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2025-05-16 Europe

Russian and NATO fighter jets clash as allied forces try to board Moscow oil tanker in high-stakes naval showdown off the coast of Europe

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-05-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [166 views ] Top

#1 Sooner or later someone on either side is going to "Ah hell, I'm goin' for it".

Feel free to translate that into po-russki for me, Grom.

Posted by Mercutio 2025-05-16 08:48|| 2025-05-16 08:48|| Front Page Top

#2 ^Death to the EU.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-05-16 09:49|| 2025-05-16 09:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Eventually those shadow fleet members will launch a few FPV drones to answer shots across the bow.

Posted by Clem+Elmish4239 2025-05-16 11:34|| 2025-05-16 11:34|| Front Page Top

#4 If Estonians and Poles think they can interfere with shipping in international waters, what makes them any different from the Houthis?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-05-16 12:57|| 2025-05-16 12:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Ah, er, arrrgh, that robust Russian repartee...

"Argent calling! All canines on hunt
For a bear, you are, every one, runt,
And political science
Demands your alliance
Be known from this moment as 'FRONT!'"

Too easy, maybe, for y'all, as ABEL a crew of acronym solvers as ever sailed the seven seas. Or at least the 4Cs. Though possibly not the CCCP's.

Posted by Pancho Poodle8452 2025-05-16 20:18|| 2025-05-16 20:18|| Front Page Top

#6 Formerly Russian-Occupied Neutral Territories or somesuch. Or, optimistically, Future?

Posted by Pancho Poodle8452 2025-05-16 23:58|| 2025-05-16 23:58|| Front Page Top

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