Herr-B is spot on, it's an old game, and it's good for the defending country to test out its rapid response force. Our Tornados and Eurofighters at Leuchars and Coningsby have been busy in the past few years. In turn the P3s and other aircraft that snoop around the Russian borders often attract a MiG or two. I saw a photo once of a MiG-29 (I think it was a 29)'s tail clipping the prop of a P3 and getting it shredded. Sadly, I've been unable to locate it again, having lost it years ago.
It's all generally pretty friendly stuff though, I've read that on the interceptors over Alaska and Guam the Russians will often show the US what they're reading (one was reading the Washington Times
) or hold up cans of Coke.
I wonder if the old AGIs still operate though, the old Russian 'Fishing trawler's that used to follow CVBGs everywhere they went.
I'd be very surprised if they didn't.
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The only reason there are bear bombers over Europe is because, as everyone knows, in Soviet Russia bombers intercept you.
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