On 30 Jan 2018 17:40:11 -0800, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
wrote:
Piffle! Let's see Ivan turn off two engines and cruise! At least -
unlike the Chinese - he knows how to miss.
>https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/a-russian-fighter-jet-just-came-screaming-within-five-f-1822558103
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>A U.S. Navy EP-3 surveillance plane, flying over international waters, was
>harassed by a Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter jet yesterday. The Russian fighter
>jet flew within five feet of the American aircraft, in what Navy officials told
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>and they usually happen without incident. Flying this close, however, is
>definitely out of the ordinary.
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>with the much more maneuverable fighter jet crossing directly in front of the
>path of the surveillance plane:
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>the world. Bordered by the Russian-occupied Ukrainian Crimean peninsula, Turkey,
>Georgia and its own associated Russian-occupied territories, it very well could
>be yet another flashpoint for war, which is why the U.S Navy conducts extensive
>Navy.
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>The American and Russian governments provided dueling statements about the
>incident to CNN:
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>US Naval Forces Europe, which oversees US operations in the region, provided
>more detail about the intercept, which it said lasted a total of two hours and
>40 minutes.
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>five feet and crossing directly through the EP-3's flight path, causing the EP-3
>Pamela Kunze told CNN.
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>detected approaching Russian airspace at about midday over the neutral waters of
>the Black Sea.
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>a safe distance and identified it as an ER-3E (Aries II) US reconnaissance
>identification of the American reconnaissance aircraft and accompanied it,
>preventing it from violating Russian airspace, observing all necessary security
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>international rules for the use of airspace and there were no extraordinary
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>more plus images at
>https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/a-russian-fighter-jet-just-came-screaming-within-five-f-1822558103
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