From: "John Beamish" 

Easy:  they've been scanned in from some of the Russian marketing materials.
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"Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
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> Oh look....I wonder how these sorts of photos were taken:
>
http://www.hazegray.org/features/russia/air10.jpg
>
http://www.hazegray.org/features/russia/air11.jpg
>
http://www.hazegray.org/features/russia/takr09.jpg
>
http://www.hazegray.org/features/russia/brk11.jpg
>
http://www.hazegray.org/features/russia/rkr09.jpg
>
http://www.hazegray.org/features/russia/air02.jpg
>
http://www.hazegray.org/features/russia/air05.jpg
>
> esp the latter 2.....
>
> Heck I wonder what the guys in the last photo are looking up at if  " You
> won't be allowed to overfly it. "?
>
> ..oh looky here here's a backfire over international waters...gee what's
> that little aircraft in the foreground...
>
http://www.highgallery.com/russia4tu-26.JPG
>
>
> Bear & hornet
>
http://fas.org/irp/dia/product/87_35.jpg
>
> Bear & Eagle
>
http://fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/bomber/tu-95-bear_p1.jpg
>
> Bear & Phantom
>
http://fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/bomber/tu-95d_1.jpg
>
> Badger & Hornet
>
http://fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/bomber/tu-16-DNSN8604985_JPG.jpg
>
> Badger saying hullo to a CV
>
http://fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/bomber/tu-16-DNSC8602559_JPG.jpg
>
>
> & what's more it's quite usual e.g.;
>
http://www.theage.com.au/news/2001/02/16/FFX1JQDB7JC.html
>
> " At the other side of Russia, Norwegian military officers said they had
> scrambled two F-16 fighters to watch two Russian Tu-160 Blackjacks, also
> capable of carrying nuclear weapons, in international airspace close to
> Norway's northern border. They said Moscow had told Norway and Britain
that
> its aircraft could approach both countries' coasts this week, since it was
> stepping up air exercises in the area. "
>
>
> &
>
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/u140000/u143716.jpg
>
> shows a fairly close tail being kept on another ship in international
> waters.
>
>
> But hey it's dem pesky NK'er so....dey can't do wot we're allowed to.
>
> Adam
>
adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com> wrote in message
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> >
tonyiNOSPAM{at}attglobal.net> wrote
in message
> > news:3e64c000{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > You won't be allowed to overfly it.  Our carrier task forces get lots
of
> > shadows in the form of subs, "trawlers", spy planes etc.  I
> > > don't think we sink many or shoot'em down very often though as they
> > usually know how the game is played.
> > >
> >
> > ROFLMAO.....Ah dear the number of "views of a kiev class
from above" etc
> > type photos. & re submarines...don't even go there as a
number of sub on
> sub
> > collisions are known but the number of near misses is (reputedly &
> > statistically) much higher
> >
> > "We must get in close to get a really good sonar signature of this new
> > soviet nuke sub which we can then pass back to fleet hq"
> >
> > > It seems obvious to me, NK is trying very hard to provoke a shooting
> war.
> > >
> >
> > Were the USSR & the USA trying to provoke a shooting war every time a
bear
> > got a close escort?
> >
> > Adam
> >
adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com>
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> > > >
> > > > Heck imagine that there is some US carrier in
international waters.
> Fly
> > an
> > > > aircraft over it & just watch the little birds
cluster round you.
> > > >
> > > > Adam
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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