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USAF F-15 Eagles Escort Russian Tu-95 Bears Off Alaska Coast

cnn.com — "U.S. radar picked up the Russian turbo-prop Tupolev-95 planes about 500 miles off the Alaska coast. The U.S. fighters from Elmendorf Air Force Base were dispatched to meet the bombers and escorted them out of the area without incident, the officials said."

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  • vroom101, on 03/27/2008, -3/+491. Helmet-Cam Video: USAF F-15C Eagles intercepts a Russian Tu-95 Bear-H Bomber near Alaska, USA, on 7 September 2007...

    (a) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-rOH64Umns

    2. Cold War intercept & escort of the friendly kind in Alaska, USA on 1 August 1989...

    (b) USAF F-15 Eagles intercept two Soviet MiG-29s: http://chamorrobible.org/images/photos/gpw-200701a ...

    (c) Escorting the two MiG-29 fighter jets to Elmendorf AFB, Alaska: http://chamorrobible.org/images/photos/gpw-200701b ...

    Via photos 1, 2 --> http://chamorrobible.org/gpw/gpw-200701.htm -- very good photos!

    3. The Mutual Admiration Club: USAF B-2 Spirit & USAF F-15E Strike Eagles flying together...

    (d) Andersen AFB, Guam, USA: http://chamorrobible.org/images/photos/gpw-2005112 ... Via http://chamorrobible.org/gpw/gpw-20051129.htm

    (e) Over the Pacific Ocean, Guam, USA: http://chamorrobible.org/images/photos/gpw-2005082 ... Via http://chamorrobible.org/gpw/gpw-20050822.htm

    • supras, on 03/27/2008, -1/+11Yup. Most people don't seem to realize this happens on a relatively frequent basis. Just another aircraft probing air defenses.
      • mickrussom, on 03/27/2008, -11/+1Its the military industrial complex trying to scaremonger and sell perpetual war to a nation whose back is being broken by massive debt and inflation. We need someone to blame.
        • cygnus2112, on 03/27/2008, -0/+9Let's blame the US for a Russian bomber crossing US air space!
      • DucoNihilum, on 03/27/2008, -6/+1EVERYBODY is involved, especially the greedy capitalists. The only group of people who are not involved are those who produce tin foil.

        Here are some instructions to safeguard yourselves http://zapatopi.net/afdb/
    • salomejones, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4Indeed, very frequent actually. Though dispatched escorts are something of a rarity (maybe 4-5 times per year), requests to find egress from US Airspace for foreign aircraft is an almost daily occurrence.
    • Amazetbm, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4So bascially we're getting back to business as usual.
    • inigomntoya, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5This was fairly minor compared to other "games" that go on. A guy I work with was on an aircraft carrier when a Russian Bear came out of the sky and dropped a paint bomb on the deck. There was some major hell to pay for some people on that boat...
      Very cool pics, BTW. 2(b) has been my desktop background since I saw it here on Digg a while back. I am thinking of changing it to 3(d)...
      • unreg, on 03/27/2008, -4/+2I highly doubt that a Russian aircraft could get anywhere near an aircraft carrier, much less drop a paint bomb on it.
        • bitterbug, on 03/27/2008, -1/+6Then anyone that mods you up didn't read the article, just like you.
          "Then, four Bear bombers flew near the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, with one of them flying about 2,000 feet from the Nimitz's deck."
          • unreg, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1"Western media earlier cited U.S. officials as saying that a Russian bomber came within three to five nautical miles and flew 2,000 feet (610 meters) above the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier off the Korean coast. A similar incident occurred less than a month ago."

            With a few more facts one actually finds that the aircraft were flying at an altitude of 2000 ft, approximately 3-5 miles out.
          • unreg, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2Hey look, more facts:

            "Dygalo said the plane, assigned to Russia's Pacific Fleet, was on a routine patrol flight over the Sea of Japan, conducted in strict compliance with international regulations on the use of airspace over neutral waters.

            "It is common practice," the Navy spokesman said, adding that two U.S. F/A-18 fighters and several Japanese F-2 and F-16 accompanied the Russian ASW plane during the flight"

            So the plane was accompanied by at least 5 allied fighters.
    • vroom101, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Here's how Russia is reporting this event (I think it's the same Tu-95 Bears)...

      #1. "Russia bombers get NATO escort near Alaska: reports": http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL265916 ... via http://digg.com/politics/Russia_bombers_get_NATO_e ...

      February, 9 2008 Russia buzzes the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz with Tu-95 Bear bomber...

      #2. "Russian Bomber Buzzes Nimitz; Incident Raises Concern": http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?i ... ( www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48943 )

      In early March 2008, Russia decided fly over USS Nimitz -- again...

      #3. "Russia downplays Tu-142 flight over U.S. aircraft carrier": http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080306/100809284.html

      #4. "Korean, US Fighters Intercept Russian Aircraft": http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/0 ... ( www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/03/116_20270.html )

      #5. "Russian Bomber Approaches U.S. Aircraft During Training Off South Korea"http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,335591,00.html

      And for the record the Russian bombers NEVER flew over Guam, USA, AND never even got close to U.S. airspace in August 2007...

      #6. U.S. admiral: Russian bombers never got within 500 [311 miles] kilometers of Guam: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/10/america/ ... ( www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/10/america/NA-GEN-US-Russia-War-Games.php )
  • willsani, on 03/27/2008, -27/+4Tax dollars hard at work!
    • slvrbullet87, on 03/27/2008, -1/+20This is a good thing. Just because these guys werent starting trouble doesnt mean that the next group might not try some *****.
    • Gryffydd, on 03/27/2008, -2/+21Yes, keeping another country's bombers from flying willy-nilly in our airspace is a terrible waste of tax payer dollars...
      • willsani, on 03/27/2008, -9/+1And you're assuming that's what I said.
    • MrBill79, on 03/27/2008, -2/+18You're suggesting that the USAF should let bombers enter United States airspace undeterred?
      • willsani, on 03/27/2008, -7/+1I'm suggesting that our tax dollars were spent wisely for once. That's what I'm suggesting. Are you suggesting that I'm saying otherwise by reading far too much in my comment? You need to stop going off on a the offense first, calm down and assume the positive.
      • DucoNihilum, on 03/27/2008, -0/+10Let me take a random stab at this one. You make the (always sarcastic) comment "Tax dollars hard at work!"- now you're getting ***** for your ignorance and are changing your story..... Am I right?
    • willsani, on 03/27/2008, -8/+1...and you assumed that I was negating, which is not the case.
    • inigomntoya, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2I think its a great way to test our first line of defense against such threats - benign or not.
    • DucoNihilum, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1Ehh, it'd be great if it were some American planes (though some exercise) not some other country. Sure it lets us test our defenses, but it lets THEM test our defenses too.
      • steevacy, on 03/27/2008, -0/+0So I guess if something happens and we have to fight, we'll call up some other country and say "Oh hai, can you fight these guys? We don't want them figuring out how we shoot the bad guys, plz thx!"
  • dsenman, on 03/27/2008, -2/+32Canada and the U.S. seem to do intercept the Bears about once a month. Just some friendly cat and mouse...
  • Skurt, on 03/27/2008, -2/+25Pffft... This happened at least once very 3 ~ 4 weeks when I was in Iceland, the Bears in the Air was a common thing.

    We'd scramble out, a pair of F-15s and the Awacss. The F-15s would have lock before they took off and the Awacss already had lock as they ran 24/7 radar before they even started the engines.
    • kingo123, on 03/27/2008, -0/+7Cool that you were there to see it happen!!
      • Skurt, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2I was stationed with the AWACS for two years in Iceland. No I didn't see the actual encounters, Yes I did stand at the edge of the ***** and see the pilots lock on the Bears, and yes I did see the Radars in the AWACS lock on the bears before they took off.

        They would bring up the radar and on the radar screen you could see England, Russia, Germany from Iceland sitting on the ground.

        They would watch the bears take off from Russia and when it was obvious they were heading in our direction we would scramble.
    • unreg, on 03/27/2008, -8/+1I highly doubt your assertion that the F15s had radar lock before taking off.

      And why would AWACS be operating their radar on the ground, isn't that what ground based units do?
      • alpha19, on 03/27/2008, -0/+6I don't see any reason to question him. Perhaps the AWACS do operate 24/7 so when they need to go airborne, they already have a radar map established. The F-15's could very well have had radar lock before taking off... considering upgraded radar systems these days extend 250+ miles, and with data being sent to them from the AWACS... there is no reason they shouldn't have radar lock.
        • unreg, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1I do. You obviously have a very limited knowledge of how an aircraft radar system works. Any craft sitting on the ground with its radar operating is going to be overwhelmed with signal return from the ground immediately in front of it.
          • alpha19, on 03/28/2008, -0/+0ground-based sends data to AWACS, AWACS sends data to F-15... AWACS acts as the command post for the intercept mission... pretty simple and straight forward i thought. you are right... aircraft radar is very focused and is interrupted by ground interference. i never said the aircraft were using their radar emitters... simply using their radar systems to track aircraft who's positions were being relayed to them from other systems

            unbundle those panties....
      • Skurt, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Oh, and to be sure, F-15s have a *****, AWACS' have a Flight Deck. in case you are confused as to which plane I was speaking of. The Pilots of the AWACS do not have radar for bears, only weather, there are like 20 stations in the back for the Bears.

        And Trivia, The Radardome is tall enough for someone to stand up in. If you are over 6' you'll have to slouch. And the little bitty radar that is behind it, all the AWACS paint the black stripe in a different direction so when there are pictures, someone who casually looks at them would think they also spin.
      • Flytrap, on 03/27/2008, -0/+0Dude, you need to read the news a lot more often. The Russians fly under US radar and buzz US air craft carriers on a regular basis. The most recent was on the 11th February when a couple of bombers buzzed the USS Nimitz, twice - http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/11/world/ma ... ! before the air craft carrier could scramble a response. This has been all over the news dude. Read: http://patdollard.com/2008/02/navy-intercepts-russ ... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23117045/ and this one from the US military itself http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?i ...

        Of course this is not the worst of it. In December 2000, the Russians snuck under the radar with two fighters and buzzed the USS Kitty Hawk so close that "... shoes on the bridge spilled coffee and everyone said "H--y S---!. I looked at the Captain at this point and his face was red..." according to an account of somebody who was there. "...Four days later, the Russian intelligence agency e-mailed the CO of the Kitty Hawk and enclosed pictures they had taken of our dudes scrambling around the flight deck, frantically trying to get airborne." the account goes on. A copy of this 2000 account can be read here: http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/naval-forces/1066 ... An independent news account of that incident can be found here: http://www.discerningtoday.org/members/Digest/2000 ... A Washington Times report screams with the headline "U.S. ship took 40 minutes to respond to order" http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a2f28db67ab.ht ... and the WorldNet Daily echoes it saying "Russian flyover has U.S. Navy buzzing" http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a2f44cd73dd.ht ...

        Another account from a separate article talks about the Russians having better stealth than an F117, because of how invisible they can be until it is virtually too late to do anything about them. One sailor writes about the Russians flying so low that they would buzz past the carrier below deck level and when one crashed doing the stunt, the US had to convince the Russians that they had not shot it down. This thread discusses the Kitty Hawk debacle and contains a link to a Russian site where the Russians crow about the fact that they sank the Kitty Hawk twice in "...simulated air attacks recently by overflying it completely undetected by its radars."

        Anyway dude, Its easy to think the way you do from your rocking chair. Try talking to the men and women in uniform who have to deal with the real Russian threat every day and they will tell you that the Russians are still the other super power... they are just too broke to show it off, but they still have what it takes.
        • vroom101, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1"...Another account from a separate article talks about the Russians having better stealth than an F117..."

          @Flytrap do you have the link for this account?
    • zeero, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1i dont see the point of going all crazy about it. i dont think russians would be this stupid to just fly around with an actual objective of bombing something and let themselves be seen.
      this is just like all the terror threats... if they actually wanted to do something bad, they'd do it. its just like the article said, they are just flexing their presense.
  • Ub3rL33ch, on 03/27/2008, -20/+4DAMN THE RUSSIANS WERE TRYING TO BOMB US WTF
  • Viti, on 03/27/2008, -24/+3I wish I was the guy they called up and said, "Maverick (movie reference), we need you in the air." But instead of flying jet planes, I'm sitting in a chair casting magical spells in the land of Azeroth. Far more exciting than flying jet planes! (.....)
  • Winston84, on 03/27/2008, -13/+6Thank God, the Cold War is back !
  • Deputy_Doodah, on 03/27/2008, -4/+7You mean the same crap that's been going on for over 50 years happened again? Yaaaaawwwwwnnn.
  • FeartheKnighted, on 03/27/2008, -13/+7lmao @ turbo props
    • dtilford, on 03/27/2008, -5/+3Seriously, is it just me or could our fighters blow them out of the sky in like 0.3 seconds? Are they just checking to make sure our radar still works? Thanks Ruskies!
    • moofer, on 03/27/2008, -1/+9Don't laugh till you see the range on those things.
    • orielbean, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4Don't laugh at the AC-130s - those props will bring the hurt and quick. The Bears are like the B-52s and can hold a huge payload.
      • kipmartin, on 03/27/2008, -1/+4the B52s! Love Shack Baby!!

        ...man, this will get dugg down quick by all the military types!
        • Clumber, on 03/27/2008, -2/+2Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin roof! Rusted!
    • brufleth, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3Turbo props are still a very viable propulsion system for certain kinds of aircraft. They just aren't efficient at higher speeds.
    • erkokite, on 03/27/2008, -2/+3Actually, the Bear is known for its ability to accelerate very quickly in short distances. Not a speed king, but it can pull away from some jets for a short time. Not to mention the far superior fuel efficiency of a prop aircraft to a jet. You wouldn't want a prop on a fighter and you wouldn't want a jet on a plane like the bear. Different tasks, different engines.
    • lhbaker, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2I used to see these on WestPac. Ther're pretty ***** awesome.
  • prob1em, on 03/27/2008, -7/+15Here comes "Cold war 2: Electric Boogaloo"
    • neosublime, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2comment duff for Electric Boogaloo reference
  • DavidJAugustyn, on 03/27/2008, -10/+2"The last case of Russian aircraft approaching the U.S. coastline or ships in the Pacific was in February"
    "U.S. military officials say the incidents are not a concern"

    Okay, so they do this every month, and it was confirmed as standard air force training.. Why do I give a *****?
    • mandarin, on 03/27/2008, -0/+6so far you made a comment about it...
    • DucoNihilum, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Not confirmed as standard aircraft training, just 'standard'.
  • jspegele, on 03/27/2008, -9/+8OMFG The Russians are attacking . . . the water 500 miles off the coast of Alaska
    • norman619, on 03/27/2008, -1/+5World In Conflict had it right!
    • captric, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1Nah - they were gonna bombVancouver Canada. The US calvary came to the rescue!
  • J4CKofH34RT5, on 03/27/2008, -2/+10The Cold War never left
    • JointVenture, on 03/27/2008, -4/+3I believe that in a 100 years or so the fall of the Berlin Wall will be portrayed as the Trojan Horse of the 21st century.
      • aloser, on 03/27/2008, -0/+8Wait, which century did that happen?
        • alpha19, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3lmao.... 20th century.... Good catch.
        • JointVenture, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4I refuse to say 20th century because it makes me think of Fox.
          • alpha19, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Hey... Fox is good for some things... like this headline, "A New Zealand man has been sentenced to community service after telling police he was raped by a wombat and the experience had made him speak "Australian"."
  • SwedishNinja, on 03/27/2008, -18/+18In Soviet Russia, Bear intercepts YOU.
    • Suprfire, on 03/28/2008, -1/+1Bear Form, Intercept! (i know, i know, doesn't happen like that - gg)
  • HaSatan, on 03/27/2008, -3/+29Those Russians mean to steal our precious bodily fluids!
  • bmorlok, on 03/27/2008, -2/+14This is about as big of an issue as running out of bounds in a football game.
    • malman4, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3Except one time you may tiptoe along the sideline and then break free for a score.....
  • WoundedCow, on 03/27/2008, -5/+15Were this an actual emergency, you would have been told where to tune in your area for additional information. --- Only those over 45 will probably understand this reference.
    • Chassit, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4I am 37 and I remember.
    • viruz, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2Do they still play those? I think it's been about 10 years since I've heard one of those.
    • TheUnlearn, on 03/27/2008, -1/+4I'm 20 and i know what you're talking about.
    • hayashi, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2I'm not even from States and I know what you're talking about.
    • SuperVepr308, on 03/27/2008, -0/+136 and I remember that well. The tone still sticks in my head.
  • Conwaysb0718, on 03/27/2008, -2/+5Its a classic rope-a-dope... send enough benign sorties out and the enemy gets used to it, response times increase a little and people get more relaxed with your presence.... and then bam, one day, they go right where they were really trying go and do some major damage.
  • grexeo, on 03/27/2008, -2/+25"Sir, 2 Russian turbo-prop Tupolev-95 planes are about *500* miles off the Alaska coast!"

    "Arm the nukes."
    • RedHairedMan, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Sorry sir, we can't. We accidentaly sent the fuses for the nukes to Taiwan.
  • Vipersfate, on 03/27/2008, -3/+3Red Storm Rising anyone?
    • BishopAzrael, on 03/27/2008, -1/+5You know I've always thought Clancy had some kind of clear vision of the future. When we got hit on 9/11 I was thinking how spooky it was that clancy had just released Debt of Honor like a year or so before that happened.
  • kipmartin, on 03/27/2008, -7/+1sure is comforting to hear that Russians 'flexing their muscles' is nothing to worry about! i just hope it doesn't happen after President John McCain has a tough day.
    • malman4, on 03/27/2008, -4/+4He is probably the only one who understands the situation......
  • Albear89, on 03/27/2008, -5/+3I've been bamboozled. thought this was an article on Bears!

    Go bears.

    =p
  • JRobinson1026, on 03/27/2008, -2/+5We're not using Alaska anyway. Meh.
  • briLo, on 03/27/2008, -3/+7Shoot those ***** down! Then say it was a training excersice that went South, like your Tu-95 Bear!
  • MetalLizard, on 03/27/2008, -6/+25*Transmission*
    USA: Hey Russia, GTFO, You are NOT allowed here!
    Russia: Come on, we're all comrades... right?
    USA: NO, GET YOUR STUPID BEAR BOMBERS OUT OF OUR AREA!
    Russia: :-(
    USA: GET OUT OF HERE STALKERS
    Russia: Uncalled for! Highly uncalled for!
    *End Transmission*

    • Ap0x, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2that "GET OUT OF HERE STALKER" guy is why I stopped playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
    • norcalscan, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1I'd love to hear the transmission of " :-( "
  • thadjudkins, on 03/27/2008, -4/+4So, uh, whats the cruising speed of those turboprops and the stall speed of an F-15, I'm actually mildly surprised that they could escort them and stay in the air. Anyone remember the Simpsons episode where Sideshow Bob steals the Wright Brothers plane to try and get Krusty and the fighters can't fly slowly enough to follow it....
    • malman4, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2your age is showing, but not showing much.............
    • noahhoward, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1You'd be surprised turbo props are actually fairly fast. One of my favorite airshow sights is watching a P-51 and an F-15 fly in formation.
      • gurellia53, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4P-51s are internal combustion. F-15s are turbofan. Neither are turbo prop.
        • yoda133113, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Demonstrating his point even better, the P-51s are slower than the Tu-95s. so if they can fly in formation with the piston engine plane, the turbo prop shouldn't be a problem.
  • spiritflare1, on 03/27/2008, -4/+1why is this even news? Routine intercepts have been happening since SAC in 50s or even earlier. It's not even cool - up the cool factor with an F-22 Raptors intercept if u're going to post.
  • chanop, on 03/27/2008, -1/+13As long as they don't ***** with our crabbing boats....It's worth dropping a nuke on them if they steal all my king crab
    • steevacy, on 03/27/2008, -0/+0That would make "The Deadliest Catch" even more deadlier.
  • baalzebub, on 03/27/2008, -0/+17"Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find: one .45 caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days concentrated emergency raisons; one drug issue containing: antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair a nylon stockings. Shoot, a fellah could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff." - Slim Pickens
    • nirav72, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4Dugg for the Dr.Strangelove reference.
    • jerrycan, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3I read that with a Slim Pickens Drawl. Sweet.
  • Kaervek, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1Could be an accident due to navigation issues. Could be a test to see how far they can get before anyone intercepts.

    Who's to say? I sure wouldn't admit to the latter.
  • suzywang3000, on 03/27/2008, -0/+6were they inverted?
  • GT35R, on 03/27/2008, -0/+33Bears, the number one threat to America. Colbert wasn't kidding!
  • PatNolan, on 03/27/2008, -4/+2Way overblown. They were just lost.
  • toconnor, on 03/27/2008, -0/+9Are they attacking Alaska for the oil?
  • willsani, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2The movie "The Russians are Coming" immediately comes to mind.
  • OSuX, on 03/27/2008, -0/+7This is very important, Mr. Gant,
    you must think in Russian.
    You can't think in English
    and transpose it.
    You must think in Russian.
  • bubbadoo989, on 03/27/2008, -2/+6"....Maverick is supersonic... I'll be right there Iceman."
    • BelatedHero, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2You can be my wingman anytime.
    • alpha19, on 03/27/2008, -1/+0I like all the Top Gun references... especially since the entire movie was about F-14's (read, not F-15's).
  • PhillyMJS, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1Минус, призрак всадника, то схема будет заполнен.

    (Gotta love Google Translate!)
    • Virgule, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2"Minus, the spectre of rider, then diagram wakes filled."
      LOL :o)
      • PhillyMJS, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Heh. Yeah, I ran it through other online translators and got humorous results. But Google Translate will switch it back correctly.
    • ComradeGoby, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Negative, ghost rider, the pattern is full.
  • petebert, on 03/27/2008, -3/+1OMG We're going to war with IRAN!!
  • sentinel106, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3This isn't good, but it happened all throughout the cold war and still through the 1990's and still to this day. Nothing new, but still not really good.
  • gthrank, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2They should put radiation sensors in those F15s. If those Tupolevs are found to be carrying nukes 500mi from Alaska, that'd be pretty serious.
    • zeero, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1so they'd just fly in and drop some nukes? to cause ww3? really? are you that retarded?
  • BohicaTwentyTwo, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3Reminds me of the hedy days of Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin.
    • ssn697, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2I forgot about the Gagarin crash. Did they ever come up with the cause?

      Off to google, with the markets boring me to death today...
    • emomakesmecry, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3"...when the world trembled at the sound of our rockets. Now they will tremble again at the sound of our silence. The order is, engage the silent drive."
      • Space_Balls, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Props for Red October reference ;)
        "for a moment I thought,..., heard singing"
  • 223Sniper, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1bears have a top speed of about 350mph, an F15 about 1800...not much of a contest there(if the F15 doesnt break up in flight ha). russian military is laughable.
  • SuperVepr308, on 03/27/2008, -0/+6The Russian military is not laughable. Not comparable to ours but they are not a joke in my opinion. Lots of good tech and training there.
    • solid12345, on 03/27/2008, -0/+7In some ways they are more powerful. Their technology may be antiquated and falling apart, but unlike the US they fight dirty. They had no qualms about raining fire on Chechnya and did not care whether they bombed civilians or not. We are more politically correct and that is why we are losing in Iraq. And don't get me wrong I am not saying we should stoop to their level but total warfare does work.
      • tcklord, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1It worked so well for them when they invaded Afghanistan. I'm not saying we did any better, but their way has not been proven to be all that more effective.
    • zeero, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1so the US is all flowers and lollypops and no civillian killing and no ***** country invading? wtf are you talking about them fighting dirty. you dont see them trying to police the entire world while falsly invading other countries.
  • JoshuaLowe, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1This is an old school Soviet-era military/political tactic that never went away. It regularly happens, it's just been happening more often since the USA's plans to implement a missile shield in eastern Europe have continued, despite Russia's protests. Russia often "speaks" diplomatically through displays of military posturing. One of the best known examples of this "language" in action was the Cuban Missile Crisis. If you analogize it to individual behavior, it's akin to "acting out" or "passive aggressive" responses.

    There was also a recent Bear overflight of the USS Nimitz, apparently it passed directly over her deck.
  • charlietuna, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1To the Russians reading this... a mighty fine plane you guys have there. It's a classic along the lines of the B-52, though I think the Tu-95 is better looking.
    • yoda133113, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Nah, I like the look of the hulking huge bomber that is the B-52 (besides it's bigger, faster, and goes farther), but something can be said for a turbo-prop that's as good as the Tu-95
  • scoresman, on 03/27/2008, -0/+0In Soviet Russia Tu-95 Bears escort YOU!
  • bdpf, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Bear over flights of the Carrier Task Groups have been happening since the sixties. The TU-95 were old then but caused plenty of excitment for the troops. SMILE They just checking out the response time of the intercept. Love those bears! Too bad the flight crews can't trade bottles of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ !
    • lhbaker, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Not to mention they were taking pictures as they buzzed by at eye level. We all knew to show them our middle fingers.
  • Raziel66, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5While the Russians do frequently violate our air space, it is not a friendly gesture. He's probing our defenses and sending a message. He has already stated on numerous occasions that he considers us to be in the middle of a new cold war, and he has publicly stated that his nukes have been aimed at Europe again (if they ever even changed their targets).
  • Virgule, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Hey something happened: nothing happened.
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