Russian Su-24 Buzzes USS Donald Cook in Baltic

[mirth]

Too bad they didn't cut loose with the Phalanx.

http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2016/04/13/russian-su-24-attack-aircraft-us-navy-destroyer-donald-cook-baltic-sea/82979184/

[Staggerwing]

Or even a paintball gun just for fuck's sake.

[mirth]

They should have hit it with a few million watts from the SPY-1 and zorched it.

[Gusington]

Holy crap that is seriously close! Great pics.

[Greybriar]

I expect the U.S. and most other countries will not respond to such acts by Russian military units. To do otherwise could lead to a conflict they would not want. They are probably thinking of the old adage, "Never start something you can't finish." I just wish the Russians felt the same way.

[Sir Slash]

Time to bring back Barrage Balloons? 

[Nefaro]

They've been doing this somewhat regularly for more than a decade.

The Russkies should be happy that we aren't as trigger happy as the Turks.


Nice pics.

[mirth]

The Russkies should be happy that we aren't as trigger happy as the Turks.

Bingo.

[Gusington]

This seems pertinent here.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/moscow-pentagon-us-secret-study-213811

[Gusington]

Now they're barrel rolling us. They seem to be enjoying themselves.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/16/politics/russian-jet-barrel-rolled-us-aircraft/index.html

[undercovergeek]

Be like turkey - just shoot the assholes

[Gusington]

Freshly baked barrel rolls! They're acting all Top Gun on us. We need Tom Cruise to sort this all out.

[Staggerwing]

We need Tom Cruise to sort this all out.

Too late- now Cruise would just want to 'audit' the Russkie pilots' thetans or some such thing.

[Gusington]

Maybe convert them to Scientology?

[mirth]

I think Putin is already a Scientologist.