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2016-11-15 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Russian jet crashes trying to land on aircraft carrier used for Syria airstrikes

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Posted by Fred 2016-11-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 I hope this accident and a cascade of others like it will turn Putin's show of force into a show of Russian military incompetence,
to the point that fear would turn to laughter, if only there was not legitimate concern about Russia's nuclear weapons threat.

Posted by Ulash Sneting2691 2016-11-15 03:48|| 2016-11-15 03:48|| Front Page Top

#2 This is the first time the Kusnetsov has ever been sortied. Russia's navy is mainly a coastal navy, so they have had very little experience with carriers.

Posted by badanov 2016-11-15 06:33|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2016-11-15 06:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Friend of my eldest son flew Tomcats off carriers (yes I am that old). The stories he told make me wonder how anyone ever does that.

Posted by AlanC 2016-11-15 07:46|| 2016-11-15 07:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Pilot took his eye off the Tefteli?

Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2016-11-15 08:24|| 2016-11-15 08:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Obscuring black smoke from the boilers ?

Posted by Besoeker 2016-11-15 08:25|| 2016-11-15 08:25|| Front Page Top

#6 There's no need to risk repercussions
Or tense diplomatic discussions.
No waggin' your Dragon
Or raggin' or slaggin' --
Send tugboats to shadow the Russians.

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2016-11-15 09:18|| 2016-11-15 09:18|| Front Page Top

#7 It will be truly interesting to see how well the Russians and the Chinese do with combat operation on carriers.

IMHO, I think both will be shows of a giant clusterfuck

Posted by DarthVader 2016-11-15 09:22|| 2016-11-15 09:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Carrier aviation be hard.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2016-11-15 10:18|| 2016-11-15 10:18|| Front Page Top

#9 Adm. Kuznetsov Navy CIC was fired for losing a battleship, the Novorossiysk, ex Italian Giulio Cesare, while moored. Blamed on a left over limpet mine.

Posted by Shipman 2016-11-15 10:28|| 2016-11-15 10:28|| Front Page Top

#10 "Well, off to commit harikari!
Please tell Comrade Stalin I'm sorry.
I promised I'd pimp it
But lost to a limpet
His rustbucket classic Ferrari."

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2016-11-15 12:00|| 2016-11-15 12:00|| Front Page Top

#11 russia may end up relying more on its air base in Iran

Posted by lord garth 2016-11-15 12:01|| 2016-11-15 12:01|| Front Page Top

#12 Whoa ZF, serious research succinctly stated.

Posted by Shipman 2016-11-15 12:52|| 2016-11-15 12:52|| Front Page Top

#13 When quality has a quantity all its own.

(dang ZF)

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-11-15 13:38|| 2016-11-15 13:38|| Front Page Top

#14 Naval Aviators talk about tough landings; pity the poor USAF flyboy who was the first to put a U-2 on the America. No simulators or computers in them days.
Or the Marine pilot that landed the Hercules on the Forrestfire....

Posted by USN, Ret. 2016-11-15 14:35|| 2016-11-15 14:35|| Front Page Top

#15 I've often said that landing an airplane on a runway is almost a no-brainer compared to landing on a carrier.
1. The runway is about 2 miles long. A carrier deck is in the thousand foot range.
2. The runway is in the same place all the time. A carrier can move many miles between takeoff and landing.
3. The runway is always in the same direction. The carrier will turn into the wind.
4. The runway doesn't move up and down and left and right like a carrier can.
The only advantage landing on a carrier has is that they always have a strong headwind, no crosswinds.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2016-11-15 15:49|| 2016-11-15 15:49|| Front Page Top

#16 RiV, you forgot the part of doing it in the dark.

Posted by AlanC 2016-11-15 16:11|| 2016-11-15 16:11|| Front Page Top

#17 I watched this video of a pilot landing - F-18 IIRC - at night, in a storm. If it weren't for the HUD and the pilot turning poo into diamonds, you would think the flick wasn't playing...until the very end, after the plane stopped, when the plane's lights hinted at carrier features.

Wow.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-11-15 17:52|| 2016-11-15 17:52|| Front Page Top

#18 Re #13: the ghost of Stalin insists only the opposite of your saying works when Germans are involved. Nonetheless, your knowledge of Koba shows...

Posted by borgboy 2016-11-15 18:18|| 2016-11-15 18:18|| Front Page Top

#19 Learning the hard way Carrier Ops take a long time to develop expertise in

Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2016-11-15 19:19|| 2016-11-15 19:19|| Front Page Top

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