QuoteWASHINGTON — A pair of nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines has been patrolling off the eastern seaboard of the United States in recent days, a rare mission that has raised concerns inside the Pentagon and intelligence agencies abouta more assertive stance by the Russian military.
The episode has echoes of the cold war era, when the United States and the Soviet Union regularly parked submarines off each other's coasts to steal military secrets, track the movements of their underwater fleets — and be poised for war.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/world/05patrol.html?_r=2 (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/world/05patrol.html?_r=2)
maybe it'll start getting cooler again "Cold War 2 The meltdown" :unsure: :tinfoil:
We will pass through the American patrols, past their sonar nets, and lay off their largest city, and listen to their rock and roll... while we conduct missile drills.
Quote from: FunkMonk on August 04, 2009, 09:26:46 PM
We will pass through the American patrols, past their sonar nets, and lay off their largest city, and listen to their rock and roll... while we conduct missile drills.
Didn't that have Chevy Chase and John Candy in it. Cameo from John Vernon as "the Ghost of Lenin"
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on August 04, 2009, 09:28:02 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on August 04, 2009, 09:26:46 PM
We will pass through the American patrols, past their sonar nets, and lay off their largest city, and listen to their rock and roll... while we conduct missile drills.
Didn't that have Chevy Chase and John Candy in it. Cameo from John Vernon as "the Ghost of Lenin"
Are you insane?
I read this title the first time as Russian's attack subs off the East Coast.
I was all :o !
Russian attack = OSSUM arcade game. :)
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on August 04, 2009, 09:28:02 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on August 04, 2009, 09:26:46 PM
We will pass through the American patrols, past their sonar nets, and lay off their largest city, and listen to their rock and roll... while we conduct missile drills.
Didn't that have Chevy Chase and John Candy in it. Cameo from John Vernon as "the Ghost of Lenin"
:lol:
Quote from: FunkMonk on August 04, 2009, 09:26:46 PM
We will pass through the American patrols, past their sonar nets, and lay off their largest city, and listen to their rock and roll... while we conduct missile drills.
Then we will sail to Havana. Where the sun is warm. And so is the...comradeship.
:commie:
I shall never see... Montana.... *gasp* :cry:
Quote from: FunkMonk on August 04, 2009, 09:26:46 PM
We will pass through the American patrols, past their sonar nets, and lay off their largest city, and listen to their rock and roll... while we conduct missile drills.
:lol:
Quote from: Caliga on August 05, 2009, 05:24:34 AM
I shall never see... Montana.... *gasp* :cry:
Don't worry, I'm sure your round American girl can still raise rabbits for you.
Are you sure, they weren't just guiding Putin?
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No surprise that the subs were detected. And I figure the Russians must know they'd be detected, so they must be doing this as part of their plan to show the flag, reinvigorate their military, or at least the impression of their power.
This thread forced me to watch Hunt for Red October again. Damn that movie is good.
Quote from: Caliga on August 05, 2009, 05:24:34 AM
I shall never see... Montana.... *gasp* :cry:
Siege isn't a Soviet submariner.
Russia meant to be detected. They are just sabrerattling, which they do alot.
Russia likes to push, and the west ought to push back. Fasttracking Ukraine into NATO would be nice, but nobody's willing to risk a conflict.
(Except, of course, Russia.)
Quote from: KRonn on August 05, 2009, 07:28:52 AM
No surprise that the subs were detected. And I figure the Russians must know they'd be detected, so they must be doing this as part of their plan to show the flag, reinvigorate their military, or at least the impression of their power.
Question is, how many have passed off the East or West coast undetected?
We need to take this threat seriously.
They are proving our defenses.
Brain fails at being funny, once again.
Quote from: Siege on August 06, 2009, 07:19:46 AM
Quote from: KRonn on August 05, 2009, 07:28:52 AM
No surprise that the subs were detected. And I figure the Russians must know they'd be detected, so they must be doing this as part of their plan to show the flag, reinvigorate their military, or at least the impression of their power.
Question is, how many have passed off the East or West coast undetected?
We need to take this threat seriously.
They are proving our defenses.
There's a line of listening posts on the ocean bottom off the east coast, which is or was fairly or very effective, I think. No idea where else those type listening posts are. That plus other naval patrols. I don't know how effective it all is now, or was even during the cold war, but I do recall Russian subs being found by the listening posts. I read something a while back that the Russians didn't know about those for a long while.
Quote from: Lettow77 on August 06, 2009, 05:36:03 AM
Fasttracking Ukraine into NATO would be nice, but nobody's willing to risk a conflict.
Which is outrageous. Our mail-order bride supply must be protected at all costs.
Quote from: Valmy on August 06, 2009, 07:55:12 AM
Quote from: Lettow77 on August 06, 2009, 05:36:03 AM
Fasttracking Ukraine into NATO would be nice, but nobody's willing to risk a conflict.
Which is outrageous. Our mail-order bride supply must be protected at all costs.
There are multiple supply areas of mail order brides. Do not be concerned on that score.
Quote from: KRonn on August 05, 2009, 07:28:52 AM
No surprise that the subs were detected. And I figure the Russians must know they'd be detected, so they must be doing this as part of their plan to show the flag, reinvigorate their military, or at least the impression of their power.
It's the anniversary of the Georgia war (and the US is helping re-arm Georgia and has apparently offered more support), so this is Russian sabre rattling, in case we forget they're around.
There are things in those subs that don't react well to bullets.
Quote from: Neil on August 06, 2009, 09:44:43 AM
There are things in those subs that don't react well to bullets.
Get 'em on the Jersey coast- it's not like our state isn't overly irradiated as it is; hell, my girlfriend's parents have to keep a water cooler in the house because of the radiation levels of their well water. :D
Quote from: DontSayBanana on August 06, 2009, 09:54:14 AM
Quote from: Neil on August 06, 2009, 09:44:43 AM
There are things in those subs that don't react well to bullets.
Get 'em on the Jersey coast- it's not like our state isn't overly irradiated as it is; hell, my girlfriend's parents have to keep a water cooler in the house because of the radiation levels of their well water. :D
Have you seen New Jersey? Irradiation is the only effective way to sanitize it.
Quote from: DGuller on August 06, 2009, 09:58:44 AM
Have you seen New Jersey? Irradiation is the only effective way to sanitize it.
I see New Jersey every time I look out of my window. :contract:
Hopefully, only until I'm done with school. :(
Quote from: Jos Theelen on August 05, 2009, 06:10:44 AM
Are you sure, they weren't just guiding Putin?
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/sns-ap-eu-russia-putin,0,3225549.story
The Russian, bare: Putin strips to waist for photographers on trip to Siberia