Thread: Russian jets simulate attacks on an American destroyer

The Russians claimed that the US ship was "acting aggressively"

Whats the bet that the ship illuminated the planes with its air defence radar, probably 100Km or more away.

The chances of a plane getting that close to a ship these days is pretty remote what with missiles and Gatling close defence guns.

All a good publicity stunt for all concerned and a bit of fun for the pilot

Regards Philip A

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Originally Posted by PhilipA

The Russians claimed that the US ship was "acting aggressively"

Whats the bet that the ship illuminated the planes with its air defence radar, probably 100Km or more away.

The chances of a plane getting that close to a ship these days is pretty remote what with missiles and Gatling close defence guns.

All a good publicity stunt for all concerned and a bit of fun for the pilot

Regards Philip A

Exactly, the Yanks would have known what was happening long before.
Notice the crew on the upper deck wern't too stressed!

Another media beat up

Not like the Americans have ever been provocative or belligerent

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There is a code of conduct for opposing forces in close proximity, this is a long standing thing and has been in effect since Cold War days. Using it ensures no one pulls the trigger early starting that dreaded chain reaction.

Russia is now flagrantly breaching that "agreement" especially by the close fly bys - this is still obviously not considered as so dangerous when deck crews arm themselves with cameras not weapons!!

China is also doing this. It is believed that Russia or China playing these games is a much higher risk as they may accidentally cause someone to shoot, or accidentally shoot someone down or shoot up a vessel etc...

At any time these are billion dollar games people are playing.....

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Whats the bet that the ship illuminated the planes with its air defence radar, probably 100Km or more away.

Exactly what the Russians would have wanted. Even more so, the radar frequencies of their missile defence systems. It's all a big game. We did the same back in the cold war days. No big deal.

Originally Posted by digger

There is a code of conduct for opposing forces in close proximity, this is a long standing thing and has been in effect since Cold War days. Using it ensures no one pulls the trigger early starting that dreaded chain reaction.

Russia is now flagrantly breaching that "agreement" especially by the close fly bys - this is still obviously not considered as so dangerous when deck crews arm themselves with cameras not weapons!!

China is also doing this. It is believed that Russia or China playing these games is a much higher risk as they may accidentally cause someone to shoot, or accidentally shoot someone down or shoot up a vessel etc...

At any time these are billion dollar games people are playing.....

are you suggesting that the US never do this?