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Dutchy
PostPosted: 12 Feb 2008, 08:27 
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We know all that Putin let old bombers fly from the scrapyards.
A Bear (Tu-95) flew over the USS Nimitz.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/11/russia ... index.html

Is the Cold War coming back? :?

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pft a few years ago a TU-95 overflew a carrier with no intercept while a pair of Tomcats sat on ready!

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The Russians and the U.S. carrier did not exchange verbal communications.

Maybe they had everyone on deck lined up in a design to give 'em the finger. :wink: [lol]

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They pulled the same shit with Japan in the last week.
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Sounds to me like Russians being Russian. Even the old dog down the block needs to flex his muscles from time to time, run to the end of the chain and bark, just to make himself feel useful. :roll:

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Yeah but you still gotta chase him off with a stick to let him know who's boss.

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