Russia said flying more missions near U.S. territory Posted: 1 year ago by DrNothing
Russian bombers are flying more missions than normal near U.S. territory, including Alaska, demonstrating their long-range strike capability, U.S. and Canadian officials said on Monday.
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U.S. jets escort Russian bombers off Alaska coast Posted: 8 months ago by tigertony
Just the latest incident over the past year in which the bombers have been turned away from both US and UK airspace, as well as their carrier fleets on deployment.
A return to the Cold War?
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Russian Bombers Intercepted Near U.S. Ship Posted: 9 months ago by dollyllama
U.S. fighter planes intercepted two Russian bombers, including one that buzzed an American aircraft carrier in the western Pacific during the weekend, The Associated Press has learned.
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Beware the Flying Penis Posted: 6 months ago by tigertony
Russian press confrence is interupted by a flying penis. Got to say the speaker takes it pretty well.
(Not really NSFW, just use your own discretion if at work)
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Russia expands Georgia blitz, deploys ships Posted: 3 months ago by bingo
Russia battled Georgian forces on land and sea, reports said late Sunday, despite a Georgian cease-fire offer and its claim to be withdrawing from South Ossetia, the separatist Georgian province battered by days of intense fighting.
Russia claimed to have sunk a Georgian boat that was trying to attack Russian vessels in the Black Sea, and Georgian officials said Russia sent tanks from South Ossetia into Georgia proper, heading toward a strategic city before being turned back.
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Russian archaeologists find long-lost Jewish capital Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
Russian archaeologists say they have found the long-lost capital of the Khazar kingdom in southern Russia, a breakthrough for research on the ancient Jewish state.
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Mystery of lost US nuclear bomb Posted: 6 days ago by Bornbad
The US in 1960 began flying "Chrome Dome" missions. But on 21 January 1968, one of those missions went wrong.
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Grenada upset starfish being used as flying discs Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
Tourism officials on the Caribbean island of Grenada say they are concerned about dog owners snatching starfish out of the sea and throwing them like flying discs for their dogs to catch.
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Russia restarts Cold War patrols Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
14 bombers had taken off from Russian airfields early on Friday.(Dr.Strangeputin)
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Russia building world's longest underwater tunnel... to Alaska. Posted: 2 years ago by BrownTrout
Russia plans to build the world's longest tunnel under the Bering Strait to Alaska, as part of a $65 billion project to supply the U.S. with oil, natural gas and electricity from Siberia. The planned undersea tunnel would contain a high-speed railway, highway and pipelines, as well as power and fiber-optic cables.
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Russian strategic bombers land in Venezuela Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
Chavez called the deployment part of a move toward a "pluri-polar world" — a reference to moving away from U.S. dominance. "The Yankee hegemony is finished," Chavez said in a televised speech.
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