US Navy scrambled jets after Russian planes approached carrier

[Katzndogz]

Had the Russians put that ship to the bottom of the sea nothing would have happened.

When they (or we) do close fly-bys you take a heading parallel to the ship in question not flying directly at it. A combat aircraft flying directly at a combatant ship is considered and act of war.

With 2 F/A-18's on their ass, they would have been shot out of the sky as soon as their bomb Bay doors began opening and they changed heading to point their missiles at the ship.


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No one would have given the order to shoot them out of the sky.

 

[bodecea]

Rigging our ship....big fat hairy deal...we do it to them (when they aren't rusting in port) and we do it to other nations too. Again, big fat hairy deal.

 

[westwall]

"A U.S. Navy official said two Russian TU-142 “Bear” aircraft flew within a nautical mile of the Reagan, prompting it to launch four F-18 fighter jets to escort the planes away from the ship."

Say what? That doesn't make sense. 1 mile? Time to launch an intercept was at like 100 miles. WTF were they waiting for?

I'm going to assume they did in fact launch the intercept a lot sooner, and that it's more like with F-18s in the air on their heels they THEN got that close.

You heard correctly. One nautical mile.
Very disturbing.

Well it'd be disturbing a lot farther away than that. But ASW planes aren't a major threat. Gotta wonder though what the 'red line' is around a carrier group. I'd think it's a lot farther out than 1 mile.

I can only assume they have major inflexible orders about defense. Don't fire unless fired upoin AND hit type stuff. Otherwise they could touch off a military action which spirals out of control.

The Tu-95's can also carry the KH-32 Anti Ship Missile which is fully capable of knocking out one of our carriers with a single hit in conventional form, and the whole fleet when equipped with a nuclear warhead.

 

[OnePercenter]

You heard correctly. One nautical mile.
Very disturbing.

Russians are doing nothing except trading paint the Air Force way.

 

[skye]

"A U.S. Navy official said two Russian TU-142 “Bear” aircraft flew within a nautical mile of the Reagan, prompting it to launch four F-18 fighter jets to escort the planes away from the ship."

Say what? That doesn't make sense. 1 mile? Time to launch an intercept was at like 100 miles. WTF were they waiting for?

I'm going to assume they did in fact launch the intercept a lot sooner, and that it's more like with F-18s in the air on their heels they THEN got that close.

You heard correctly. One nautical mile.
Very disturbing.

Well it'd be disturbing a lot farther away than that. But ASW planes aren't a major threat. Gotta wonder though what the 'red line' is around a carrier group. I'd think it's a lot farther out than 1 mile.

Thank you for your input, Delta. I appreciate your expertise on this subject as you did serve in our military. It is a blessing to have military people on USMB that can help us better understand reports such as this one.

I agree Jeri...but only ...the military under Obola is not the same than the military before Obola.

Hussein Obama has purged the military to a point where it is hardly recognizable.... and every move they make is the wrong move.

Sad but true

 

[OnePercenter]

No one would have given the order to shoot them out of the sky.

Why? They weren't a threat.

 

[TooTall]

"A U.S. Navy official said two Russian TU-142 “Bear” aircraft flew within a nautical mile of the Reagan, prompting it to launch four F-18 fighter jets to escort the planes away from the ship."

Say what? That doesn't make sense. 1 mile? Time to launch an intercept was at like 100 miles. WTF were they waiting for?

I'm going to assume they did in fact launch the intercept a lot sooner, and that it's more like with F-18s in the air on their heels they THEN got that close.

You heard correctly. One nautical mile.
Very disturbing.

Well it'd be disturbing a lot farther away than that. But ASW planes aren't a major threat. Gotta wonder though what the 'red line' is around a carrier group. I'd think it's a lot farther out than 1 mile.

I can only assume they have major inflexible orders about defense. Don't fire unless fired upoin AND hit type stuff. Otherwise they could touch off a military action which spirals out of control.

The Tu-95's can also carry the KH-32 Anti Ship Missile which is fully capable of knocking out one of our carriers with a single hit in conventional form, and the whole fleet when equipped with a nuclear warhead.

If launching the ASM was their intent they would have done it long before they got within a mile. I don't know for sure, but If they launched within a mile or two I doubt the ASM would arm and explode in that short a distance. I also strongly suspect the F-18's were launched long before they got anywhere near that close.

 

[OnePercenter]

I agree Jeri...but only ...the military under Obola is not the same than the military before Obola.

Hussein Obama has purged the military to a point where it is hardly recognizable.... and every move they make is the wrong move.

Sad but true

Didn't Republicans cut military spending?

Don't we (the US) have enough bombs and bullets to kill every human on earth?

 

[whitehall]

The Russians detect a weak administration better than flies detect a pile of shit. The drunken Russians are going to continue to provoke incidents that make the greatest Military in the world look like fools until we get a change of administration.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

I agree Jeri...but only ...the military under Obola is not the same than the military before Obola.

Hussein Obama has purged the military to a point where it is hardly recognizable.... and every move they make is the wrong move.

Sad but true

Didn't Republicans cut military spending?

Don't we (the US) have enough bombs and bullets to kill every human on earth?

Well, as per "Zombieland" we need the double-tap ability.

 

[bodecea]

The bed wetting by the RW is hysterically funny...no wonder they've got all the prominent criers.