Friggin' Russkies

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http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... index.html


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Russian military aircraft flew just 500 feet over two U.S. Navy ships this week as the ships participated in a joint military exercise with South Korea in the Sea of Japan, according to U.S. military officials.

Two Russian Ilyushin IL-38 maritime patrol aircraft flew only 500 feet above a U.S. aircraft carrier.

On Monday, two Russian Ilyushin IL-38 maritime patrol aircraft, known as "Mays," overflew the U.S. aircraft carrier Stennis while it was in international waters in the Sea of Japan.

The Russian aircraft flew about 500 feet over the ship, lower than other flights the Russians have made over U.S. ships in the past year.

The USS Stennis was about 80 miles east of Pohang, South Korea, participating in the joint military exercise when the flyover occurred.

On Tuesday, the USS Blue Ridge, a lead command and control ship, and the Stennis were overflown by two Russian "Bear" long-range bombers multiple times, according to U.S. military officials.

The Bears overflew the ships at about 2,000 feet, officials said.

U.S. military officials said that in both cases, U.S. Navy F/A-18 fighters met up with the Russian aircraft about 70 nautical miles from the U.S. ships and flew alongside them until they left the area.

On both days, U.S. aircraft tried contacting the Russian planes on international air frequency radio channels, but the Russian pilots did not respond, officials said.

The last time Russian planes flew over a U.S. Navy ship was February 2008, when two Bears flew 2,000 feet over the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz south of Japan.

Russian long-range flights skirting U.S. or other nations' boundaries have also been common over the last year.

Although the Pentagon does not often talk about the overflights, there is nothing illegal about the actions, and they are generally seen by the United States as nothing more than muscle-flexing by the Russian military.

[NightBiker07]

retense to another war, sadly.....NWO herre we come......

[CRMOE500]

The Ruskies did the same thing over Canadian airspace only a few weeks ago. They were "escorted' by Canadian Air Forces very promptly and without hesitation. Seems like the Ruskies are testing there limits and need to be Put in there place.

[iggys-amsoil]

Well the news last week said the "Cold War maybe heating up again."

Ya, well, that statement is 3-6 months old.

[Rosco-Peeko]

I say we flex back and sprinkle some shit in their caviar.....dirty bastages! They are testing us, making sure that we know they're there.

[NightBiker07]

i didnt know the canadians HAD a millitary........thats a funny ass joke, you NEVER hear anything about canadian forces, not even in movies where they call in "that guy thats highly trained" he comes from all over......never canada......fuckin french!

[iggys-amsoil]

i didnt know the canadians HAD a millitary!

They bought / I worked on all of there C-17's

And not all Canadians are French either