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Russia downs American spy plane - correction: "Escorted"
2021-04-16
[Arutz7] - The Russian Ministry of Defence has announced that a Russian fighter has shot down a USAF Boeing RC-135 on an espionage mission over Kamatchka.
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#22  I'm sorry. _The Price of Vigilance_.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2021-04-16 20:03  

#21  I don't know whether or not to tell the story about my Dad and the book _The Pursuit of Vigilance_ or not.

I'm kinda tired.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2021-04-16 17:38  

#20  #15 Expect some "home movies" staring Hunter to be downloaded to internet.

Plus details of wire transfers to Hunter from various Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh and other money-laundering criminals
Posted by: Jiggs Omaper5061   2021-04-16 12:20  

#19  Russians won't fire unless fired on.

Unless it's a Korean Air Liner.

(And, yeah, I realize the US accidentally shot down an airliner, too.)
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2021-04-16 11:54  

#18  hell in the Cold War B-52s used to get 100 miles away from Moscow before being escorted out.
Posted by: 3dc   2021-04-16 11:41  

#17  escorted away. "The ministry said the U.S. aircraft had not violated Russia's borders."

So they got close and left when Russia fighters saw them and got too close to allow further spying. I suspect this was a daily occurrence back in the cold war.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2021-04-16 10:09  

#16   /\ Wagner Group can easily arrange such an incident.

So can our side.
Posted by: badanov   2021-04-16 09:35  

#15  Expect some "home movies" staring Hunter to be downloaded to internet.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-04-16 09:34  

#14  /\ Wagner Group can easily arrange such an incident.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-04-16 09:32  

#13  Their pilots are clowns who will love to play chicken, for real or for play, but they won't fire on aircraft unless instructed to do so.
Posted by: badanov   2021-04-16 09:32  

#12  Russians won't fire unless fired on.
Posted by: badanov   2021-04-16 09:30  

#11  Elections have consequences. Anyone not "packing the larder" is foolish
Posted by: Warthog   2021-04-16 09:30  

#10  So now President Asterisk and his freak show have blundered their way into three wars: China about to invade Taiwan. Israel left no choice but to prevent-emotive my strike Iran. And foolishly sticking our nose even deeper into Ukraine's arse so that The Big Guy and Lil' Crackpipe can collect their walking-around money.

And these idiots told us nonstop for four years that it was Trumpy Hitler who was dragging us over the brink.


Posted by: Black Bart Uloter9042   2021-04-16 09:07  

#9  "Downs" "Escorted" what's the diff when you're trying to start a war, right?
Posted by: Frank G   2021-04-16 08:50  

#8  Russia downs American spy plane

Whoa - serious flashback there!
Posted by: Raj   2021-04-16 08:32  

#7  US spy plane escorted by Russian fighter jet over the Pacific: report
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-04-16 08:18  

#6  Russian Military Jet Escorted U.S. Spy Plane Over the Pacific - TASS
The Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday an MiG-31 fighter jet had escorted an RC-135 U.S. strategic reconnaissance aircraft over the Pacific Ocean along the coast of Kamchatka, TASS news agency reported.

The f&cker of a Arutz-7 translator almost gave me a heart attack
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-04-16 08:14  

#5  Maybe the drone was checking out Ted Turner's spread on the Peninsula.
Posted by: b   2021-04-16 08:12  

#4  ^tho there's a world of difference between "stops" and "downs"....
Posted by: Mercutio   2021-04-16 08:01  

#3  ...and so it begins.... if real
Posted by: Mercutio   2021-04-16 07:59  

#2  All RC-135s are assigned to Air Combat Command. The RC-135 is permanently based at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., and operated by the 55th Wing, using various forward deployment locations worldwide.
Posted by: 3dc   2021-04-16 07:56  

#1  "Shot down"....????
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-04-16 07:31  

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