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2014-04-14 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian jet passes at close range over US warship in Black Sea

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Posted by DarthVader 2014-04-14 13:02|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 The cold war is still alive and well I see.

Posted by DarthVader 2014-04-14 13:03|| 2014-04-14 13:03|| Front Page Top

#2 American Warship passes at close range over Russian territory in Black sea.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2014-04-14 13:06|| 2014-04-14 13:06|| Front Page Top

#3 It never really died, DV - just went into hibernation for a while.

Posted by Barbara 2014-04-14 16:03|| 2014-04-14 16:03|| Front Page Top

#4 "A second Russian Su-24 was in the area the entire time, but did not make any similarly provocative maneuvers."

So was this one, unlike the "perp", armed?

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-04-14 16:32|| 2014-04-14 16:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Probably recording what the radar did.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2014-04-14 17:44|| 2014-04-14 17:44|| Front Page Top

#6 When I was in the Navy back in 70-73, I heard stories of Soviet jets buzzing American ships. I think that ended when we turned on the missile targeting radars.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2014-04-14 17:48|| 2014-04-14 17:48|| Front Page Top

#7 they may have buzzed a CV with a bear in the old days, but they were alwdys escorted by a Phantom or Tomcat with a full loadout on the rails . and they made sure Ivan saw they were not training rounds.

Posted by USN,ret 2014-04-14 19:44|| 2014-04-14 19:44|| Front Page Top

#8 they were alwdys escorted by a Phantom or Tomcat

Read an artic way back when, about a Bear sent on patrol to annoy the Americans. The tail gunner took great pains to make sure his cannon was pointing in a direction that was in no way threatening.

Posted by SteveS 2014-04-14 23:43|| 2014-04-14 23:43|| Front Page Top

#9 AFAIK the US Navy's CVN + BG is outside of the Black Sea, at last check visiting Greece.

IMO the Russians chose this vessel intentionally because it wasn't a US CVN, otherwise the latter's CAP would be upon them long before the Russkies got close.

IMO again this is Putin putting indirect pressure on the Bammer to cooperate wid him on the remainder of Ukraine - PUTIN WANTS THE UKRAINE TO BE A PART OF RUSSIA'S PROPOSED EURASIAN CUSTOMS UNION + OTHER, PUTIN IS NOT TAKING "NO" FOR AN ANSWER OR REGTURNING THE CRIMEA, BUT HE IS WILLING TO ACCEPT A MINOR OR BENIGN, NEGOTIATED NATO-EU PRESENCE IN THE UKRAINE PROPER AS LONG AS RUSSIA HAS THE SAME RIGHTS.

As per CNN this AM, Putin = FM Lavrov = is saying it, i.e. Russia is NOT interested [for now] in taking over any more of the Ukraine other than the Crimea region. PUTIN IS WAITING FOR OBAMA + KERRY TO RESPOND - IFF THEY DO NOT, PUTIN = RUSSIA WILL ACT UNILATERALLY + FORCEFULLY TO ACHIEVE ITS AGENDA IRREGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE BAMMER IS FEELING PRO-US "NATIONALIST" OR ANTI-US "GLOBALIST" ON A GIVEN DAY.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-04-14 23:54|| 2014-04-14 23:54|| Front Page Top

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