[Tommyjo]

Get back to me when the U.S. puts in an official complaint of the airspace violation.

That article posted is poorly written and very stilted. A case of lost in translation.

``Whenever we saw U.S. planes during our flights over the ocean, we greeted them,’’ Androsov said. ``On Wednesday, we renewed the tradition when our young pilots flew by Guam in two planes. We exchanged smiles with our counterparts who flew up from a U.S. carrier and returned home.’’

‘Flew by’’. Legally they can go up to the 12mile limit.

[MichaelP]

You are right, of course. But Putin has seemed to have made a decision to restore the former glory of the USSR to Neo-Russia. What do you think is the purpose behind all this provacative behaviour? I don't like it, and it makes me nervous....

Mike