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Russian Fighter Jet Flies Repeatedly Within 1000 Yards Of US Warship In The Black Sea
As we reported last Friday, a second US warship, the destroyer Donald Cook, crossed the Bosphorus last week and entered the Black Sea at precisely the time when NATO was arguing that its encroaching presence around Russia should not spook anyone. Apparently it spooked someone, namely Russia, which over the weekend decided to give the Americans a warm welcome. As AP reports, "A U.S. military official says a Russian fighter jet made multiple, close-range passes near an American warship in the Black Sea for more than 90 minutes Saturday amid escalating tensions in the region."
The official says the fighter flew within 1,000 yards of the USS Donald Cook, a Navy destroyer, at about 500 feet above sea level, saying this prompted ship commanders to issue several radio warnings. The fighter appeared to be unarmed and the passes ended without incident.
In the first public account of the incident, the official said the Russian Fencer flew within 1,000 yards of the USS Donald Cook, a Navy destroyer, at about 500 feet above sea level. Ship commanders considered the actions provocative and inconsistent with international agreements, prompting the ship to issue several radio queries and warnings.
The fighter appeared to be unarmed and never was in danger of coming in contact with the ship, said the official, who was not authorized to talk publicly by name about the encounter so spoke on condition of anonymity. The passes, which occurred in the early evening there, ended without incident.
The official also said that a Russian Navy ship, a frigate, has been shadowing the U.S. warship, remaining within visual distance but not close enough to be unsafe.
The USS Donald Cook has been conducting routine operations in international waters east of Romania. The ship, which carries helicopters, was deployed to the Black Sea on April 10, in the wake of the Russian military takeover of Ukraine's Crimea region and ongoing unrest there.
It is unclear if Russia was simply marking what is clearly considers its own expanded territorial waters, or if the Su-24 pilots were just being friendly.
Curious where the ship is now? It is currently at anchor in the Romanian port of Constanca where it welcomed the country's president Basescu:
The forward deployed guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) welcomed aboard Romanian President Traian B?sescu while the ship was in port in Constanta, April 14.
President B?sescu was met by members of the U.S. Embassy and Donald Cook’s commanding officer Cmdr. Scott Jones. He was then given a tour of the ship, including the Navigation Bridge, Combat Information Center and Engineering Control.
Donald Cook, the first of four Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to be forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is serving on a scheduled patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations as part of the President's European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) to ballistic missile defense in Europe.
U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts a full range of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation missions in concert with coalition, joint, interagency, and other parties in order to advance security and stability in Europe and Africa.
And to confirm that military overflights are hardly an isolated event around the Ukraine, moments ago photos were taken of a military helicopter flying over downtown Donestk in the east Ukraine, which as is widely known, is largely in the hands of "pro Russian separatists."
Military helicopter that just flew over downtown Donetsk. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/ylpblgtxT2
— Alexander Marquardt (@MarquardtA) April 14, 2014
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pictures or it didnt' happen!
I'll take one order of Gulf of Tonkin to go, hold the rice!
What if the Russian Navy was the same distance from the US?
Say, "humanitarian" efforts in Cuba?
That would be a completely different and exactly the same situation.
Lindsey Graham would board the Russian Destroyer and take on all comers "single handed".........
News 2034: Hagle admits Russians never did fly bys of US warships says: "oops, the radar operators were just a little excited that day"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76wv2ybJelQ
Yes, Lindsey would be blowing every man out there but that's not the point!
If Maverick and Goose are there, things should be okay.
Theater and "in concert"...all a stage.....drama
but while are killing, let us kill the blog-O-sphere...
http://aadivaahan.wordpress.com/2014/04/14/kill-the-blog-o-sphere/
ori
Another bump because they have been disappearing:
Goat bearded BLM spokesman at cattle gate is a Green Beret. Took me two days to finally find this. At 3:42 first appearance in video - Afghanistan:
Federal Agencies deploying mercs on US citizens. I out the merc here:
http://www.infowars.com/blm-flip-flops-no-deal-on-dropping-actions-again...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_1sMp2Fw3lA
SHit that looks just like him.
I think it's the same guy; if you ask me. Nice work.
"News 2034: Hagle admits Russians never did fly bys of US warships says: "oops, the radar operators were just a little excited that day""
These are not the planes you are looking for. There is no-one calling bluff on the Kenyan's bluster. Our Twitter campaign stands unchallenged.
We now return you to the Honey Boo-Boo show, already in progress.
The jet was only dropping leaflets advertising that the Crimean McDonalds were under new management.
Steven Seagal called, he said 'You don't have the balls.'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMByDfFMPcE
FEDs can't catch a break. Between Bunkerville on Saturday and this, they are becoming the Rodney Dangerfields of the world.
Yeah, it's getting harder and harder to give cover to the banksters...
Looks like the cat's out of the bag for Dirty Harry and his Chinese partners:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFiosLqjoQQ
While everyone is distracted...
Nations Largest Cocaine Smuggler Revealed: The DEAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbGaWSXfbWk
Now we just need to expose the world's largest heroin dealer, the CIA.
The headline says "repeatedly". I think it meant to say "reportedly". Actually, scratch that. Repeatedly is probably more accurate...
That is amazing work - that video needs to be posted on Drudge!
The video of those "BLM Agents" using dogs and tasers... don't see one of them wearing a badge. They all have BLM law enforcement uni's on w/ duty/tac' belts - but one very important piece of their uniform is missing - that badge that says they are truly a law enforcement officer. I'm guessing those guys in the vid' are just hired thugs - they got the cows, that's all they needed to do, that's why they backed down and left - they really had no other mission and couldn't actually arrest anyone.
Putin was the pilot, right? I'm sure Banzai is working his magic already...
The Rooskie could have considered giving a respectful salute to the ship..
Depending on the temp and humidity, about 1.1 Mach should have been adequate.
Maverick: Tower, this is Ghost rider requesting a flyby.
Air Boss Johnson: That’s a negative Ghost rider, the pattern is full.
.
Gee, I wonder why the Ubangi goomint sent a sitting duck ship "IN HARMS WAY" to troll for just this reaction.
The finger flipping crew can only do that as they are only a target.Maybe they know of what happened to the USS Liberty when that went down so poorly.
Good one, thanks.
People need to get over this whole "when the SHTF our military will save us" meme.
These fuckers are all bad, all day long.
Looks as though this is far from over.
Round two?
http://gopthedailydose.com/2014/04/14/breaking-more-feds-cops-vehicles-e...
I am pretty sure the video was from Saturday afternoon. The Vegas PD and NV State Police stayed up on I-15 for crowd and traffic control. The BLM, mercenaries and Clark Co. Sheriff Dept. were down under the bridges with the freedom fighters.
good eye. Looks the same to me.
He may want to be more careful with his identity, being that he is an oath and Article 3, Section 3 violator.
"I named my guillotines Article 3, he's the smart one, and Section 3, he's very artistic."
This link confirms what many previous comments on Zero Hedge have been saying about the apparently verified facts behind the Bundy Ranch situation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFiosLqjoQQ
Same as it's ever been... And "victory" will be what?
Govt will always harbor the most power and violence (which is why is scoff that the notion of a "small govt"- like being a little pregnant; the crooks will ALWAYS attach themselve to the levers of power).
Top Gun was so cool. If Val Kilmer had been a man he would have beaten Tom Cruise with a lead pipe.
Seems like the USS Donald Cook has an interesting crew. Where is their home port? Detroit? The Russian will just laugh at feral Amerikans. Keep watching TV and Hollywoods shit like morons.
Yes, Prime Minister Puta will succeed. At getting that $200 fee for services. Good Puta, good Puta. Sort of explains why Russian per capita wealth is 50% of China. Keep it up Puta, continue to destroy what would otherwise be a wonderful country.
Sorry, Putin is the President of Russia.
It was yesterday, but today it may decide it is the Prime Minister ;)
Where do these figures come from?
Goose is deader than a bitcoin.
Yeah, fake photo, the Goose is cooked. We all saw him die, and Cruise cried real salty tears.
Maverick don't need Goose. Maverick can take them all by himself.
so Hagel said no Russians fly by, hummmmmm.
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Charlie: Excuse me, Lieutenant. Is there something wrong?
Maverick: Yes ma'am, the data on the MiG is inaccurate.
Charlie: How's that, Lieutenant?
Maverick: Well, I just happened to see a MiG 28 do a...
Goose: We!
Maverick: Uh, sorry, Goose. *We* happened to see a MiG 28 do a 4g negative dive.
Charlie: Where did you see this?
Maverick: Uh, that's classified.
Charlie: It's what?
Maverick: It's classified. I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.
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There you are.
Shut up and go eat your bitcoins.
No... That would be Lindsay Lohan!
But seriously, that was probably a recon aircraft getting the ships tracking radar signatures for jamming puposes later on.
Flyovers, flyby's and warnings. Truly we live in a day of cowards. Where I grew up, giving a warning was proof you were scared shitless and guaranteed you were about to get beaten badly.
You are talking about the decision to send a single destroyer specifically to provoke an attack, yes? The recon ship probably probed the vessel's girth on a data-gathering run. You can never have enough data.
USS Donald Duck, expensive future fish hotel.
Gunboat diplomacy is so 18th century.
Lindsey might be tempted to try, but he can't pee without McCain holding onto his sclong.
You really think Lindsay Graham is going to get his hands dirty with seamen?
Nope, just his knees.
Lindsay Graham..
Wasn't he the guy in that movie with Will Farrell about some congress campaign?
So he musta won, huh?
That depends. Is there a REAR Admiral involved?
make that all "cummers" single handedly i-thank-you
Ha, I always imagined Lindsey foaming at the mouth during Fleet Week.
Lindsey Graham would board the Russian Destroyer and take on all cummers "single handed".....................
there, fixed it for ya
Jester's dead! Yew haw!!!
While Harry Reid and the BLM are planning an assault on the Bundy ranch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCWigqY_JtM&list=UUDATi9UrhqjfVNxIKNizOiQ
I guess that means the CIWS are turned off? Bullish.
Where's Banzai with a photo of Putin flying that plane giving the finger!!??
Good take on it!
funny...the irony, is that any US Naval Vessel in the Black Sea would be a sitting duck in a real military conflict. So....why are we faking like we would actually fire a missle from one of them. Do we not know...that Putin knows we're faking. It's so embarassing.
It's a show for the banksters. Pretty sure they know they're fucked. One last attempt at feeling glory...
The Black Sea is little more than a Russian bathtub.
are you saying we are all equal ???
about the russian plane, most likely a rogue pilot on his exercise time ... probably doesnt even know that it is an AMERICAN ship he is playing with ...
The fact that they did it for a length of time suggest they did, and you don't get to be a pilot of a multi-million $ jet by being stupid or you will quickly be relieved of your wings.
Havana is pretty close, they do that a lot.
Cuba is 90 miles out.
1000 yards is 1/2 mile.
We aren't talking about 1000 yards, we're talking about the area of the Black Sea with US DDGs entering into it, read the original comment.
The Russian Navy likely is just off shore USA.
Submerged and waiting.
I hope they brough some really good Russian vodka with em instead of the shit we get here!
We can settle this with shots. One ounce at a time.
..and Russian girls, one babe at a time.
http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20140414/189213100/Russian-Navy-to-Begin-...
Those new caterpillar drives sound like whales humping. Hard to detect.
Funny? That book is what, 30 years old?
Some posters today seem to be showing off their television viewing expertise. Not sure how it adds value, but stay tuned. Some shows have predictive value, for better or worse. It's a wonder that we don't see more documentaries about propaganda in military films. It's an advanced field.
Don't even need them. The SSN22, aka Sunburn travels at Mach 3. Don't need to get close, just stand off and let three go from difference compass points and those boys are in a world of hurt. I imagine there are some nervous boys out there wondering what kind of no win scenario is Obama going to put them in? I worry for them and their families as Obama appears to have no clue. How close must we be to the loss of the dollar?
* We are only guaranteeing loans for Ukraine? Why not pay them?
* We are willing to go how far over Ukraine? Seriously, Ukraine? Because they have what that we need?
"How close must we be to the loss of the dollar?" Very close. The US has been losing credibility rapidly at all levels, it is seen increasingly as bully and a thug and frankly the rest of the world is getting tired of US exceptionalism.
Obama looks like a clueless rookie at everything he does.
Indeed! Bush was a pro. Iraq was a great success and on the cheap.
If you read that Seymour Hersh peice this weekend, you'll know this goes well beyond looking like a clueless rookie.
When you have generals at the pentagon refusing to carry out plans by the President, you know you have a President problem, not a military problem.
"head games."
is it a plane or a missile?
do we shoot or stand down?
was the helicopter Russian or Ukrainian?
You touch on the most important aspect. Buzzing the ship was more than an audacious gesture of contempt. THE PILOT DID IT BECAUSE HE KNEW HE COULD. AMERICAN FORCES ARE TRAPPED. Jingoistic warhawks cannot understand the calculus of the present situation, because it goes against their hammer-and-nail programming. They're probably still wondering how Putin anticipates their moves.
"They're probably still wondering how Putin anticipates their moves. "
I'm not thinking that there's a lot of calculating here so much as it's just a big show. Russia pretty much has all the cards. The US only has its military, backed by massive debt. When you're able to operate out of your own backyard it's a bit easier... (supply lines)
You nailed it. This is more than a resource war; it's a crisis of values and ethos. Peak debt is slamming against Newton's Third Law. We're not going to see a big expensive military debacle, because the war machine is powered by debt, and every entanglement accelerates the process of repudiation, and what's the point of fighting if you have nothing virtuous left to fight for? Threats of military action are hollow -- just bankster mouthpieces barking. They know their power is about to be taken away for the good of all. The secret weapon is SOLVENCY. CAN YOU PAY YOUR BILLS?
I think that they'd have gotten the go-ahead if they'd found Al Qaeda passports left floating in the ocean after the jet had departed...
"was the helicopter Russian or Ukrainian?" Or... Just simply: "Was it? (CIA/NSA + photoshop + communications networks/Internet)
So, Kennedy was clueless because he nixed Operation Northwoods?
It's not the military that's runing things! (and, really, do I have to say that the POTUS isn't running things?) Well... geez, seems most would say that it's the banksters, yet these kinds of subjects come up and all of a sudden it's the POTUS that runs things. No fucking consistency...
Now they have the Onyx version II and I have heard there is a 3rd Generation. The Sunburn stills blows away that of the USSA.
Oniks is v. 2, BrahMos is v. 3.
I see it as nothing more than developing a true enemy(in the eyes of the American sheeple), then a war to disguise and blame the collapse of the dollar on. Simple, call up your old "COLD WAR ENEMY FRIEND" and let'er R--i-i-i-i-i-ii-p-p-p-p-p-p--p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-!
Exactly!
Hobgobblins, scapegoats... TPTB have to work the crowds to ensure that they don't turn on them (TPTB). Sigh... I really hope that when the Repubicans take over the throne that they don't spark a bunch of flag-waving nationalism...
Ding, ding, ding... we have a winner! The banksters and MIC love every minute of this. The war on terrorism is getting tired out. We need a new enemy to keep the budgets growing and the sheeple distracted. A few clueless volunteers might die, but to the elite they are just expendable.
Plane wanted to make sure the ship was not towing one of Obummer's red lines.
Maybe the russian pilot was trying to defect! Life in the u.s. is sooo much better than life in russia, right? lol
Just wanted to see if they were giving OBL a second burial at sea in accordance with Islamic desert traditions.
"Bind him in a seventy cubit chain, and fry him in the fire" Koran (69:30-32)
Or the FSB director discussing issues with the canucks?
The White House just confirmed that the CIA dude was actually there, and discussed issues. (source: RT)
Time to take out popcorn.
Hey, you stole my line, and I saw that ;) Use sea salt on'em instead, it goes great with a good fight!
"Time to take out popcorn."
Do you think that popcorn is able to protect you and and your family from a nuclear explosion and radiation?
Are we talking physically or, psychologically?
Eating popcorn may be like holding hands (one of my favorite movies):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI7KJnRlsS4
Overflight is to ensure it is not attempting to import tortise eating cattle
This joke would never be understood any of the MSM sites.
Now I am laughing and sad at the same time.
How 'bout Fox ? Aren't they 'conservative' and report the real news to counter the lefties ?
<sarc>
Send in the BLM, they must have a warship by now.
They are incapable of operating in hostile waters. It, like most other US civilian LE assets, can only fire on unarmed targets.
LOL yes not just the BLM but I am sure the police force in Indianapolis has one as well as several subs
Liberate the seaturtles!
Liberate Corzine!
The USSA Not-Jolly Roger
The cannons were retrofitted to fire empty threats and abuses of power.
Yep, and send in Barney Fife with his military surplus tank.
Key to Bundy siege end: More Americans showed up with guns than treasonous DC US with guns.
See guns do save lives, this time the lives of the treasonous DC US agents.
"A guillotine in time saves nine."
Good point. I wonder what the numbers of cowpokes were vs the BLM dudes?
But ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT LESSONS FROM THE BUNDY RANCH STANDOFF
IS IT PROVES THE VERY INTENT AND WORTH OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT AS WRITTEN TO THIS DAY!
From what I could see in the videos and what was getting reported, it looked like there were 20-30 ninja'd-out BLM agents (I'm sure others were carrying, but these were the guys you expected to do the shooting) v. 200-500 cowpokes (presumably at least half were armed, but kept the weapons out of sight.)
So best case for the BLM was probably being outnumbered about 3:1, and worst case maybe 10:1.
Given the numbers, this was a strategic withdrawl, not a concession. They know if they come back they have to do it via blitzkrieg with probably 10X as many agents if they're going to have odds in their favor.
Yup, for the DC US, it's never over until they have killed someone or lots of someones.
For the uninitiated, the DC US burned the Davidians out, used snipers to prevent egress from the fire and used a shape-charge, bomb, to kill the women and children in the blockhouse.
Research it and ponder it.
"Janet Reno, your guillotine will see you now."
I post this often but it bears repeating especially after Bundy:
http://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/Subpages/LicenseInfo/HuntingLicCertHistory20...
14.63 million licensed hunters in the USA.
TX 1.04 million
PA 968,735
MI 761,269
NY 581,401 (yeah Coumo & Schumer's NY)
TN 530,547
The list goes on and the numbers are staggering. Largest army in the world and I bet most have scoped .308 rifles. They are good will cammo and hiding too.
The CCW numbers are staggering. Just FL, AL and GA have 2.3 million CCW holders.
There's long been a saying the largest infantry in the world is in Michigan during deer season, and that's probably not far off.
And these are just licensed hunters. Add in target shooters, etc and you get to the one gun per person stat in the US pretty easily.
I can promise you the rednecks here in Alabama are not only well armed, they are excellent shots.
God help the sons of bitches that invade us dressed like stop signs! Every stop sign in the state has multiple bullet holes in it. It's our favorite past time!
I was once stopped by a Game Warden while trapping nutria in a restricted area. I did not have the proper permit. He wrote me a warning ticket, then he wrote me the permit I needed and told me to kill every fucking one I could get my hands on. He then told me when I wiped them all out of that area to call him and he'd give me another area to work.
Local law enforcement works. No Federal BS down here.
Yes. Tenn too. Here is a young couple on YouTube named Brandon and Kristi from Kentucky.
Brandon and his fiancee:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10hrP6MQ1MY
One of the best ones is when she is shooting 12 gauge slugs out to 150 yards. They both can shoot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10hrP6MQ1MY
I think Delaware has maybe 100 licensed hunters these days because the state is now completely covered with strip malls and cookie-cutter housing developments.
"License?! We don't need no stinkn' license."
re: the Bundy Ranch standoff lession..
Also the importance of exposing the shady motive(s)...
I agree. The sorry part is the MSM will never say we've got to be proud of all those cowpoke militia for being so well disciplined just as the Second Amendment calls for!
They've proved the Second Amendment works as it was meant to!
Yeah, it's shocking how fast things got wrapped up once the Reid connections got exposed.
Next time they'll know to use multiple shell corps and not just one.
Supposedly there was at least 500 militia members from various states who showed up. One web site thinks the sheriff, Harry Reid's friend, was waiting one exit down the road with his SWAT team in case a firefight broke out. They want a war.
The guy who was there said the militia guys were no joke and had real skills.
The cattle rustling and land grab sellout story is still unfolding. We must pray for proper in the eyes of all solutions that DO NOT INCLUDE VIOLENCE at the Bundy Ranch. May Peace finds it's way.
Background to help everyone get on the same level.:
Federal Judge Rules for Property Rights, Smacks Down Abusive Feds:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/15602-federal-jud...
Moar:
Who owns 'public' land?
http://www.wnd.com/2003/11/22039/
And moar about what some people say.
Barack Obama and the BLM Land Grab: The Evil Agenda of Communist Takeover:
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/barack-obama-and-the-blm-land-grab-the-ev...
funny! never saw a tortoise eating a cow before
yeah, its on youtube
http://gopthedailydose.com/2014/04/14/betrayed-blm-agents-setup-by-feds-...
Where's the photos of all the politicians in the 'war room' watching events as they 'happened' like in the so-called Bin Laden op ?
American drone over the Dnipro, Ukraine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnGL1Zi9vxo
Perfection....You nailed it.
No kidding, these guys are trying everything they can to get a war started it's crazy.
Wonder what we'd be talking about now if someone got trigger happy with a red button aboard that ship.
Remember a couple of years back a Russian MiG-29 taking out a UAV over the Black Sea off Abkhazia's coast? It used an IR missile it do it too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6b35gjZ9cc
The Russians really don't appreciate recon intrusions in that area, lots of facilities they don't want targeted, and these ships (at least one of them) can carry a rotor-wing UAV. Plus they are also of course a part of the boost-phase intercept capability for the US missile defense system first layer, the one Russia vehemently objects to.
This is not being friendly, this is flashing the teeth.
Personally, I found it neither friendly nor reassuring when, a few weeks ago, a pair of Blackhawk helicoptes carrying special forces types flew, at low altitude, over my house. Broward County, Florida. (Now if they were headed to capture Debbie Wasserman I wouldn't have minded, but the sound from their engines overpowered my computer speakers.)
And if I count the times that jets flew within half a mile of my house...Are we sure the authors of the 2nd Amendment didn't intend for us to be able to carry Stingers?
I live outside the US. However, my wife recently commented....honey, have you noticed that there have been a hell of a lot of helicopters flying overhead lately?
I told her she was imagining things. I will keep the worrying and shitting the pants thing to myself.
April is a big month for exercises, we've had a ton of blackhawks and even some Ospreys playing around the Phoenix area the past couple weeks.
They also do MEU training in various cities from time to time and that shit is really fucked up. It goes on and on as well.
They were searching for Corzine.
Got lost on the campaign trail.
I have blackhawks and fighters flying over all the time. When the SAS used to do the urban training they sometimes used a vacant high rise building right next door to drop in at night from blackhawks that come in fast and low and pull up and then its grenades in every room and strobe muzzle flashes. Like being in Lebanon when that's going on. At least the don't break the sound barrier any more, Air Services finally stopped all that. And that I really didn't like. I'm sitting listening to some music one day on a record player and a Mirage III goes overhead beyond the sound barrier and the plaster ceiling visibly bowed down about an inch from the concussion wave. That shits you off kinda quick. Needle skipping across the record doesn't help either. I thought the raintree had fallen over on the house, I went outside quick to have a look and the tree was fine, I looked around and then I spotted a Mirage a couple miles away entering the circuit. Pricks.
That this ship allowed a Russian warplane within 1000 yards and continued to exist is (a) amazing and (b) evidence that American is trying to avoid bloodshed. A ship of this class can easily destroy hundreds of warplanes. (If you do not believe, do the research. Or continue to live in stupidity. Your choice.)
This was normal back in the 70s and 80s. Baiting the bull.
Oops, they mistook it for the Persian gulf there for a moment ... hope they don't shoot down any Sukhoi Superjet 100 Airliners in self-defense. Not like that ever happens.
Look at the retard crew on the USS Donald Cook compared to Hollywood's Top Gun version.
The Russians are laughing and the Obamized feral US Navy.
The Russians missile etchnology is top notch while Amerika has theiving zio-Defense contracors who make defective shit.
"Top Gun" is Hollywood bullshit. It did get a lot of youngsters to join the Navy though.
Much better than that queer Village People song.
"This was normal back in the 70s and 80s. Baiting the bull."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SME4w037FgA
USS Yorktown being rammed by Soviet Krivak (III) class frigate in the Black Sea, back in the day.
I was in the 6th Fleet at the time and you are correct. However they stopped it when we locked the ships weapons systems on them and pointed the guns in their direction (unloaded). I wonder if the navy still has the balls to do that again?
Problem with the weapons lock is that it gives away all the frequencies that can later be jammed.