Meanwhile the camel's nose and then the entire muslim caravan snuck in under the tent flap and stole their country.
Posted on 01/21/2016 6:20:05 PM PST by robowombat
Jan 29 2015
By David Cenciotti Two Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers performed a 19-hour mission over the Atlantic Ocean. They were intercepted multiple times along the way.
On Jan. 29, two Russian Air Force Tu-95 strategic bombers from Engels airbase successfully completed a 19-hour long range mission over neutral waters near the Barents and Norwegian Seas, the Atlantic Ocean.
The Bears, accompanied by Mig-31 Foxhound long-range interceptors, were refueled twice by Il-78 Midas aerial refuelers and were intercepted and escorted by RAF Typhoons, Norwegian F-16s and French Mirage 2000s at various stages of their trip.
Even though according to the Office of Press and Information of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation “All flights of the [Russian] Air Force were carried out in strict accordance with international regulations on the use of airspace over neutral waters, without violating the borders of other states,†during their tour, the strategic bombers flew quite close to the UK airspace, causing “disruption to civil aviationâ€.
The Russian Tu-95s flew within 25 miles of the UK without filing a Flight Plan (FPL), without radio contact with the British ATC agencies and, obviously, without transponder switched on, and were shadowed by Typhoon jets scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Coningsby supported by a Voyager tanker.
This was not the first time Russian bombers skirted the UK airspace and it won’t be the last one. However, the UK summoned the Russian ambassador after the latest “dangerous†episode.
Where were they going? What is that far away?
But they’re our buddies, according to some here.
This is because Russia, the largest land empire in the world by more than 50% (6.6m sq miles vs Canada’s 3.8m sq miles), is threatened by the countries that have signed on to protect Russia’s neighbors from Russian conquest and annexation. The Russians are either misunderstood or too strong to resist - take your pick.
I guess what was old is new again and I seem to feel nostalgic for the old Bear. This was routine in the eighties. I was OOD on a Frigate that was buzzed by a Bear back then. And no I don’t mean the pilot had been drinking. The noise and vibration was so intense the engine room called up to the bridge to ask what was going on.
Meanwhile the camel's nose and then the entire muslim caravan snuck in under the tent flap and stole their country.
It was said that radar is unnecessary to detect the Tu-95 since you hear it long before it shows up on the screen.
Awesome design, though, those contrarotating props. Faster than any jet bomber.
I say - let the EU deal with it themselves. End NATO, which is complicit in the fraud that is the EU superstate and Western Europe’s self-destruction.
It might actually force them to come to their senses, and take seriously defense of their borders, and civilization. The invaders from the mid-east are already raping and pillaging their country.
“Faster than any jet bomber.”
TU-95MS top speed 575 mph
B-1b top speed 900+ Mph (mach 1 sea level)
Oh, we ARE sorry, I assume we are to let them invade our air and sea space. Didn’t get the saying we needed US permission or that you have first shot at them.
OK...my bad.
Maybe I heard that the Tu-95 can outrun our interceptors. Is that the case?
Yes it is easy for a prop plane doing 500 plus mph to outrun our bi-wing Sopwith Camel planes as the Sopwith can barely make 200 mph. Oh wait, they were retired after WW I.
Against the F-16/15/22s whose top speeds vary from Mach 2 to Mach 3... well you can see something unpleasant might befall the Bears ... stand off weapons (missiles) make speed moot in any case - the Bears are gone long before visual range is acquired.
So then, the only factor that currently makes the Tu-95 a threat to American airspace is that feckless incompetent weasel in the Oval Office?
BTW, I didn’t know a Sopwith Camel could even reach 200 mph. Not with that madly spinning Gnome rotary under the cowling.
That was the last iteration of the Sopwith .. they had a massive blower and used jet fuel ... they really got up to speed when the pilot manually cranked the wings into the swept back position ...
LOL! I googled “fastest WWI aircraft” & came up with planes I had never heard of. The quest for speed began even earlier (Deperdussin 1912).
Anyway, the Russians must like their Tu-95s because unlike our aging B-52 fleet, they are producing brand new Bear airframes. Maybe that just means our B-52’s are more durable.
Yeah both sides are upgrading those old stand by heavy lift bombers with new sorts of munitions ... the Russians can make new ones which is more than we can do.
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