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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Yeager on August 18, 2008, 03:05:29 PM
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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92KT1180&show_article=1
Strong words from Rice as the administration begins to power up the political machine across the Atlantic.
It would be a tragic mistake to allow Putin to force Russian military might into ex soviet bloc nations.
"Rice said Monday that Russia is playing a "very dangerous game" with the U.S. and its allies and warned that NATO would not allow Moscow to win in Georgia, destabilize Europe or draw a new Iron Curtain through it."
and this little snippet:
"At the same time, she said that by flexing its military muscle in Georgia as well as elsewhere, including the resumption of Cold War-era strategic bomber patrols off the coast of Alaska, Russia was engaged in high-stakes brinksmanship that could backfire."
This "is a very dangerous game and perhaps one the Russians want to reconsider," Rice said of the flights that began again with frequency about six months ago. "This is not something that is just cost-free. Nobody needs Russian strategic aviation along America's coast."
Oh well........was fun while it lasted. It is time for the US to power up its nuclear and conventional strategic military forces.....looks like Putin and his man Medvedev are in need of a serious smack down.
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I wonder how they would feel if all of a sudden a leaflet canister popped over Moscow and the leaflets had this on it....
Did you see us coming? Did you see us leaving? Keep it up comrade and the next time it wont be paper we're dropping.
Courtesy of the 509th Bomb Wing
Whiteman AFB
Home of the B-2 Spirit
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:aok
I wonder how they would feel if all of a sudden a leaflet canister popped over Moscow and the leaflets had this on it....
Did you see us coming? Did you see us leaving? Keep it up comrade and the next time it wont be paper we're dropping.
Courtesy of the 509th Bomb Wing
Whiteman AFB
Home of the B-2 Spirit
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I wonder how they would feel if all of a sudden a leaflet canister popped over Moscow and the leaflets had this on it....
Did you see us coming? Did you see us leaving? Keep it up comrade and the next time it wont be paper we're dropping.
Courtesy of the 509th Bomb Wing
Whiteman AFB
Home of the B-2 Spirit
:lol
but on a serious note, I really do hope the U.S. does not get involved (even though they will). I"m sure the U.S. has already deployed sky planes over Moscow, major military installations and so on.
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I wonder how they would feel if all of a sudden a leaflet canister popped over Moscow and the leaflets had this on it....
Did you see us coming? Did you see us leaving? Keep it up comrade and the next time it wont be paper we're dropping.
Courtesy of the 509th Bomb Wing
Whiteman AFB
Home of the B-2 Spirit
Would be a fun thing to do :D but i think the russians are fairly confident that they still has the nukes to wipe the US and NATO off the map several times over even with some stealth uav/plane dropping warnings all over ;)
With regards to their bombers flying in international airspace flexing muscles I dont see an issue with that at all. Most nations fly armed planes in international airspace all the time. We are pretty used to them flopping around us here and every time they do so two armed F16's follow them far out into the ocean. Usually they are again met by armed british or american planes somewere out there. Dont think they are un escorted or untracked for many minutes of their flight. They know it, and we know it. Its the way its supposed to be. :) I feel much safer with this than what it was like a few years ago when russia was so poor that you never knew what their officers were doing to make ends meet. Now its a better chanse that they are actually doing their dayjob.
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The United States stands at this time at the pinnacle of world power. It is a solemn moment for the American democracy. For with this primacy in power is also joined an awe-inspiring accountability to the future. As you look around you, you must feel not only the sense of duty done, but also you must feel anxiety lest you fall below the level of achievement. Opportunity is here now, clear and shining, for both our countries. To reject it or ignore it or fritter it away will bring upon us all the long reproaches of the aftertime.
It is necessary that constancy of mind, persistency of purpose, and the grand simplicity of decision shall rule and guide the conduct of the English-speaking peoples in peace as they did in war. We must, and I believe we shall, prove ourselves equal to this severe requirement.
I have a strong admiration and regard for the valiant Russian people and for my wartime comrade, Marshal Stalin. There is deep sympathy and goodwill in Britain -- and I doubt not here also -- toward the peoples of all the Russias and a resolve to persevere through many differences and rebuffs in establishing lasting friendships.
It is my duty, however, to place before you certain facts about the present position in Europe.
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia; all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject, in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and in some cases increasing measure of control from Moscow.
The safety of the world, ladies and gentlemen, requires a unity in Europe, from which no nation should be permanently outcast. It is from the quarrels of the strong parent races in Europe that the world wars we have witnessed, or which occurred in former times, have sprung.
Twice the United States has had to send several millions of its young men across the Atlantic to fight the wars. But now we all can find any nation, wherever it may dwell, between dusk and dawn. Surely we should work with conscious purpose for a grand pacification of Europe within the structure of the United Nations and in accordance with our Charter.
In a great number of countries, far from the Russian frontiers and throughout the world, Communist fifth columns are established and work in complete unity and absolute obedience to the directions they receive from the Communist center. Except in the British Commonwealth and in the United States where Communism is in its infancy, the Communist parties or fifth columns constitute a growing challenge and peril to Christian civilization.
The outlook is also anxious in the Far East and especially in Manchuria. The agreement which was made at Yalta, to which I was a party, was extremely favorable to Soviet Russia, but it was made at a time when no one could say that the German war might not extend all through the summer and autumn of 1945 and when the Japanese war was expected by the best judges to last for a further eighteen months from the end of the German war.
I repulse the idea that a new war is inevitable -- still more that it is imminent. It is because I am sure that our fortunes are still in our own hands and that we hold the power to save the future, that I feel the duty to speak out now that I have the occasion and the opportunity to do so.
I do not believe that Soviet Russia desires war. What they desire is the fruits of war and the indefinite expansion of their power and doctrines.
But what we have to consider here today while time remains, is the permanent prevention of war and the establishment of conditions of freedom and democracy as rapidly as possible in all countries. Our difficulties and dangers will not be removed by closing our eyes to them. They will not be removed by mere waiting to see what happens; nor will they be removed by a policy of appeasement.
What is needed is a settlement, and the longer this is delayed, the more difficult it will be and the greater our dangers will become.
From what I have seen of our Russian friends and allies during the war, I am convinced that there is nothing they admire so much as strength, and there is nothing for which they have less respect than for weakness, especially military weakness.
For that reason the old doctrine of a balance of power is unsound. We cannot afford, if we can help it, to work on narrow margins, offering temptations to a trial of strength.
Last time I saw it all coming and I cried aloud to my own fellow countrymen and to the world, but no one paid any attention. Up till the year 1933 or even 1935, Germany might have been saved from the awful fate which has overtaken her and we might all have been spared the miseries Hitler let loose upon mankind.
There never was a war in history easier to prevent by timely action than the one which has just desolated such great areas of the globe. It could have been prevented, in my belief, without the firing of a single shot, and Germany might be powerful, prosperous and honored today; but no one would listen and one by one we were all sucked into the awful whirlpool.
We must not let it happen again. This can only be achieved by reaching now, in 1946, a good understanding on all points with Russia under the general authority of the United Nations Organization and by the maintenance of that good understanding through many peaceful years, by the whole strength of the English-speaking world and all its connections.
If the population of the English-speaking Commonwealth be added to that of the United States, with all that such cooperation implies in the air, on the sea, all over the globe, and in science and in industry, and in moral force, there will be no quivering, precarious balance of power to offer its temptation to ambition or adventure. On the contrary there will be an overwhelming assurance of security.
If we adhere faithfully to the Charter of the United Nations and walk forward in sedate and sober strength, seeking no one's land or treasure, seeking to lay no arbitrary control upon the thoughts of men, if all British moral and material forces and convictions are joined with your own in fraternal association, the high roads of the future will be clear, not only for us but for all, not only for our time but for a century to come.
Winston Churchill - March 5, 1946
As true today as it was then, in my opinion.
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Winston Churchill - March 5, 1946
As true today as it was then, in my opinion.
Furball, I wonder if Winston would have said the same things' about Russia if he were here today. He wrote that before all of the miseries' of the cold war, and to be honest, I think his opinion would have changed.
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Furball, I wonder if Winston would have said the same things' about Russia if he were here today. He wrote that before all of the miseries' of the cold war, and to be honest, I think his opinion would have changed.
What do you think his opinion would be, if you were to say?
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What do you think his opinion would be, if you were to say?
It would mainly be a change in the first part of the link that Furball put up...I think he would have omitted the admiration.
Especially after the Berlin Airlift, Hungary in '56, and Czechloslovakia in '68.
And, he, and quite a few other British and American politicians, knew even when the ink on the Treaty of Versailles was still wet in 1919, that it was a mistake. Us and the Brits' simply shoulda told the French to sit down, shut up, and be glad that they still spoke their native tongue, and were free to be as obnoxious as they wished. That damn document is what drove Hitler into power, and got the German people behind him. I don't know if this speech was a Barb at Chamberlain, or if it was pointed at the French, But I believe that was what he was alluding to when he mentioned that war could have been averted as late as '33 or '35.
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It would mainly be a change in the first part of the link that Furball put up...I think he would have omitted the admiration.
Especially after the Berlin Airlift, Hungary in '56, and Czechloslovakia in '68.
Don't forget the decade in Afghanistan, the offensive in Chechenya and the latest one in Georgia.
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With regards to their bombers flying in international airspace flexing muscles I dont see an issue with that at all. Most nations fly armed planes in international airspace all the time. We are pretty used to them flopping around us here and every time they do so two armed F16's follow them far out into the ocean. Usually they are again met by armed british or american planes somewere out there. Dont think they are un escorted or untracked for many minutes of their flight. They know it, and we know it. Its the way its supposed to be. Smiley I feel much safer with this than what it was like a few years ago when russia was so poor that you never knew what their officers were doing to make ends meet. Now its a better chanse that they are actually doing their dayjob.
Why are those flights by the Russia air force even necessary? The flights do nothing to promote their own national security and in fact, are just a relic of the Cold War. Russia seems determined to restart the Cold War by this and other actions.
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Don't forget the decade in Afghanistan, the offensive in Chechenya and the latest one in Georgia.
Yeah, those were bad too-Especially Afghanistan, when you look at it in terms' of Human life. However, I mentioned those in Europe, being as those more directly affected the Euro's, who might be more inclined to look the other way on matters' in either the Middle east, or Soviet asia.
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[hijack] I really wish McCain would pick Rice to be his running mate. [/hijack]
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Yeah, those were bad too-Especially Afghanistan, when you look at it in terms' of Human life. However, I mentioned those in Europe, being as those more directly affected the Euro's, who might be more inclined to look the other way on matters' in either the Middle east, or Soviet asia.
Agreed, I just mentioned the other places to complete the history of Russian/Soviet aggression/power moves.
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Seems they are digging in these lil russian ticks.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,405242,00.html
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Treaty of Versailles was still wet in 1919, that it was a mistake. Us and the Brits' simply shoulda told the French to sit down, shut up, and be glad that they still spoke their native tongue, and were free to be as obnoxious as they wished. That damn document is what drove Hitler into power, and got the German people behind him.
Pardon me for mentioning this but with the exception of Wilson/US, ALL the Allies were for punishing Germany to an extreme level. The Brits and the French viewed the punishment of Germany in essentially the same way.
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It would mainly be a change in the first part of the link that Furball put up...I think he would have omitted the admiration.
Especially after the Berlin Airlift, Hungary in '56, and Czechloslovakia in '68.
And, he, and quite a few other British and American politicians, knew even when the ink on the Treaty of Versailles was still wet in 1919, that it was a mistake. Us and the Brits' simply shoulda told the French to sit down, shut up, and be glad that they still spoke their native tongue, and were free to be as obnoxious as they wished. That damn document is what drove Hitler into power, and got the German people behind him. I don't know if this speech was a Barb at Chamberlain, or if it was pointed at the French, But I believe that was what he was alluding to when he mentioned that war could have been averted as late as '33 or '35.
Not quite. That implies that practically anyone could have driven germany to be a world power. The Treaty of Versailles was a tool, a minor tool at that.
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Putin is evil and needs to be dealt with in an appropriate manner.
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Why are those flights by the Russia air force even necessary? The flights do nothing to promote their own national security and in fact, are just a relic of the Cold War. Russia seems determined to restart the Cold War by this and other actions.
Why are airshow demonstrations and the Blue Angels necessary? Why do we fly fighter jets over sports games? This is a morale push by the Russians to prove to the world AND themselves that they are still in the game. We do the same thing over here, only no one is dumb/brave enough to tell us it's not always OUR airspace we're flying in.
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Pardon me for mentioning this but with the exception of Wilson/US, ALL the Allies were for punishing Germany to an extreme level. The Brits and the French viewed the punishment of Germany in essentially the same way.
You're right about that, Toad; Insofar as what you find in a lot of places like:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles)
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/treaty_of_versailles.htm (http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/treaty_of_versailles.htm)
Lasersailor, I'm more of the impression that it did more to spur Germany than anything else; For, it not only motivated Hitler, but it incensed the German people to back him as well. Here's an excerpt from one last link about Versailles:
The Treaty of Versailles was the basic cause of the Second World War, the holocaust and the Cold War. Why? Because it was a treaty made without thought of fairness or consideration as to what its effects might be. Instead the treaty created an alien system of democracy that was never more than stable and which because of the constitution's flaws allowed Germany to be torn apart by extremist political parties like the Communists and worse Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. In effect it put Germany in a situation it couldn't get out of, with unworkable political systems and economic and social problems just waiting to explode (hence the Nazis and their scapegoating of Jews became much easier). Had the treaty been fair and balanced it's likely Germany would never have become embroiled in starting a Second World War, nor would the madman Hitler have come to power and so the Holocaust would never have happed. Could this have been predicted? Lloyd George was sure the Treaty of Versailles would lead to a Second World War and he was right.
A private communication to www.johndclare.net from Dave Wallbanks (2004)
Dave Wallbanks studied history at Bradford University, and PGCE at Newcastle and is now history Curriculum Leader at an 11-16 Community College in the North of England.
http://www.johndclare.net/peace_treaties1_Answer.htm (http://www.johndclare.net/peace_treaties1_Answer.htm)
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Seems they are digging in these lil russian ticks.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,405242,00.html
They aren't even driving the right way.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_eu/georgia_russia (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_eu/georgia_russia)
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They aren't even driving the right way.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_eu/georgia_russia (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_eu/georgia_russia)
I saw that earlier today. In spite of evidence surfacing to the contrary, Russia is maintaining that Georgia committed genocide.
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meh....forgot this.....
From your link Frode,
While Western leaders have called Russia's response disproportionate, Medvedev repeated Russian accusations of genocide.
"The world realized that even now there are political freaks who were ready to kill innocent people for the sake of political fashions and who compensated for their own stupidity by eliminating a whole nation," he said.
No one, including Russia, prior to this invasion had recognized South Ossetia as a nation and now all of a sudden Russia is calling them a nation and saying the Georgians eliminated them.....
That reminds me of the logic used by the Soviets in the book about Hartmann.
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and now we start to understand the wing of f-22s being stood up in Alaska.
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meh....forgot this.....
From your link Frode,
No one, including Russia, prior to this invasion had recognized South Ossetia as a nation and now all of a sudden Russia is calling them a nation and saying the Georgians eliminated them.....
That reminds me of the logic used by the Soviets in the book about Hartmann.
I guess that has been the most suprising thing out of this entire fiasco...the return of all of the old cold-war era Soviet rhetoric, in virtually it's pure, undiluted form. I couldn't even tell the difference between Putin, Medvedev, or Boroda.
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borada is a tool of the putin regime. Most likely to save his own ass, or at least to use as leverage at his own trial
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and now we start to understand the wing of f-22s being stood up in Alaska.
Why? So we have somewhere to retreat from? F-22 will not see combat until the **** REALLY hits the fan and we have no choice. We payed too much for them to use them in combat... :noid
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I guess that has been the most suprising thing out of this entire fiasco...the return of all of the old cold-war era Soviet rhetoric, in virtually it's pure, undiluted form. I couldn't even tell the difference between Putin, Medvedev, or Boroda.
Maybe they are all one and the same? :D
Seriously though, I agree that it has been most surprising to see the resurgence of all the Cold War rhetoric from Russia.
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Why? So we have somewhere to retreat from? F-22 will not see combat until the **** REALLY hits the fan and we have no choice. We payed too much for them to use them in combat... :noid
I think I would disagree with that. Generals just love to show off their bright shiny new toys and show everyone just how well they work.
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I think I would disagree with that. Generals just love to show off their bright shiny new toys and show everyone just how well they work.
F-22s haven't been working so well lately... I think the F-22 will only be employed on milkruns where there is no risk of losing them. To have invested in them at all was a big mistake IMHO.
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F-22s haven't been working so well lately
I haven't read anything that says they aren't at least, meeting expectations.
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It would mainly be a change in the first part of the link that Furball put up...I think he would have omitted the admiration.
That's just what I was thinking as I read that first part of the speech, too.
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Without the Wall Street Crash and the global economic depression that followed, the Treaty of Versailles was irrelevant. It wasn't until the German middle classes lost all their savings to hyper-inflation, that the Nazis gained considerable support. They were a marginal party up to that point.
The Crash and Versailles Treaty are mutually supporting causes in the rise of Hitler.
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the global economic depression was caused by tariff trade wars that shut down international trade, the global economic depression caused the wall st crash, not the other way around.
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A moot point. My point about mutually supportive events is still valid, I think.
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A moot point. My point about mutually supportive events is still valid, I think.
ok :)
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Without the Wall Street Crash and the global economic depression that followed, the Treaty of Versailles was irrelevant. It wasn't until the German middle classes lost all their savings to hyper-inflation, that the Nazis gained considerable support. They were a marginal party up to that point.
The Crash and Versailles Treaty are mutually supporting causes in the rise of Hitler.
Dowding, take a look at those links' I put up. They will explain how a lot of Germany's depression went. The ridiculously high reperations' payments demanded by the treaty, along with the loss of industrial revenue from the Saar and the Rhineland (remember, those went under allied occupation at the end of the war) devestated Germany's economy, which never even got a chance to recover from the effects' of the war itself.
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Why are those flights by the Russia air force even necessary? The flights do nothing to promote their own national security and in fact, are just a relic of the Cold War. Russia seems determined to restart the Cold War by this and other actions.
They do the flights for the same reason they did them during the cold war. To test response times, see what A/C we send up with what weapons loaded on them and for the "effect"
the "effect" being that they are letting us know they are there, they can still send a rather large reminder that they are there and basically snub there noses at us.
It's an old cold war tactic to keep us on our toes
F-22s haven't been working so well lately... I think the F-22 will only be employed on milkruns where there is no risk of losing them. To have invested in them at all was a big mistake IMHO.
source please? I have heard NOTHING to support this. As a matter of fact all the recent info I have read on the F-22 is that it is meeting or EXCEEDING performance requirements. All the tests I know of involving 1 F-22 vs. up to 5 F-15's the F-22 pwned em all. I have heard nothing on the contrary.
I agree its is too damn expensive tho but, we got em so might as well use em.
You might have the F-22 confused with some kinda recent issues with the older F-15's that have crashed.
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Yeah the F-22 comment kinda had me stumped. I don't live that far from Langley AFB and go by there at least once a week and there are always F-22's flying around. For a plane having "issues" they sure are flying them allot.
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The russian's don't just have bombers flying around the arctic circle; they were talking about basing them in Cuba, as well.
I guess Vladimir just wasn't okay with entering the mainstream world economy. He has to relive the days of glory and gulags.
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They do the flights for the same reason they did them during the cold war. To test response times, see what A/C we send up with what weapons loaded on them and for the "effect"
the "effect" being that they are letting us know they are there, they can still send a rather large reminder that they are there and basically snub there noses at us.
It's an old cold war tactic to keep us on our toes
See...thats kinda my whole point, the Cold War is over and unless Russia is trying to start Cold War 2 then these flights are ridiculous.
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Not really, they have the right to fly around in international airspace just like everyone else. We just happen to follow them around when they do so. It doesn't become an issue untill they start "tickling" other countries air defense bounderies try to provoke a response. That happened all the time during the cold war, now they just tool around wasting fuel in 50 year old turbo prop patrol bombers.
The reality is the Russian Air Force would die a very quick death if it came to a fight against NATO. Their numbers are nothing where they were 15 years ago, and what advanced aircraft they do have, they don't have many of, and what's left are 30-50 year old designs. Compare that force to the F-22's, EF2000's, Rafales, Grippens, Mirage 2000's, that the NATO countries are fielding in large numbers now. Forget about it, Russia doesn't stand a chance in an air battle.
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It doesn't become an issue untill they start "tickling" other countries air defense bounderies try to provoke a response. That happened all the time during the cold war,
Apparently, that is exactly what is happening again.
When I was stationed in Alaska during the mid '80s Soviet flights right up to our borders happened every week, usually multiple times per week. F-15's would scramble out of King Salmon or Galena on intercepts all the time.
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I'm just curious but doens't the U.S. have defense missles that can 'shoot down' Russian missles? I forget what it's called, but I sure do hope it's in place. :aok
Not really, they have the right to fly around in international airspace just like everyone else. We just happen to follow them around when they do so. It doesn't become an issue untill they start "tickling" other countries air defense bounderies try to provoke a response. That happened all the time during the cold war, now they just tool around wasting fuel in 50 year old turbo prop patrol bombers.
The reality is the Russian Air Force would die a very quick death if it came to a fight against NATO. Their numbers are nothing where they were 15 years ago, and what advanced aircraft they do have, they don't have many of, and what's left are 30-50 year old designs. Compare that force to the F-22's, EF2000's, Rafales, Grippens, Mirage 2000's, that the NATO countries are fielding in large numbers now. Forget about it, Russia doesn't stand a chance in an air battle.
And the Air battle could be the deciding factor if we were to go to war. Killing all the planes and SAMs would be the first thing NATO and the US would do.
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source please? I have heard NOTHING to support this. As a matter of fact all the recent info I have read on the F-22 is that it is meeting or EXCEEDING performance requirements. All the tests I know of involving 1 F-22 vs. up to 5 F-15's the F-22 pwned em all. I have heard nothing on the contrary.
I agree its is too damn expensive tho but, we got em so might as well use em.
You might have the F-22 confused with some kinda recent issues with the older F-15's that have crashed.
Do you recall the entire squadron that had to turn back after trying to cross the Intl. Date Line? I know that was a while ago, but thats not going to be lived down. The F-22 pilot trapped in his cockpit?
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You really think that incident would be a factor in the future?
There never was an aircraft put into production that didn't have a few problems. That was software, generated a review of all software.
The F-22 is a fine aircraft, combat ready and better than just about anything out there for its purpose.
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thats not going to be lived down
Not going to be lived down? Seriously? :rolleyes:
I'd bet whatever issue caused that problem has been fixed.
Did the Abrams live down it's issues with the engine filters? Sure did and is now one of the elite main battle tanks in the entire world. We've heard very little negative about the F-22 and so much that is positive.
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There never was an aircraft put into production that didn't have a few problems.
I'd extend that to most weapon systems. There are always things that occur that are unforeseen, always. In todays military equipment there is a lot of software issues when it first comes out, bugs that are found and need correcting.
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Do you recall the entire squadron that had to turn back after trying to cross the Intl. Date Line? I know that was a while ago, but thats not going to be lived down. The F-22 pilot trapped in his cockpit?
Software glitch that was fixed and sent out to that squadron and the rest of the fleet within 48 hours and they then proceeded on their mission. Side note, that was the first long range deployment of the plane and they were expecting glitches, hence the Lockheed support staff on call 24-7 during the deployment.
The pilot was trapped in the cockpit because a $20 latch broke. Very small part of the canopy system that failed. Not unheard of in any fighter aircraft. The pilot could have jetisoned the canopy if he really needed to get out "right the hell now" but he chose not to because that would have caused significant damage to the airframe and it wasn't an emergancy situation. That incident happened right up the road at Langely AFB and they had the pilot on the news a couple of days later talking about it. What it boiled down to was having the canopy cut open to get him out, cost of replacing JUST the canopy, or having him blow the canopy off, cost for the canopy, canopy mounting rails, air frame repair cost, new paint, ext, ext, ext. He had air conditioning, wasn't in any danger, and was chocked on the ramp so they had him wait a few hours while they figured out the best/cheapest way to get him out.
Only other incident involving the F-22 was a crash during flight testing. Pilot walked away unharmed, and the aircraft was repaired (bellied in) and put back into testing.
Pretty good track record for an aircraft that's been flying for around 10 years or so.