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2021-12-09 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

US failed to respond to Russia aircraft near Alaska

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Posted by badanov 2021-12-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Weakened 'Red State' border border security appears to be a Biden administration theme. Perhaps Hunter has plans to sell Alaska back to the Russians.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-12-09 00:33|| 2021-12-09 00:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Magoo hears "bearing straight" which puts him in mind of moola: he thinks it means Hunter's overseas partners are on their way to the Beverly Hilton, bearing straight-up cashon the barrelhead, earmarked for TBG.

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-12-09 01:09|| 2021-12-09 01:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Or a pair of F-22s are 50km behind and 5000m higher. Bears are none the wiser.

Posted by Ulolump Grumble1426 2021-12-09 01:18|| 2021-12-09 01:18|| Front Page Top

#4 ....This right here is some authentic Cold War-era gibberish. On a believability scale of 1-10 -1 being flatly false, 10 being Lincoln-level honest - I give this a minus potato. It likely didn't happen at all.

But along the same lines, it should be mentioned that not long ago, the USAF leadership up there in AK complained that the intercept rate was too high, and they couldn't sustain it. When I was at Langley AFB 85-89, I watched the 48th Fighter Interceptor Squadron there launch on a regular basis, especially when the Havana Express was running. The idea of USAF officers complaining that the bad guys are pushing us on an unsustainable schedule is infuriating.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-12-09 06:45|| 2021-12-09 06:45|| Front Page Top

#5 假新闻

Posted by Mercutio 2021-12-09 09:03|| 2021-12-09 09:03|| Front Page Top

#6 sorry forgot the signoff...

操你，吃屎

Posted by Mercutio 2021-12-09 09:04|| 2021-12-09 09:04|| Front Page Top

#7 All the pilots were in ongoing diversity training at the time?

Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-12-09 11:41|| 2021-12-09 11:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Approaching end-of-year fuel budget, end.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-09 12:00|| 2021-12-09 12:00|| Front Page Top

#9 Not fair during Kwanzaa PRIDE week!

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-12-09 15:50|| 2021-12-09 15:50|| Front Page Top

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