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Originally posted by Cosmic911
Our two navies have been playing cat and mouse games since the Cold War. No surprise there. Old enemies die hard.
Originally posted by AuntB
Also, wasn't Russia just making nice with Venezuela? Isn't that the same country whose President called our Prez a clown?edit on 14-8-2012 by AuntB because: another thought
Originally posted by BASSPLYR
het can anyone tell me about the missile launch off the california coast that the previous poster was mentioning? Never heard bout it. Was it from a SSBN?
Russia’s TU-95MS and the United States’ B-52 strategic bombers will exchange visits next July under a bilateral agreement, Commander of the Russian Long Distance Lieutenant General Anatoly Zhikharev has told reporters.
Originally posted by pacifier2012
There is an American sub hiding right now off someone else country.
So does that mean that the USA is ready for WW3 as well? The answer is all big nations are ready/
Sorry to put it this way, but your post is sensationalism at best.
Agree. We're just here to decipher the news for the truth that it might hold (if any).
Originally posted by yadda333
reply to post by hp1229
The whole story is based on what "unnamed sources" told the Free Beacon. Just sayin.
So do you think it was possibly equipment malfunction/failure/glitch/hiccup/gremlins in the naval systems and/or human error?
Originally posted by Xcathdra
Originally posted by hp1229
reply to post by Xcathdra
I think thats just one of the angle though true that technology is only good as the users of it make it to be Ofcourse be it a Geo Metro or a Mercedes Benz
A B-2 Stealth bomber today costs just over a billion dollars per aircraft.
State of the art, top of the line etc etc etc....
Can be brought down by a .22 caliber bullet with one lucky shot...
The definition of "close enough for government work " -
Measured with a micrometer, marked with a crayon and cut with an axe...
Originally posted by peter_kandra
Maybe it's possible the US Navy did know they were there and simply wanted to test our tracking capabilities? I would find it odd if all the military planners hadn't envisioned scenarios like this and planned accordingly. I also suppose it's possible that oil spill a few years ago and the resulting cleanup and chemicals damaged any sonar devices in the Gulf of Mexico.
Originally posted by peter_kandra
Maybe it's possible the US Navy did know they were there and simply wanted to test our tracking capabilities? I would find it odd if all the military planners hadn't envisioned scenarios like this and planned accordingly. I also suppose it's possible that oil spill a few years ago and the resulting cleanup and chemicals damaged any sonar devices in the Gulf of Mexico.
Originally posted by hp1229
Cry for more budget or truely a flaw in the anti-submarine warfare systems?
A Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine armed with long-range cruise missiles operated undetected in the Gulf of Mexico for several weeks and its travel in strategic U.S. waters was only confirmed after it left the region, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
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Your expert opinions/thoughts/comments/viewpoints please.
Originally posted by getreadyalready
Makes This Thread seem a lot more plausible though doesn't it!! People think the mainland US is invincible, but our government is so inept and caught up with politicking and in-fighting that an invasion seems like it could happen pretty easily. There are a hundred different plausible scenarios in that thread, and none of them include a Nuclear Sub in the Gulf of Mexico!! That was thought to be impossible.