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Russian Planes Flying Close To Uk
In the news again, but how do they fly so close to us without being picked up by other EU countries radar?
Not heard reports from other countries about Russian military planes in their airspace?
Not heard reports from other countries about Russian military planes in their airspace?
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The Russians do this all the time. They are measuring our detection times . They time us from radar lock on to interception and report back on any variation. It is all very friendly, the pilots often recognize each other and send greetings.
20:53 Thu 19th Feb 2015
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And we will never know why the easily identifiable civilian airliner was 200 miles off course either. It was described as a misunderstanding by some. Soviet officers responsible for air defense were sacked. I suppose the Malaysian civilian airliner will be described as a misunderstanding by Putin as well. Still to be fair the bears were not,apparently, in British airspace. Close but not, actually, in it.
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If there were any Buffs in the UK, I'm sure the plane spotters would be all over them. Or the Mercans would be rounding them up, like the Greeks once did to a bunch of unwary Brit spotters, at a dual-use airport, some years back.
I prefer to imagine that we treat the Rus as if they are on a hair trigger and carry out no act which they could then leap on as 'provocation' for whatever military move they would dearly like to make next.
They are Clint Eastwood, inviting us to "make (their) day".
In the cold war, the US did have their bombers flying in rotation 24/7/365, possibly using Canadian airspace by prior arrangement such that, if ICBMs wiped out SAC on the ground and missile silos before the return strike could be enacted, then there would still be enough bombers in the air to fly over the pole and deliver the return strike, even allowing for losses on the way.
So, on the whole, we do not indulge in 'sabre rattling' missions. These would only serve to undermine the narrative of fine, upstanding Western Alliance versus threatening, corrupt, Russian kleptocracy. We know that things are painted the exact other way around in Russia. Gurd knows whether their TV stations play the intercept footage at all, let alone how they spin the story. As long as the footage only shows ocean and avoids any identifiable pieces of coastal geography, they can pretend, to the home audience that it was a training mission harrassed by NATO fighter jets, or some such grollicks.
If there were any Buffs in the UK, I'm sure the plane spotters would be all over them. Or the Mercans would be rounding them up, like the Greeks once did to a bunch of unwary Brit spotters, at a dual-use airport, some years back.
I prefer to imagine that we treat the Rus as if they are on a hair trigger and carry out no act which they could then leap on as 'provocation' for whatever military move they would dearly like to make next.
They are Clint Eastwood, inviting us to "make (their) day".
In the cold war, the US did have their bombers flying in rotation 24/7/365, possibly using Canadian airspace by prior arrangement such that, if ICBMs wiped out SAC on the ground and missile silos before the return strike could be enacted, then there would still be enough bombers in the air to fly over the pole and deliver the return strike, even allowing for losses on the way.
So, on the whole, we do not indulge in 'sabre rattling' missions. These would only serve to undermine the narrative of fine, upstanding Western Alliance versus threatening, corrupt, Russian kleptocracy. We know that things are painted the exact other way around in Russia. Gurd knows whether their TV stations play the intercept footage at all, let alone how they spin the story. As long as the footage only shows ocean and avoids any identifiable pieces of coastal geography, they can pretend, to the home audience that it was a training mission harrassed by NATO fighter jets, or some such grollicks.
Russian TV is now toxic.
Some of the stuff is quite scary
Hard to believe that only 15 or so years ago they televised an audience participation investigation into claims (almost certainly true) that the Putin's FSB bombed apartment blocks killing hundreds. Since then the killers have taken over the asylum
Actually they showed footage of the previous Channel incident, with the pilot being escorted off the premises by British and French jets.
Some of the stuff is quite scary
Hard to believe that only 15 or so years ago they televised an audience participation investigation into claims (almost certainly true) that the Putin's FSB bombed apartment blocks killing hundreds. Since then the killers have taken over the asylum
Actually they showed footage of the previous Channel incident, with the pilot being escorted off the premises by British and French jets.
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