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cactusfractal

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4. We've played this game for decades...

Reply to bathroommonkey76 (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 10:46 PM

Feb 2013

In the 80s they would get too close to a carrier group's CAP and have to be escorted away by F-14s, sometimes by throttling back and lifting the inboard wing of the Bear, forcing it to bank away. They flip us off, we flip them off, another day at the WestPac office.

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Russian nuclear bombers intercepted near Guam [View all] bathroommonkey76 Feb 2013 OP

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They were just checking to see if we were awake. Thank Dog Georgie Bush wasnt in charge. nm rhett o rick Feb 2013 #2

It happened regularly under him too Posteritatis Feb 2013 #3

We've played this game for decades... cactusfractal Feb 2013 #4

same game in the 60s. olddad56 Feb 2013 #12

"A war with no battles, no monuments... only casualties." FailureToCommunicate Feb 2013 #5

Good old Tupolev TU-95's Baclava Feb 2013 #6

I thought Bear was the NATO designation of the Tu-20 (?). n/t DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2013 #15

The TU20 and TU95 are the same aircraft. Xithras Feb 2013 #20

The props are great radar reflectors too jpak Feb 2013 #23

From what I know, you can hear them before you see them sakabatou Feb 2013 #18

Yep. The props break the sound barrier. Xithras Feb 2013 #22

I've read where Navy subs tracked them using SONAR Baclava Feb 2013 #33

Say what you will... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #30

they are pretty, to me at least, I used to build lots of model planes as a kid Baclava Feb 2013 #32

That's not a bad looking bomber Light House Feb 2013 #36

They're plotting to capsize Guam slackmaster Feb 2013 #7

... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #31

haha! That poor guy is never going to live that down, is he? octothorpe Feb 2013 #34

what a bogus headline. Nuclear bombers. Oh no lets freak out... olddad56 Feb 2013 #8

Nothing bogus about it. Socal31 Feb 2013 #9

and you know for a fact that this plane was carrying a nuclear bomb olddad56 Feb 2013 #11

You were flying B-52s or B-2s? Socal31 Feb 2013 #13

Yeah, I was flying a B2 in 1968. Way before they were built. In the Navy no less. olddad56 Feb 2013 #16

Exactly. Socal31 Feb 2013 #17

So if you are so concernd, what are you doing about it? Exactly olddad56 Feb 2013 #19

Researching and educating myself on world politics from various domestic and international sources. Socal31 Feb 2013 #21

keep up the good work. olddad56 Feb 2013 #27

Will do. Socal31 Feb 2013 #28

According to the source listed on NBC's page davidpdx Feb 2013 #10

Gotta peddle the fear Mnpaul Feb 2013 #14

Japan has fighter jets? truthisfreedom Feb 2013 #24

... Why would that *possibly* surprise you in the least? (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #25

I hope this isn't a serious question. Socal31 Feb 2013 #29

They were just checking the fuel mileage. eom littlemissmartypants Feb 2013 #26

Waste of money for all nations invovled. /nt Ash_F Feb 2013 #35