Posted on 06/17/2020 2:09:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Little and big diomede islands are only 2 miles apart. The bigger island belongs to Russia.
Send a squadron of F-35s to Russia nap of the earth (water) at supersonic speeds just for a test.
Two can play this crap.
Happens all the time. I believe there are communications between them and us before this occurs.
If we took a chunk of Siberia, we would be an Asian power. Just saying,
Thank God for Seward’s Folly.
This looks a lot like the article that was here on FR more than a week ago, photos and all. Let’s not hype the Russians any more than they deserve.
Normal stuff.
Alaska Ping.
The KC-135 was my unit flew when I was in the Kansas Air National Guard.
Exactly. While they don't exactly give us a heads up, both sides are professional about it. Note that WE do the same thing off the coast of Russia. Note we also conduct Armor and Infantry maneuvers near Russia's land borders, something they cannot do to the USA.
Born in 1957.
I believe they do give us a heads up.
I heard the alert birds launch. Hard to miss a max performance launch. The -135 tanker was a bit of a surprise, the AKLRR systems much have seen the incoming ‘train’.
This stuff has been going on for decades.
I’m surprised that the Russians
had enough fuel
any working aircraft
pilots sober enough to drive....
Too bad the attempt to buy Siberia failed.
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