Originally posted by malganis
reply to post by neformore
I think what he meant is that after 9/11, some Americans realised that they weren't untouchable and that our safe western countries could come under
fire and be in crisis quite easily.
Thats always been the case. Sadly pre-9/11 most americans lived in a bubble. The problem with the post 9/11 world is that the very same bubble alot of
americans were in also enshrouded them in ignorance of what actually goes on elsewhere in the world.
And I think the point was that if Russia decided to strike the USA hard as the opening phase of an invasion, then Americans would finally realise what
it's like to have war on your doorstep, because it's nothing like in video games.
Russia is in no position to invade the US. Even at the height of the cold war it never was, and the same can be said the other way round. The two
countries were and are still perfectly capable of wiping each other out though.
Anyway more on topic, if the Russians flew military aircraft into British airspace, would the RAF be justified in shooting them down? And what would
be the chances of it actually happening?
Nope. They wouldn't shoot them down unless an act of open hostility occurred, and by that I mean a missile launch. They would harass them, fly very
very close to them to try and get the pilots to turn or possibly force them to land. The most extreme thing they would do in peacetime is fire
warnings with their cannon.
Looked what happened.
