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Two Russian fighter jets that violated Swedish airspace earlier this month 'were equipped with NUKES with the aim of scaring Stockholm' after Putin had threatened military action if Sweden or Finland joined NATO
2022-03-31
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Posted by:Skidmark

#6  
"ой, извини! We were just giving a joyride to one of our defence ministry retirees!"
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-03-31 22:53  

#5  Could be.

IIUC, with the right equipment a nuke on board can be detected, something I read about back in the day about Bear Bomber intercepts. I don't think that is standard equipment on interceptors, but maybe it is being a neighbor of USSR and all.

Fake punch to keep everyone in place, makes sense. Also just watched 2 years of Daily Mail overhype bad information to support The Narrative, and this seems a story more appropriate 2 weeks ago, or more.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-03-31 18:39  

#4  As anal as the Soviets Russians were anal about nukes? Mock-ups I bet
Posted by: magpie   2022-03-31 18:25  

#3  It was the two attack planes which were, according to TV4 Nyheter sources, equipped with nuclear weapons.

According to TV news sources. Top TV news sources.
Confusion (intentional or otherwise) between "carrying nukes" vs "capable of carrying nukes"?
Posted by: SteveS   2022-03-31 18:24  

#2  Daily Mail using the word Claimed should be looked at with suspicion.

March 2nd. Wasn't talk of NATO membership a little later? Not saying this couldn't have happened, just seems a bit off.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-03-31 18:15  

#1  Now that is a provocation.

How to make friends and influence people.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-03-31 10:22  

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