Thread: Russian fighter jets close overflights U.S. destroyer

^ So pseudo now that you are back in the UK what are you doing to effect change there? Or are you still just a keyboard warrior?

Originally Posted by bsnub

^ So pseudo now that you are back in the UK what are you doing to effect change there? Or are you still just a keyboard warrior?

Not in the UK. You really going to start this rubbish again snubb?

Taa daa see ya later.

Should have just blown the crate out of the air.

Russia jets observed 'all safety measures' in US warship flyby

Moscow (AFP) - Russian aircraft that flew within metres of a US warship in international waters of the Baltic Sea was observing all required safety measures, the defence ministry said Thursday, expressing astonishment at the "sore reaction" from Washington.

Washington on Wednesday criticised the manoeuvre -- which was dramatically caught on camera -- with US military command slamming it as "unsafe and unprofessional."

Su-24 planes were conducting test flights in the area and "having observed the ship, turned away in observance of all safety measures," the defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement posted on the ministry's Facebook page.

"Frankly speaking, we don't understand such a sore reaction from our US colleagues," the statement added.

"With the US Navy destroyer in operational proximity of the Russian navy's Baltic fleet base, the principle of its free sea navigation does not negate the principle of free air navigation of Russian planes," it said.

The US military's European command said one flyby -- one of several -- consisted of a "simulated attack profile" and came within 30 feet (nine metres) of the ship USS Donald Cook.

"These actions have the potential to unnecessarily escalate tensions between countries and could result in a miscalculation," it said.

A senior US defence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said: "This is more aggressive than anything we've seen in some time."

Russia's Baltic fleet, including the navy's aircraft, this week is holding drills observed by the head of its Western military district commander, the military said Wednesday.

Ties between Russia and the West have plunged to their lowest point since the Cold War over Moscow's annexation of the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and its support for separatist rebels in the east of the country.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-sa...082640161.html

They were unarmed Russian fighter jets, according to the CNN article. I'm not sure how that would lead to escalated tensions.

Originally Posted by rickschoppers

Ha!

So what would your country look like without US bombing during WWII? You would be eating sourkraut and doing the goosestep without the help from the 8th Air Force.

Sometimes ya wonder if Britain wouldn't be better had Gerry won the war..certainly the mealy banger sausages and mushy peas would be something of the distant past.
They would have good beer and some really fine sausages.

^British ales far outclass German lagers in the beer stakes.

Originally Posted by Neverna

They were unarmed Russian fighter jets, according to the CNN article. I'm not sure how that would lead to escalated tensions.

Has master of muppets OhOh stolen Nevemas login?

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

Originally Posted by rickschoppers

Ha!

So what would your country look like without US bombing during WWII? You would be eating sourkraut and doing the goosestep without the help from the 8th Air Force.

Sometimes ya wonder if Britain wouldn't be better had Gerry won the war..certainly the mealy banger sausages and mushy peas would be something of the distant past.
They would have good beer and some really fine sausages.

Give up Theakstons Old Peculiar and a Full English for that squarehead shite?

You're off your rocker.

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Wonder what would happen if the US was the subject of sanctions (for completely spurious reasons although in the US case, they would be completely justified)? Their economy flushed down the toilet. Would all the simpering fools who buy their propaganda still be on their knees choked up in their love for the satanic rulers of the earth?

Fools that are cheering on the US in their faux war against russia are the ones who are allowing the US to move towards their long stated aim of a 3rd world war. You really want that?

Cheer up, tomorrow is American Tax day. It's the deadline for people like me to post our tax returns and send Washington any money we owe them, including tax on money we earned outside the USA, along with reporting any bank accounts we have in Thailand (or elsewhere) regardless of where that money came from. Someone has to pay for this sh*t.
I feel so liberated and free.

^
Do they not still have the exemption on money made overseas if you stay out of the US for 330 out of 365 days? It was $95,000.00 a year when I was working in Saudi.

The US are clearly not used to the standard rules of play in waters around Europe. I have heard of worse, much worse, than I saw in the video posted.

Originally Posted by rickschoppers

^
Do they not still have the exemption on money made overseas if you stay out of the US for 330 out of 365 days? It was $95,000.00 a year when I was working in Saudi.

Yes they do, but even having to declare the meager income I earned from teaching to claim the exemption angers me, along with the requirement of reporting the existence and balance of my Thai bank account.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

The was Russia pushing the edges, not the US.

depends exactly where the ship was,
could have been just off the Russian province of kalingrad

Originally Posted by Looper

Has master of muppets OhOh stolen Neverna login?

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Didn't know that the Baltic Sea were part of US TERRORtorial waters.

Originally Posted by HermantheGerman

Didn't know that the Baltic Sea were part of Russian TERRORtorial waters.

Originally Posted by pseudolus

They are not.

I'am glad you understood that part
The other part we will discuss when you.....ahh forget it.

Originally Posted by birding

The US has shown in the past that they are not averse to to intimidating, provoking and even attacking others on flimsy sometimes straight out BS excuses.

Russian pilots parachuting down after being ejected from a jet that was shot down by a Turkish F-16.



Just in case you want to see it live again....

http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/...n-over-turkey/

This sort of thing has been going on since the cold war by both sides. Nothing news worthy here.

What would the reaction have been if a Russian warship had been in the Gulf of Mexico, in international waters, with a Cuban helicopter on board just to even things up, close to where a US fleet was holding drills ?

The western press gets these stories from the US who do their best to vilify.
There are no details of just where the US ship was, like how close or far it was from Russian territorial waters
We now know that the US (spy ?) ship was close to where the Russians were holding drills. Could it be that the fly pasts were a deliberate "Piss off your getting to close"

Originally Posted by birding

Could it be that the fly pasts were a deliberate "Piss off your getting to close"

Of course it was and the US does the same when Russians get "to close". Western media making an issue of it. Russian media not as far as I can see.

Originally Posted by birding

What would the reaction have been if a Russian warship had been in the Gulf of Mexico, in international waters, with a Cuban helicopter on board just to even things up, close to where a US fleet was holding drills ?

The western press gets these stories from the US who do their best to vilify.
There are no details of just where the US ship was, like how close or far it was from Russian territorial waters
We now know that the US (spy ?) ship was close to where the Russians were holding drills. Could it be that the fly pasts were a deliberate "Piss off your getting to close"

Exactly. The ship was 100km off of Kalingrad. I wonder what the news stories would have been if it had been a Russian or Chinese ship 100km off of the coast of Miami? There would have been outrage if the merkins did not do fly overs, and probably a call to bomb the ship from the flag waving "dem ruskies" brigade.

Originally Posted by OhOh

Originally Posted by Baas Babelaas

Their economy is deep in the shit, government coffers are near empty, so they may as well take the planes for a few joy rides before they park them up to rust in the sun.

You don't read any economic web sites then?

It's all in fucking Panama innit?

Originally Posted by OhOh

Originally Posted by Looper

Has master of muppets OhOh stolen Nevemas login?

Very uninteresting post. Do you have any links to that statement. This is of course the "World news" thread which has, I believe a rule, no links no post.

OK OhNo, just for you here is a link to the statement.

Russian fighter jets... (Russian fighter jets close overflights U.S. destroyer) 14-04-2016 10:26 PM Neverna Loopey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That well aimed red nevema got for her aborigine troll thread was a proper ring-stinger!

She still has not got over it

Originally Posted by Looper

Originally Posted by OhOh

Originally Posted by Looper

Has master of muppets OhOh stolen Nevemas login?

Very uninteresting post. Do you have any links to that statement. This is of course the "World news" thread which has, I believe a rule, no links no post.

OK OhNo, just for you here is a link to the statement.

Russian fighter jets... (Russian fighter jets close overflights U.S. destroyer) 14-04-2016 10:26 PM Neverna Loopey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That well aimed red nevema got for her aborigine troll thread was a proper ring-stinger!

She still has not got over it

You mean the double century thread that you posted 43 times in? Thanks.

Originally Posted by Looper

OK OhNo, just for you here is a link to the statement. Russian fighter jets... 14-04-2016 10:26 PM Neverna Loopey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, thank you. A link back to your original statement, very useful.

I am under the impression that "links", as defined in the TD terms and conditions bible and by consensus amongst most here, means a "link" to an original source of information. Not your non linked diarrhoea.

Or I have probably missed an earth shattering statement.