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Chock · 12-05-07, 08:23 PM

I think people tend to forget that, even after its post Soviet-era downsizing, Russia does still have a fairly hefty coastline to defend and patrol, and of course it has interests around the globe too. The media is making much of the fact that TU-95 'Bear' maritime patrol aircraft/bombers keep probing the UK's radar defences, but I suspect it is nothing more than a convenient location for them to fly to and get crews proficient, after all, why on earth would they be arsed to invade the UK when they can just sit back and watch it flush itself down the pan in a flurry of political correctness? At least the White Elephant that is the Eurofighter Typhoon can now get a bit of an airing.

Chock

12-05-07, 08:23 PM	#6
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I think people tend to forget that, even after its post Soviet-era downsizing, Russia does still have a fairly hefty coastline to defend and patrol, and of course it has interests around the globe too. The media is making much of the fact that TU-95 'Bear' maritime patrol aircraft/bombers keep probing the UK's radar defences, but I suspect it is nothing more than a convenient location for them to fly to and get crews proficient, after all, why on earth would they be arsed to invade the UK when they can just sit back and watch it flush itself down the pan in a flurry of political correctness? At least the White Elephant that is the Eurofighter Typhoon can now get a bit of an airing. Chock __________________