Posted on 11/12/2014 10:56:19 AM PST by Lazamataz
The State Department acknowledged that the crew of the destroyer USS Donald Cook has been gravely demoralized ever since their vessel was flown over in the Black Sea by a Russian Sukhoi-24 (Su-24) fighter jet which carried neither bombs nor missiles but only an electronic warfare device.
On 10 April 2014, the USS Donald Cook entered the waters of the Black Sea and on 12 April a Russian Su-24 tactical bomber flew over the vessel triggering an incident that, according to several media reports, completely demoralized its crew, so much so that the Pentagon issued a protest [1].
The USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) is a 4th generation guided missile destroyer whose key weapons are Tomahawk cruise missiles with a range of up to 2,500 kilometers, and capable of carrying nuclear explosives. This ship carries 56 Tomahawk missiles in standard mode, and 96 missiles in attack mode.
The US destroyer is equipped with the most recent Aegis Combat System. It is an integrated naval weapons systems which can link together the missile defense systems of all vessels embedded within the same network, so as to ensure the detection, tracking and destruction of hundreds of targets at the same time. In addition, the USS Donald Cook is equipped with 4 large radars, whose power is comparable to that of several stations. For protection, it carries more than fifty anti-aircraft missiles of various types.
Meanwhile, the Russian Su-24 that buzzed the USS Donald Cook carried neither bombs nor missiles but only a basket mounted under the fuselage, which, according to the Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta [2], contained a Russian electronic warfare device called Khibiny.
As the Russian jet approached the US vessel, the electronic device disabled all radars, control circuits, systems, information transmission, etc. on board the US destroyer. In other words, the all-powerful Aegis system, now hooked up - or about to be - with the defense systems installed on NATO’s most modern ships was shut down, as turning off the TV set with the remote control.
The Russian Su-24 then simulated a missile attack against the USS Donald Cook, which was left literally deaf and blind. As if carrying out a training exercise, the Russian aircraft - unarmed - repeated the same maneuver 12 times before flying away.
After that, the 4th generation destroyer immediately set sail towards a port in Romania.
Since that incident, which the Atlanticist media have carefully covered up despite the widespread reactions sparked among defense industry experts, no US ship has ever approached Russian territorial waters again.
According to some specialized media, 27 sailors from the USS Donald Cook requested to be relieved from active service.
Vladimir Balybine - director of the research center on electronic warfare and the evaluation of so-called "visibility reduction" techniques attached to the Russian Air Force Academy - made the following comment:
"The more a radio-electronic system is complex, the easier it is to disable it through the use of electronic warfare."
Our research programs are probably manned by EEOP’s. That is all I see when members of this administration are shown on TV.
Yeah. Good thing we have strong leadership...oh wait...good thing that being homo or tranny is more important than tactical proficiency.
more embarrassed than demoralized
You quack me up.
The SoS wants another Purple Heart for the “trauma” of hearing about how another of “their” (Obola/JF’nK) policies aren’t making them look good in the propaganda war.
"Specialized" media?
They Really killed our System?
Anybody who doesn’t know the difference between a Tomahawk cruise missile and a Standard (SM-2, possibly higher by now) anti-aircraft missile has zero credibility.
That means their ideologies stretch all the way from the left to the far-left.
In the 1960s, this modifier was a synonym for "on the Soviet payroll," and applied to the leaders of tin-pot countries like Nehru of India and countless other despots put in place or maintained by Russia. They weren't literally Soviet satellites—this was to help the Russians appear to have support from world opinion that was outside of occupied Eastern Europe.
I stopped reading at “French intellectual.” :)
They lie!
Everyone knows there is no such thing as a French intellectual...
Also, all the crews’ credit card mag stripes were erased, the ship turned pink, and all the mens’ penises shrank two inches. Oy!
I didn't know a ship could be frightened.
I have been gravely demoralized ever since Obama was elected.
The saying is that a force multiplier turns 1 battleship into 5 so we can mothball 4 other ships.
The equation works the other way. Destroy 1 ship and it’s like sinking 5.
There will come a day where the Russians and Chinese get cocky and they will have the punch to not back down.
No, it’s Wabbit Season...uh uh uh uh
Don’t know how the Russians could have time for this since they are so busy hacking USA companies etc...
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