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Russian bombers testing US defenses?
The Hill ^ | 8-7-2014 | Kristina Wong

Posted on 08/07/2014 12:12:45 PM PDT by markomalley

Russian strategic nuclear bombers entered U.S. airspace at least 16 times during the past 10 days, marking an unusually sharp increase of aerial incursions, The Washington Free Beacon reported.

The intrusions by Tu-95 Russian Bear H heavy bombers prompted the scrambling of U.S. fighter jets on several occasions. On one occasion, a Russian intelligence-gathering jet was detected along with the bombers near Alaska.

“Over the past week, NORAD has visually identified Russian aircraft operating in and around the U.S. air defense identification zones,” said Maj. Beth Smith, spokeswoman for U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command told the Beacon.

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To: sten

Many worry and wring hands about the possiblìty of martial law being implemented. I suspect that a declaration of national Sharia is more likely with the judicial appointees of the last 6 years instantly switching over and the many paynim military officers on cue deposing the non Islamic general and field officers in the military.


21 posted on 08/07/2014 1:18:53 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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To: gr8eman

He is a Moslem. The differences in result of an Islamic and a Communist takeover are insignificant.


22 posted on 08/07/2014 1:20:33 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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To: jsanders2001

ROFLMAO!!! Unique!


23 posted on 08/07/2014 1:25:05 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: markomalley
from the article :
“Over the past week, NORAD has visually identified Russian aircraft operating in and around the U.S. air defense identification zones,”

They didn't enter US airspace as such, they entered a zone within which US forces expect aircraft to identify themselves. That they haven't been flying in those zones of late doesn't mean our airspace moved out to the limits of our air defense zone.

This must mean Russian aircraft are flying into areas they have not been flying into lately and may not be identifying themselves in the recommended manner. Apparently they're not identifying themself in the usual manner which would make this unusual or provocative as opposed to just an indication of increased training or something of that sort.

If you read the section at the link I posted regarding Russian aircraft and other aircraft (about halfway down the page under 'United States') it's sort of confusing as to why this is abnormal rather than routine. The reason it's a bit confusing is that it specifically mentions that if they find an aircraft is a Russian aircraft on a training mission they just let it go on it's way which implies they don't expect such aircraft to identify themselves in some specific way. So . . . ?

Maybe the headings they're on indicate they're headed into US airspace rather than transiting the ADIZ?

24 posted on 08/07/2014 1:25:41 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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To: markomalley

The TU-95 is only still considered a bomber by courtesy.


25 posted on 08/07/2014 1:28:59 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: markomalley

I’d like to know if the standing orders for air defense have been changed by the regime. If they have, I’ll wager it is not for added security.


26 posted on 08/07/2014 1:59:47 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: edpc

Do they even have any air worthy Backfires?


27 posted on 08/07/2014 2:49:42 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: CodeToad

Hey I’m just saying Putin doesn’t have the air power, the skills, or balls to pull it off...: )


28 posted on 08/07/2014 2:51:41 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: markomalley

A Russian Defense Ministry statement on the cruise missile test launches said a Tu-95 bomber “is capable of destroying the critical stationary assets of an enemy with cruise missiles, in daytime and nighttime, in any weather and in any part of the globe.”


29 posted on 08/07/2014 2:55:56 PM PDT by McGruff (How's that Hopey Changey Thingy workin out for ya?)
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To: jsanders2001

Yeah, if Putin was as man as people say he is, he’d prove it!


30 posted on 08/07/2014 3:13:28 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: xkaydet65
Yep, about 100 or so. From what I've read, they plan to keep them until 2020. That can always change, since they still have the Bear and we still have the B-52.

I'm guessing they'd probably be used as standoff platforms for anti-shipping in a major conflict.

31 posted on 08/07/2014 8:30:02 PM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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