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| ..When faced with similar silliness, the great Edmund Burke is said to have replied, "I do not believe that discourses of this kind are held, nor that anything like them will be held, by any who walk about without a keeper." [Hushkit.net] Russia reveals wreckage of US Blackbird spyplane shot down in 1983 Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird.jpg
Mainly because it didn't fecking happen, but please do go on. Yesterday, at a press conference in Moscow, Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation spokesperson Alexei Obmanov shared images and documents that conclusively prove a US SR-71 Blackbird spyplane was downed close to a remote Siberian village in 1983. It's very possible they have parts of a D-21 drone, which was supposed to piggyback on the Blackbird but never quite worked like that - it ended up being launched from international airspace by B-52s. One of them may have ended up inside the USSR, that story is unclear. According to Obmanov, the aircraft was intercepted by a pair of Soviet Air Defence Forces (PVO) MiG-31 interceptors. The intruding US aircraft was tracked for 93 miles (150 km), and five radio warnings issued, before the Soviet aircraft opened fire. Three missiles were fired, with the second two hitting and destroying the American aircraft. The two aircrew successfully ejected from the aircraft. The wreckage, which was recovered from the Siberian village of Durakovo, was sent to the Gromov Flight Research Institute 25 miles (40 km) south-east of Moscow for analysis. Ummmmmm, no. Way too many recorded instances of Blackbirds simply walking away from threats, and at the time there was nothing in the Soviet arsenal that could catch it. Cover up According to Obmanov, a frantic diplomatic effort following the crash saw both sides agree to not publicly acknowledge the incident, an agreement that lasted 35 years. It was feared by both sides that the incident, which occurred at the height of Cold War tensions, could be potentially inflammatory. ...So they kept THIS quiet but didn't say anything when we landed on them with both feet for KAL 007 that same year? There's a word for that, and it rhymes with 'full kit'. According to Ben Shearer, from the ANOITO Defence Research Institute, A defense research institute so important that it apparently has zero internet presence - Google shows no mention of it. the deal was mutually beneficial as it also cloaked the alleged 'Submarine 545' incident - 'Submarine 545' refers to a long-denied incident of a Soviet submarine exercise that went badly wrong, and may have inadvertently released radioactive material off the coast of New York in the early 1980s (though no firm proof of the submarine incident has come to light). Ah-hah - a nonexistent shootdown is hidden so as to keep secret something else that didn't happen! My GAWD, these people are fiendishly clever. Wheels within wheels, y'know... The pilot and reconnaissance systems officer (who remain unnamed) of the downed SR-71 were returned to the United States in 1984 in exchange for two Soviet diplomats arrested for espionage in 1975. According to one US source we spoke to, "This is stunning news... a Blackbird loss has never been acknowledged. BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, YOU MORON. As stunning as the loss itself is the mutual secrecy arrangements...I am now wondering what else is out there." In a time of mutual distrust between Washington and Moscow it is clear that the revelation is intended to embarrass the US. The US Department of Defense has not commented on the revelation. Because they were too busy laughing their backsides off. Mike | |
| Posted by:Mike Kozlowski |
| #8 big pic at wikipedia |
| Posted by: Flaper Sluck2216 2018-04-01 20:12 |
| #7 SR-71 and B-2 bomber are two of the most beautiful pieces of technology ever assembled by man. Regardless of their purpose, they are worth every penny taxpayers shelled out for them just because they are fabulous works of art. I'm no billionaire but if the Air Force ever starts selling tickets to ride either one of these birds I'd really love to get one. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-04-01 15:36 |
| #6 A lovely one, Mike, which is why I quickly published it. Under the circumstances, I’m glad I didn’t set it for tomorrow. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-04-01 12:39 |
| #5 ...It hit me - needless to say - after I posted that this was a April Fool's day event. Mea culpa, fellow 'Burgers. /and that was one of my better rants, too Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2018-04-01 12:23 |
| #4 THIS is what they'd want you to think! Chemtrails! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-04-01 10:58 |
| #3 April Fools! And yes, it's a beautiful pic. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-04-01 10:55 |
| #2 I question the timing... /obscure? |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-04-01 10:54 |
| #1 show me the wreckage, Ivan; words are cheap. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2018-04-01 10:44 |
