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Topic: OT: Flanker flyby of Kitty Hawk in RL
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T_Rex
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Member # 4844
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posted 11-15-2000 12:49 PM
    
Ok, I'm not kidding. Here's the Izvestia story: http://www.izvestia.ru/izvestia/article/232207 Here's the British paper story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=003819455505390&rtmo=QwHHaSaR&atmo=rrrrrrrq&pg=/et/00/11/15/wbuz15.html It's a short article, so here it is:
RUSSIA revived the spirit of the Cold War yesterday with claims that its military pilots had "buzzed" the American aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk in the Sea of Japan.
Russian reconnaissance and fighter planes swooped low over the ship after evading its battle group's radar systems three times over recent weeks, the Moscow media boasted. Not only did the planes, operating in pairs, feign an attack on the aircraft carrier, but they were able to take detailed photographs of what was happening on its deck, claimed press reports. Such "duels" were common in the Cold War. Izvestiya commented: "If these had been planes on a war mission, the aircraft carrier would definitely have been sunk." Only after a second pair of Su-24 and Su-27 planes buzzed the Kitty Hawk on Oct 17 did the carrier scramble an F/A-18 fighter to intercept the intruders, the Interfax agency reported.
Any comments?
T Rex PS I'm not a usual here, partial to F4 myself, but thought ya'll would find it interesting!
Posts: 88 | From: Indianapolis, IN, USA | Registered: May 2000 | IP: Logged
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The Whistler
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posted 11-15-2000 08:32 PM
I dunno but I personally think it is BS. Why wasn't their the usual E-2 and F-14 cover (which is supposed to be there whenever an carrier is out of US waters) around??? There isn't anywhere to hide from an E-2 over the ocean. And why did they scramble only 1 F-18?? Shouldn't it be several F-14s? "Izvestiya commented: "If these had been planes on a war mission, the aircraft carrier would definitely have been sunk." And if it had been a war mission the CBG would of definitely shot at them... There are some interesting discussions about this in the Current and Jets forums. [This message has been edited by The Whistler (edited 11-15-2000).]
Posts: 1736 | From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada sierrahotel69@icqmail.com | Registered: May 2000 | IP: Logged
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KENNETH
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posted 11-17-2000 02:17 PM
Besides the fact that the Cold War is supposed to be over, so if this is factual, it just means we had no intention of firing, nor where we even worried about the alleged aircraft.
It would seem the pilots were simply having a good time, and were probably cleared to do a flyby, otherwise they would be sitting at the bottom of the Sea of Japan right now.
The Soviets are convinced of their own superiority, and seem to think we can't counter their pretty new Su's and MiG-29's, but I guarentee you we can, without a problem.
Posts: 315 | From: Dayton, OH,USA | Registered: Jul 2000 | IP: Logged
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