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2014-04-24 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Uh Oh: Russian Su -24 scores off against the American "USS Donald Cook"

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Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-04-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Might they have turned it off - to prevent their signals being recorded?

Just wondering...

Posted by CrazyFool 2014-04-24 00:49|| 2014-04-24 00:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Or maybe the Su-24 blew a fuse and *thought* the Aegis went black. Obviously, there is more to this story than we will ever learn from (spit) journalists.

Posted by SteveS 2014-04-24 01:24|| 2014-04-24 01:24|| Front Page Top

#3 When you rattle your sabre, it becomes difficult to stab someone in the back.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-04-24 01:47|| 2014-04-24 01:47|| Front Page Top

#4 One missing g(r).

Life is a shit sandwich. Eat it or starve.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2014-04-24 04:47|| 2014-04-24 04:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Act of mercy by the the destroyer. A zorch would be awkward.

Posted by Shipman 2014-04-24 05:50|| 2014-04-24 05:50|| Front Page Top

#6 A zorch would be awkward.

What is a zorch, Shipman? Some of us haven't the advantage of your various experiences.

Posted by trailing wife 2014-04-24 09:06|| 2014-04-24 09:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Zorch
Band
Zorch, who formed in 1973, were an early English totally electronic band, pioneering integrated performances of synthesizers and lightshow.

Not sure it's that.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2014-04-24 10:01|| 2014-04-24 10:01|| Front Page Top

#8 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=zorch&page=3

Posted by Spineth Bluetooth7525 2014-04-24 10:02|| 2014-04-24 10:02|| Front Page Top

#9 Now I know how Kraftwerk got one of its' influences; the things you learn every day!

Posted by Raj 2014-04-24 10:09|| 2014-04-24 10:09|| Front Page Top

#10 None of those definitions match what I thought a zorch was. From what I have heard, a zorch is where the aegis burns out your systems by focusing very large quantities of electromagnetic radiation on your aircraft.

Posted by Silentbrick 2014-04-24 12:25|| 2014-04-24 12:25|| Front Page Top

#11 Whose screens went blank? The pilot of that Su-24 wasn't looking at the ADS....

Posted by Spats the Kid7864 2014-04-24 13:05|| 2014-04-24 13:05|| Front Page Top

#12 LOL read on:

"After the incident, the foreign media reported that "Donald Cook" was rushed into a port in Romania. There all the 27 members of the crew filed a letter of resignation. It seems that all 27 people have written that they are not going to risk their lives. This is indirectly confirmed by the Pentagon statement according to which the action demoralized the crew of the American ship."

I always wondered where Baghdad Ali went.

Posted by European Conservative 2014-04-24 18:18|| 2014-04-24 18:18|| Front Page Top

#13 Destroyers have 27 crew?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-04-24 18:36|| 2014-04-24 18:36|| Front Page Top

#14 "We didn't join the military to risk our lives!!"

Part of this, at least, seems to be true.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2014-04-24 18:56|| 2014-04-24 18:56|| Front Page Top

#15 "simulated missile attack on the target"

And lived to tell the tale?

Posted by European Conservative 2014-04-24 19:40|| 2014-04-24 19:40|| Front Page Top

#16 The warship was "buzzing" Russia, so it seems a little "reciprocation" is to be expected.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2014-04-24 19:53|| 2014-04-24 19:53|| Front Page Top

#17 According to Tom Clancy, a zorch is an overloading of a planes electronics by ramping up the output of radars.

IIRC the line was "If you piss off an Aegis you can wind up having 2 headed kids."

Posted by AlanC 2014-04-24 20:02|| 2014-04-24 20:02|| Front Page Top

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