So aparently Russian jets tried to invade cornwall yesterday...
First the Spanish in 1595 and now this.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 10:39,
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People keep getting uppety about jets being scrambled to meet Russian bombers on exercises.
Forgetting that if the Russian planes simply want to head in a westerly direction, they have to pass fairly close to UK airspace, what with our airspace being to the west of Russia and all.
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Fork Has lost his bash virginity!, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 10:42,
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But if fills up news feeds and keeps as in a state of fear which the shape shifting feckers who rule us want
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 10:49,
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Keeps reinforcing the point that Russia is the enemy
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Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 10:56,
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Well invading Eastern Europe is acting a bit enemy-ish isn't it?
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 11:10,
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russia haven't invaded us i don't think but we sent troops to aid the white army after the revolution and so kinda invaded russia eh?
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tickle I was away, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 14:46,
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That's no reason not to shoot them down.
Starting WW3 would be Cornwalls most significant achievement for decades.
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You'd have to be a pretty good shot to take out a bomber with a pasty
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Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 10:51,
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Front part has explosive, rear compartment propellent
guidance and ground beef in the middle.
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A stinger crammed with cream teas would do the job
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 10:55,
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I'm sure if the RAF decided to go on exercises in the pacific crossing close to Russian airspace there would be a bit of posturing from them.
Also Putins been playing silly buggers all over the North Sea, Channel and Irish sea for a while now.
The cold wars starting up again and all this is relevant.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 10:59,
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I think this one might get a bit hotter
Russia is in a weaker position than it was at the beginning of the cold war, its more susceptible to any more economic sanctions the west will impose if Putin starts throwing his weight around in other former soviet bloc countries. He could be backed into a corner where war seems like the best option to him.
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Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 11:10,
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Ha
The Russian economy and Putin's grand plans for it have backfired with the collapse in oil prices, because Putin put all his eggs in one basket and planed economic growth based on selling energy. An actual war with the west is the last thing he needs to perpetuate his woes any further, especially given his military forces aren't in any shape to take on Nato
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Jahled Three shades of black, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 11:19,
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Thing is
The Russian military is in a pretty terrible state at the moment. They've been starved of funding for so long now there's a serious safety risk to their own crews from their own equipment. Their only aircraft carrier is basically unseaworthy at the moment.
They'd announced a massive upgrade plan building new ships, fighters and missiles, and a potential new bomber was on the drawing board, but that was all to be funded by energy money.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 11:49,
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Well he's probably assuming NATO is not going to retaliate starting WW3 isn't he?
And given past events he could be forgiven for assuming that and could be why he's still fighting this by proxy.
AS for the economy, that's not stopped nations being aggressive in the past has it?
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Thu 19 Feb 2015, 12:17,
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I believe the main complaint is that the Russian bombers
are not filing flight plans (or are deviating from plans filed), and are switching off transponders.
This is illegal, and dangerous.
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