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Russian Subs trolling off East Coast.
Waco Waltz
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Reminds me of the NAZI subs doing the same during the last two big wars.
http://www.vice.com/read/russian-nuclear-submarines-are-trolling-the-east-coast?utm_source=taboola&utm_campaign=editorialsafe
http://www.vice.com/read/russian-nuclear-submarines-are-trolling-the-east-coast?utm_source=taboola&utm_campaign=editorialsafe
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They have only been doing this for the last 50 yrs or so, no news here.
Probably lining up at Wal-mart for .22 ammo
[:D][:D]
Probably lining up at Wal-mart for .22 ammo
Most likely. Ya can't get the stuff in Russia due to panic buyers. The sub sailors are looking to be gougers....
Of course, WE would never do something like that to their country. [;)][:D]
Probably lining up at Wal-mart for .22 ammo
[:D][8D]
Nearly Don-worthy!
There's people that troll here daily. [;)] What's your point?[:D]
WHAT!
Last I heard of it, it was during easter that they flew some TU22M bomberplanes directly towards Stockholm and another place down south in sweeden - both having large military installations.
The TU22M's are capable of carrying small nukes and they only broke off their practise run, because danish planes in lithauania got up to greet them.
But they were about 1 minute away from what seemed like their practise "target", which raises some concern.
Seems about a year ago, it was mainly fighterplanes that did these runs, seemingly to test the border.
Lately they've used bigger planes, like the TU22M bomber for the same runs.
[:D][:D]
quote:Originally posted by mogley98
Probably lining up at Wal-mart for .22 ammo
Nothing new here. It's just been several years since they could afford to do it.
"accidently" strayed into Warsaw Pact airspace?
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
Keep in mind that it's not what we know is there. It's what we don't.
Yep!
I didn't know subs had trolling motors. [:D]
[;)][:D][:D][:D]
LOL! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078723/ http://www.imdb.com/rg/s/4/title/tt0078723/#lb-vi3031630105
Sayonara Sucka... [:D]
Reminds me of the NAZI subs doing the same during the last two big wars.
http://www.vice.com/read/russian-nuclear-submarines-are-trolling-the-east-coast?utm_source=taboola&utm_campaign=editorialsafe
There's only one troll involved in this post.
quote:Originally posted by Waco Waltz
Reminds me of the NAZI subs doing the same during the last two big wars.
http://www.vice.com/read/russian-nuclear-submarines-are-trolling-the-east-coast?utm_source=taboola&utm_campaign=editorialsafe
There's only one troll involved in this post.
It amazes me that you can belittle me while implying I am un intelligent in post after post in what I would consider boarder line Stalking and then post this with a seemingly straight face that I have somehow trolled with my OP at top.
For a guy who thinks I am stupid you actually outdo me in almost all of your posts at the game of stupidity.
Stop and think for a moment. Two nations with a powerful military, both rivals of the other and both with a bathtub full of toys. Each nation spending untold treasure to best the other. Is it really any great surprise that each nation constantly tests the other? And is it really a bad thing?
If we were to step back and look at the whole picture it would become evident that neither Russia nor the US have any great desire to destroy the other, at least not in the physical sense. Certainly both nations have that capacity but the reality is that the destruction of one all but guarantees the destruction of the other.
And there's another unspoken factor. Whether either nation is willing to admit it, we have common enemies. At some point our mutual differences may become insignificant when compared to the threat posed from the outside. A somewhat hidden example of this phenomena is the casual mention of cooperation between our nations with regard to terrorism. We're being forced together.
Don't get me wrong... Each nation is quite happy to instigate or assist in causing problems for the other. It's part of the game. But even then there are rules. And whether Russia admits it or not, I suspect our common Islamic foes will at some point step over the line and their threat will trump any differences with the US.
Then there's China. Talk about a wild card. Tell me that the Russians aren't nervous about their big and powerful neighbor. It's one thing to look across the Pacific and speculate about China. It's entirely another to sit on the border in Siberia and wonder.
Reminds me of the NAZI subs doing the same during the last two big wars.German subs were there with the express purpose of sinking ships. These Russian subs have an entirely different mission.
These aren't WWI/WWII quality submarines and weapons. They're equipped with systems which don't require that they be immediately offshore to intercept ships. The only reason these are parked so close to our coastline is to serve as electronic emmission intercept stations.
Many here seem to either be unaware or have forgotten the days when an entire fleet of 'Soviet fishing trawlers' [;)] cruised around off our coasts 24/7 during the Cold War days. These were nothing but floating antenna farms to listen in on US operations.
Once their sub fleet increased these off-shore electronic intel gathering vehicles moved underwater. With that county's financial collapse these missions ended, but now that Russia has recovered those people many see as our friends have resumed their old way of doing things.
Other than their return being a sign of increasingly strained relations with the newer regime there's really no reason to get all spooled up these subs.
quote:Originally posted by Waco Waltz
Reminds me of the NAZI subs doing the same during the last two big wars.German subs were there with the express purpose of sinking ships. These Russian subs have an entirely different mission.
These aren't WWI/WWII quality submarines and weapons. They're equipped with systems which don't require that they be immediately offshore to intercept ships. The only reason these are parked so close to our coastline is to serve as electronic emmission intercept stations.
Many here seem to either be unaware or have forgotten the days when an entire fleet of 'Soviet fishing trawlers' [;)] cruised around off our coasts 24/7 during the Cold War days. These were nothing but floating antenna farms to listen in on US operations.
Once their sub fleet increased these off-shore electronic intel gathering vehicles moved underwater. With that county's financial collapse these missions ended, but now that Russia has recovered those people many see as our friends have resumed their old way of doing things.
Other than their return being a sign of increasingly strained relations with the newer regime there's really no reason to get all spooled up these subs.
Good factual prespective. Now that the Russians have renounced Communism, we actually have more in common with them than many of our previous allies. What other country has the horsepower to aid is slowing Chicom expansion?
quote:Originally posted by Txs
quote:Originally posted by Waco Waltz
Reminds me of the NAZI subs doing the same during the last two big wars.German subs were there with the express purpose of sinking ships. These Russian subs have an entirely different mission.
These aren't WWI/WWII quality submarines and weapons. They're equipped with systems which don't require that they be immediately offshore to intercept ships. The only reason these are parked so close to our coastline is to serve as electronic emmission intercept stations.
Many here seem to either be unaware or have forgotten the days when an entire fleet of 'Soviet fishing trawlers' [;)] cruised around off our coasts 24/7 during the Cold War days. These were nothing but floating antenna farms to listen in on US operations.
Once their sub fleet increased these off-shore electronic intel gathering vehicles moved underwater. With that county's financial collapse these missions ended, but now that Russia has recovered those people many see as our friends have resumed their old way of doing things.
Other than their return being a sign of increasingly strained relations with the newer regime there's really no reason to get all spooled up these subs.
Good factual prespective. Now that the Russians have renounced Communism, we actually have more in common with them than many of our previous allies. What other country has the horsepower to aid is slowing Chicom expansion?
Yes! Good thing he posted that! I was all worried they were sinking ships off the coast and that we had Dan Aykroyd manning coastal guns and Jim Belushi landing in the middle of the road to rally the troops!
Yes! Good thing he posted that! I was all worried they were sinking ships off the coast and that we had Dan Aykroyd manning coastal guns and Jim Belushi landing in the middle of the road to rally the troops! [?]
quote:Originally posted by Waco Waltz
Reminds me of the NAZI subs doing the same during the last two big wars.
quote:Originally posted by Waco Waltz
Yes! Good thing he posted that! I was all worried they were sinking ships off the coast and that we had Dan Aykroyd manning coastal guns and Jim Belushi landing in the middle of the road to rally the troops! [?]
quote:Originally posted by Waco Waltz
Reminds me of the NAZI subs doing the same during the last two big wars.
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I guess I took your post in a kind of tell me something I don't know kind of way. I did not mean to say the situation was the same just that with the subs out there I feel I know a bit how folks felt during the war.