Albeback52 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 While in no way condoning or condemning the conduct of the pilots in this incident, its at least a far cry from the Cold War days when an interception was occasionally performed with cannons shells or missiles. To the obvious and tragic detriment of the aircraft on the receiving end. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpyboy Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Albeback52 said: its at least a far cry from the Cold War days when an interception was occasionally performed with cannons shells or missiles. Amen (for now, at least). https://www.history.navy.mil/about-us/leadership/director/directors-corner/h-grams/h-gram-029/h-029-3.html https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/secret-casualties-of-the-cold-war-180967122/ Edited September 2, 2020 by Blimpyboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 On 7/2/2020 at 10:00 AM, Truro Model Builder said: Some of the more recent intercepts have been over the Mediterranean. Last time I checked, Giorgio, Russia does not have a Mediterranean shore... Neither does the US! Duncan B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 On 6/29/2020 at 10:42 AM, alex said: Was there ever a case about a western interceptor trying to play John Wayne? Unfortunately for many years the US film industry has portrayed its share of cowboy pilots often with varying degrees of official support which perhaps reached its peak in Topgun. If the US military has been happy to help promote the image that such films portrayed why do they get so preachy when someone actually does it to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 As far as I know, most of the intercepts happen in international territories. The US have as much right to fly over the black sea as the Russians have right to fly over the north sea or mediterranean. Most seriuos news agencies even note that fact ("The russian bombers stayed all the times within international airspace and did not enter British airspace", or similar). If someone enters your airspace without permission, you get more aggressive with maneuvering, but even this is regulated in the ICAO manuals. If they still not follow, well, then it gets more dangerous. Including warning shots or more. What bothers me is not the fact that nation X flies in international territory close to Y (both nations do that), but how the intercepts are done. Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpyboy Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) Why let aircrew have all the fun... http://web.stanford.edu/group/tomzgroup/pmwiki/uploads/2930-1967-05-17-FoF-a-EYJ.pdf https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205165555 https://www.npr.org/2019/06/07/730593184/u-s-navy-russian-warships-unsafe-move-nearly-caused-collision-with-cruiser I remember ( way back when...) there was always the same argy-bargy with ships, too, but they were always willing to go that one step further with course changes and collisions - I guess you can get away with more when you don’t have the risk of falling from several thousand feet! Edited September 2, 2020 by Blimpyboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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