US F/A-18 downs Syrian bomber

[crimsonaudio]

Lotsa 'steak swinging' going on lately...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...d706461fa4f_story.html?utm_term=.0a7d7fb9e9de

 

[Displaced Bama Fan]

Lotsa 'steak swinging' going on lately...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...d706461fa4f_story.html?utm_term=.0a7d7fb9e9de

 

[Tidewater]

Lotsa 'steak swinging' going on lately...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...d706461fa4f_story.html?utm_term=.0a7d7fb9e9de

The Russians could easily avoid NATO intercepts if they would just behave like normal countries and tell Air Traffic Controllers who the heck they are.
Instead, they play stupid games like not talking to non-Russian ATC and turning off their collision-avoidance transponders. The Russians are telling the rest of the countries in Europe, in effect, "You're not the boss of me!" And if that sounds petulant, that's because it is.

 

[TrampLineman]

To be fair, I imagine we probably don't either in some parts of the world.

But we're both going to play chicken until there is an accident and it's going to go downhill pretty dang fast.. Both countries are basically begging for it now.

 

[Tidewater]

To be fair, I imagine we probably don't either in some parts of the world.

But we're both going to play chicken until there is an accident and it's going to go downhill pretty dang fast.. Both countries are basically begging for it now.

You're probably right, say, in Syria. On the other hand, there is a war on in Syria and combat aircraft have been shot down, so broadcasting your location can get you killed.
I dare say that the last aircraft shot down over the Baltic was in 1945. The Russians are just being buttheads and they're going to get someone killed by accident.

 

[crimsonaudio]

A Russian Su-27 fighter jet flew within 5 feet of a US Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft in the Baltic Sea area, according to a US official.

http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/06/20/russian-fighter-jet-5-feet-us-aircraft-starr.cnn