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2018-01-29 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian jet flies within 5 feet of US Navy plane, Pentagon says

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-01-29 14:21|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Didn't happen if no video.

Posted by gorb 2018-01-29 15:58|| 2018-01-29 15:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Chinese played that game too. You really want a similar outcome?

You know if you park a fighter within so many feet of the Orion, the radar on the intercept may be spoofed. "Meet my little friend"

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-01-29 16:41|| 2018-01-29 16:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Shoot it down

Posted by DarthVader 2018-01-29 18:13|| 2018-01-29 18:13|| Front Page Top

#4 40 years ago: "Wow, that's interesting!"
30 years ago: "Prolly mixed up feet and metres."
20 years ago: "Prolly 5 ft in one axis."
10 years ago: "Pilots to mgmt. to anon sources to CNN... are you kidding me?

Posted by Unomp Omavins5259 2018-01-29 18:22|| 2018-01-29 18:22|| Front Page Top

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