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NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)

13. Old as dirt.

Reply to longship (Reply #10)

Sun Aug 3, 2014, 09:36 AM

Aug 2014

Same airframe, but does nothing for the collection boxes constantly breaking down.

(Yes, I was an RJ backender)

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U.S. Official: Spy Plane Flees Russian Jet, Radar; Ends Up Over Sweden [View all] Purveyor Aug 2014 OP

It's unusual for a SPY plane to be tracked postulater Aug 2014 #1

It means the Russians "lit them up" with targeting radars. bemildred Aug 2014 #2

Yes, that's the way I interpreted it, too. HereSince1628 Aug 2014 #4

+1. All this dick-waving has consequences. nt bemildred Aug 2014 #5

Exactly newfie11 Aug 2014 #7

here... ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2014 #8

Precisely. NuclearDem Aug 2014 #12

Do we really need to play these dumb ass games? newfie11 Aug 2014 #3

Provoking a response generates interceptable communications traffic HereSince1628 Aug 2014 #6

Two wrongs don't make a right newfie11 Aug 2014 #9

You seem to be assuming surveillance is wrong. HereSince1628 Aug 2014 #11

However, spy planes often do more than satellites. Igel Aug 2014 #14

That's a Boeing 707! Old technology. longship Aug 2014 #10

Old as dirt. NuclearDem Aug 2014 #13

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