it out of their a..
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:13:44 PM PST
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: al baby
We have Beeber like devices that detect them Well, color me STUNED.
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:13:50 PM PST
by
SIDENET
(I've drawn my line in the sand.)
To: SIDENET
At least they didn’t say “aircraftses”...
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:14:50 PM PST
by
Hardraade
(http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
To: SIDENET
I had the same thoughts. FoxNews should have caught that.
The author on the Washington Free Beacon side (Bill Gertz) may be getting slow in his old age...
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:15:13 PM PST
by
topher
(Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)
To: SIDENET
Turboprops are jets.
Essentially, variations on turbofans, but the fan is unducted.
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:15:54 PM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: topher
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:15:54 PM PST
by
gaijin
To: topher
That’s what Bears are primarily for: carrying nukes. Whole lot of traffic of all kinds going on in that area, most likely, and things are getting tight. China wants more real estate with more east Asian people (”One China policy” extended) and more routes. Russia wants to help (see SCO members) and to take back some real estate just south of it. There are Iran and N. Korea: lapdogs of the aforementioned, which countries may be close to mounting nukes.
That’s what we should be concerned about—not all of the other broadcasts of hysteria going on. Oh...and our Navy and Air Force going on strike because of budget cuts? Ha! Yeah, right! We’re closer to high-intensity and nuclear war than ever before. That’s my guess.
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:21:11 PM PST
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
To: topher
You better give it to em zer0, They might beat you up and take your lunch money.
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:23:10 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: 1rudeboy
They are turboprops. Which is a type of jet prop.
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:27:02 PM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Vaquero
I get that, and I’m not familiar with the Tu-95 enough to say how much “jet” is used for propulsion.
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posted on
02/16/2013 12:28:14 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
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