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2008-09-18 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by 3dc 2008-09-18 00:40|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 The TU160's reportedly took an protractive overflight view = air inspection of airfields in CUBA before a'headin out Venezuela ways.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-09-18 01:16|| 2008-09-18 01:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Eventally we will be forced to pop this zit name Chavez. Question is how.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-09-18 01:50|| 2008-09-18 01:50|| Front Page Top

#3 If Obama is elected you will have to welcome your Cuban orerlords.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-09-18 04:31|| 2008-09-18 04:31|| Front Page Top

#4 I think I saw that script in Red Dawn.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-09-18 09:27|| 2008-09-18 09:27|| Front Page Top

#5 The article says they will be flying back to Russia soon. Isn't that over the dreaded Bermuda Triangle?"

Stuff disappears there and its the fault of alien abductions and methane gas ya know....

Posted by 3dc 2008-09-18 11:45|| 2008-09-18 11:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Cold war oddities, completely worthless in today's high-tech battlefield. Also, crap performance due to the heavy shoulders of the "swing wing" configuration (ever wonder why we never built many B-1's?). Expected lifetime in a conflict situation: about 15 minutes.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-09-18 12:56|| 2008-09-18 12:56|| Front Page Top

#7 mebbe, Mojo, but I don't like them using up my oxygen....

Posted by Ulaviper Hapsburg5870 2008-09-18 14:21|| 2008-09-18 14:21|| Front Page Top

#8 The TU-160 is a much faster and much bigger vopy. It can reeach over Mach2, menaing that it is faster than most fighters and can probably stay far longder at that speed. I don't know about its low altitude capabilities and how good are he ECMs. I don't know how good she would be in battlefield or against a carrier (specilayy now that the Navy has only F16s who are mediocre in the interceptor role) but she can wreak havoc on soft targets like Miami or the oil platforms in the Mexico Gulf.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-09-18 16:21|| 2008-09-18 16:21|| Front Page Top

#9 A few typos in the preceeding post. Here is the debugged version:

#8 The TU-160 is a much faster and much bigger clone of the B2. It can reeach over Mach2, meaning that it is faster than most fighters and can probably stay far longer at that speed. I don't know about its low altitude capabilities and how good are her ECMs. I don't know how good she would be in battlefield or against a carrier (specially now that the Navy has only F18s who are mediocre in the interceptor role) but she can wreak havoc on soft targets like Miami or the oil platforms in the Mexico Gulf.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-09-18 16:25|| 2008-09-18 16:25|| Front Page Top

#10 JFM__

You haven't been in certain Miami neighborhoods, or you wouldn't call it a "soft" target.....

Posted by Clating Hitler1976 2008-09-18 16:32|| 2008-09-18 16:32|| Front Page Top

#11 Actually, Tu-160 is not a relic. Also, it's totally different from B-1B. It is more similar to the ambitious and cancelled program of the original B-1. It's a Mach 2 bomber. Carries 12-16 (I forget now) nuclear tipped cruise missiles with a range of about 3,000 km. Also can carry conventional cruise missiles. Good for preventive strikes and for picking residual targets after a nuke strike.

Posted by General_Comment 2008-09-18 19:14|| 2008-09-18 19:14|| Front Page Top

#12 Thank you, General_Comment. That is useful information.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-09-18 22:01|| 2008-09-18 22:01|| Front Page Top

#13 Anytime.

Posted by General_Comment 2008-09-18 22:16|| 2008-09-18 22:16|| Front Page Top