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Russian "Doomsday Plane" Spotted Flying By Finland Border
zero hedge ^
| 4/25/14
| Tyler Durden
Posted on 04/25/2014 1:16:03 PM PDT by Nachum
The last time the Russian "Doomsday Plane" was seen in the air doing its trademark loops at 27,000 feet telegraphing Vladimir Putin was somewhere nearby, was on March 31, just days after the formerly Ukrainian region was annexed by the Kremlin. Until today, when over the past 4 hours, the Tu-214 has been quietly circling in position just shy of Finland and the Baltics, where as it is known, NATO has been depositing hundreds of western soldiers in a "defensive" build up.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: baltics; doomsday; finland; nato; plane; russia; russian; spotted; valaam
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To: tet68
“Loops” whose axis is vertical. Sounds like an AWACS plane.
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posted on
04/25/2014 1:40:28 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Nachum
When I was with TACAMO these were called "orbits".
Holding position with a constant banking turn.
It is nearly trademark for any airborne Command Post.
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posted on
04/25/2014 1:42:25 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: DannyTN; AlmaKing
Well-played. Neither of you has to answer to the Coca-Cola company.
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posted on
04/25/2014 1:43:03 PM PDT
by
Scoutmaster
(I'd rather be at Philmont)
To: tet68
Loops? Must be a hell of a plane. Typical incompetent MSM reporting. Those idiots don't know the difference between "loops" and tight circling around a small area.
Oh well, most readers don't know the difference either.
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posted on
04/25/2014 1:46:30 PM PDT
by
publius911
( At least Nixon had the good g race to resign!)
To: publius911
Oh well, most readers don't know the difference either.
Hey pube: speak for yourself.
To: null and void
They meant lapsNope, the more correct term is "orbits".
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posted on
04/25/2014 2:03:34 PM PDT
by
Rapscallion
(Obama stands for the corruption of America in all aspects.)
To: Nachum
The Tu-214 is a ripoff of the 757. The difference is it runs on vodka.
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posted on
04/25/2014 2:04:46 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: tcrlaf
Tu-214SR - Russia's modern version of Looking Glass.Right. But the photo above shows no communications pod or antennas.
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posted on
04/25/2014 2:05:26 PM PDT
by
Rapscallion
(Obama stands for the corruption of America in all aspects.)
To: Rapscallion
Yeah, but that wouldn’t set up the next line, now would it???
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posted on
04/25/2014 2:06:22 PM PDT
by
null and void
( They don't think think they are above the law. They think they are the law.)
To: publius911
To: Rapscallion
They meant laps Nope, the more correct term is "orbits".
Correct, maybe, but, the more descriptive term for the masses would be "flying in circles."
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posted on
04/25/2014 2:24:04 PM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
To: Viiksitimali
Is there a VOR/DME station on the island on that lake? Looks like that what he orbiting. The DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) can keep him from accidentally straying into Finnish airspace. Still, for a military aircraft, isn’t that like flying with training wheels?
To: Moonman62
That’s all your hardcore commie jets use—vodka.
You’ll never see them being fueled with jet fuel.
Why? Fueloridation!
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posted on
04/25/2014 3:07:46 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
To: tumblindice
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posted on
04/25/2014 3:15:16 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
To: Viiksitimali
"According to unofficial information, on the eve of the arrival in Petrozavodsk, Putin will visit the Valaam, where, as we know, lives his spiritual mentor."
Microsofttranslator
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