Other interceptions just like this were also reported. Russia's just conducting major drills.
Other interceptions just like this were also reported. Russia's just conducting major drills.
They know better than to do an act of war. They flew through the international waters that we have responsibility over in the Atlantic. Non announced flights over that area demand military response on our part as they are a risk for commercial aviation. They were then escorted out of the area and then the british and the norwegian took over. They seem to be going out of their way to act like total dicks...
"Yes, I rather like this God fellow. He's very theatrical, you know,
a pestilence here, a plague there... He's so deliciously evil."
Stewie, Family Guy
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Putin is not afraid of rustling Western jimmies. I'm not saying a Russian invasion is imminent, but based off of Russia's antagonistic attitude towards the West lately, a little sub mission to poke at Swedish response times seems very possible
Free Kekistan
The Swedish Armed Forces now confirm intrusion by a mini-submarine in an on-going press conference. National adherence cannot be established.
Swedish source: http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/kra...den-bekraftad/
New evidence now involve sonar observations and submarine tracks on the bottom of the ocean.
Is it so surprising that the most stealthy military vehicle of today (aside from stealth aircraft) is used to probe countries inside their national space? In time of peace, its their first mission objective, lets not kid ourselves.
Like spies, everyone does it (everyone who has the money to); sometime they get caught, sometimes they dont; when they do, they become political tools for political means. Today the mean would be, to increase awareness on the russian bloc, to justify military spending and close the knot with like minded nations.
With the Ukraine situation, everyone knows when a russian soldier farts.
The only problem I see with this, is that when there will be real total war threat, we will not know because we are over-reacting to everything.
Last edited by Butan; November 15, 2014 at 04:36 PM.