From: Jeff Shultz 

Adam Flinton wrote:

>
> "George Sherwood"  wrote in message
> news:pan.2003.03.05.00.23.36.619017{at}beernabeer.com...
>> On Wed, 05 Mar 2003 00:02:39 +0000, Adam Flinton wrote:
>> >
>> > Both you & I have seen photos of US (esp naval) fighters
flying really
>> > "recklessly" close to soviet lrmp'es (esp bears). I
remember reading a
>> > soviet protest.
>>
>> And I have had Soviet fighters "recklessly" close to me
personally.  It
> was
>> how it played out during the Cold War.
>
> I'm sure. & in reverse....I've seen some very very close range shots of
> US & UK fighters (& Norwegians)....taken from within a Sov lrmp.
>
>
>> > There have also been submarines coming back to port with some serious
>> > "bumps" received from other subs & those
suckers are nuke powered &
>> > armed. OK far fewer since the soviets turned into the russians but
>> > that's possibly at least in part coz the russians ain't building new
>> > boats like the soviets did.
>>
>> As far as the Navy's were concerned it was never a really
"Cold" war.
>> Just
>> no shooting.  Reckless is what gets planes knocked down like the F-8 and
>> EP-3.
>>
>
> Yup. Accidents will happen.
>
>
>> > Of a constellation in the 60'es????
>>
>> Yes
>
> That's some time ago.
>
Yeah, and what makes it so stupid, from our point of view, is that it
wasn't that long after the Pueblo....

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Jeff Shultz
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