Russians get a bit nosey..

XPE · 21 Aug 2007 at 23:52

So the Russian finally got some of our Typhoon to intercept their bombers.

You do know this is so the Russian’s to determine the intercept time for the Typhoon, they will have people next to the raf base so they can determine the Typhoons response time.

They have been doing this for a couple of months now, but the other times it has been the tornado that has intercepted them.

Zefan · 21 Aug 2007 at 23:54

m@rty said:
why not serious?

also what if one of these planes crashed while it carried a nuke... i mean they are 50 year old planes.

They won't be carrying any nuclear ordnance.

B-52's are also 55 years old, they're extremely good bombers

XPE · 21 Aug 2007 at 23:55

Zefan said:
They won't be carrying any nuclear ordnance.

B-52's are also 55 years old, they're extremely good bombers

Yes but they have major refits every 5 or 10 years, I some how doubt the russian's do that.

Amp34 · 21 Aug 2007 at 23:57

m@rty said:
why not serious?

also what if one of these planes crashed while it carried a nuke... i mean they are 50 year old planes.

The nuke would splash into the sea with all the rest of the wreckage, then NATO and Russia would rush to the scene and try and salvage it first.

Nuclear weapons don't just "go off". The worst they would do is give someone a serious headache if it fell out of the plane and hit them on the head... (unless of course they are armed and triggered by outside sources...)

m@rty · 21 Aug 2007 at 23:57

President Putin has announced the Russian air force is to resume airborne patrols by nuclear armed bombers, suspended in the Cold War.

so yeah i think they will have nukes onboard...

Zefan · 22 Aug 2007 at 00:02

XPE said:
Yes but they have major refits every 5 or 10 years, I some how doubt the russian's do that.

Are you under the impression that the Russians aren't technologically advanced?

Ghosteh · 22 Aug 2007 at 00:04

Zefan said:
They won't be carrying any nuclear ordnance.

B-52's are also 55 years old, they're extremely good bombers

I love B-52's, they look fantastic.

Hxc · 22 Aug 2007 at 00:04

XPE said:
Yes but they have major refits every 5 or 10 years, I some how doubt the russian's do that.

Wouldn't be so sure to be honest, especially under Putin.

XPE · 22 Aug 2007 at 00:07

Zefan said:
Are you under the impression that the Russians aren't technologically advanced?

No, Just poor

Edit: also im sure they have super sonic bomber and would be more likly to use there funds to keep them updated rather than those bombers

Edit2: having a look about the net and it seems all Bears currently in service were built in the 80s and 90s so they aren’t that old.

RoboCod · 22 Aug 2007 at 00:14

m@rty said:
so yeah i think they will have nukes onboard...

Have a read how nukes work first fella

As for these occurrences I would certainly watch China and Russia over the next decade, I suspect matters are going to get interesting.

.Griff. · 22 Aug 2007 at 00:19

Zefan said:
They won't be carrying any nuclear ordnance.

B-52's are also 55 years old, they're extremely good bombers

Bear H (Tu-95MS/Tu-95MS6/Tu-95MS16) - Completely new cruise missile carrier platform based on the Tu-142 airframe. This variant became the launch platform of the Kh-55 (AS-15 Kent) cruise missile. The Bear-H was referred to by the U.S. military as a Tu-142 for some time in the 1980s before its true designation became known.

Warheads: 200 kt nuclear

Zefan · 22 Aug 2007 at 00:21

WWS|Griff said:
stuff

I'm fully aware that they are capable of carrying nukes, I was merely expressing my doubt as to whether they'd bother with the expense on these test flights.

.Griff. · 22 Aug 2007 at 00:23

No personal attacks and no swearing. See you in 2 days.

cheets64 · 22 Aug 2007 at 00:26

I wonder if today Britain went to war, how many men would sign up for it, I would be the first in line, Grandfather did it I would do it.

Wouldn't B52s just get caught up in the fall out of a nuclear bomb.

Zefan · 22 Aug 2007 at 00:35

cheets64 said:
Wouldn't B52s just get caught up in the fall out of a nuclear bomb.

They fly way too high to even be affected by the blast! They'd be long gone way before the fallout kicked in.

Tefal · 22 Aug 2007 at 00:36

cheets64 said:
I wonder if today Britain went to war, how many men would sign up for it, I would be the first in line, Grandfather did it I would do it.

Wouldn't B52s just get caught up in the fall out of a nuclear bomb.

Fallout wouldn't affect them an i think they make sure they are well out of range of emp when the bomb goes off, that or they have shielded electronics or valves.

Edit: Damn it beaten

Ghosteh · 22 Aug 2007 at 00:36

cheets64 said:
I wonder if today Britain went to war, how many men would sign up for it, I would be the first in line, Grandfather did it I would do it.

Wouldn't B52s just get caught up in the fall out of a nuclear bomb.

I'm signing up anyways, cold war may be something I will end up fighting, better cause than the hot war in Iraq/Afghan lol.

V4NT0M · 22 Aug 2007 at 00:42

Ghosteh said:
cold war may be something I will end up fighting

I was under the impression you wouldn't fight in a cold war?

Zefan · 22 Aug 2007 at 00:47

Skyfall said:
I was under the impression you wouldn't fight in a cold war?

You can, just not in battles.

XPE · 22 Aug 2007 at 00:58

Skyfall said:
I was under the impression you wouldn't fight in a cold war?

You fight them in other people countries, like the Korean War for instance.