Posted on 07/23/2019 5:05:31 AM PDT by Lazamataz
South Korean air force jets fired 360 rounds of warning shots Tuesday in response to “multiple” Russian military planes that entered into the South's airspace, officials said.
Seoul officials said three Russian military planes – two Tu-84 bombers and one A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft – entered the South’s air defense identification zone off its east coast before the A-50 intruded in South Korean airspace.
An unspecified number of South Korean fighter jets, including F-16s, scrambled to the area and fired 10 flares and 80 rounds from machine guns as warning shots.
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Not Two Tu-84 bombers, one Tu-168 bomber.
“I said around her nose, not up it!!”
Hilarious.
This was SK airspace like all of the South China Sea is Chinese airspace.
For instance: Japan also protested to Russia because it’s airspace surrounding a handful of tiny islands which Japan ALSO claims is theirs.
SK better be happy they didn’t accidentally hit the Russian plane and should apologize for being bat sh!t crazy.
Yes...way worse when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor!
BOL!.
These interactions have been happening since at least the 1960’s.
These are basically training exercises on both sides.
You don’t fire a warning round AT anything. Just close enough to get their attention.
Relations between Japan and South Korea are difficult at the moment, so Russia is trying to stir up trouble between them.
As inspector Cleuseau would say, we have a “bimb.”
Very doubtful the Russians would want Mutually Assured Destruction.
Sooner or later the Russians will be drawn up short.
And if it has to be in the air space over South Korea, so be it.
The Russians think PDJT is a softy after staying his hand on Iranian aggression? Maybe they’ll lose a few more subs to accidents and also a few aircraft.
Ahh, so that is what a T84 looks like.
Someone tell Faux News.
And one thing of the front seats was a child’s seat.
Dual Cold War/Cold War 2.0 Ping
[ I think their abacus needs to go in for some maintenance too. ]
Apparently.
[ Tu-84 ]
Fox isn’t helping their reputation with these CNN-level mistakes, that’s for sure.
"South Korea said it was the first time a foreign military plane had violated South Korean airspace since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War."
“No such thing as a Tu-84 bomber.”
But it’s still twice as good as the Tu-42.
We come for Samsung
I’ll believe South Korea before I’ll believe the Rooskees.
Laz, thank you for that post! I haven’t laughed that hard in years!
Based on freeper comments it’s no big deal, if it’s any deal at all.
It most certainly is a big deal the majority FReepers have decided to follow
Neo-Communist-Paleo Conservative line of thought in regards to foreign policy.
Me and you along with a very few select of others are all that is left of being stuched hardcore New Right Reaganites “Of the Reaganite policy of military strength”.
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