RE: 'Merica gets punked by russians: Europeans better learn to speak russian
April 19, 2016 at 2:18 pm
(This post was last modified: April 19, 2016 at 2:27 pm by TheRocketSurgeon.)
In case someone hasn't already posted it, you should consider this map:
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The U.S.S. Cook was operating very near to Russia. While the flyby was certainly provocative, no doubt its intent, I can't imagine we'd do differently if a Russian destroyer and frigate were operating in the Gulf of Mexico.
Edit to Add: Oh, and incidentally, the Cook is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer (DDG), literally one of the most advanced warships on the planet. The Su-24 bomber is a design from the 1970s, and posed little credible threat. Had the Cook wished to potentially start a war by shooting it down, they could have done so without difficulty. The anti-missile weapons on that DDG, like the SM2 Standard missile and the CIWS radar-guided gatling guns, are capable of hitting supersonic missiles 1/10th as wide, flying ~30 feet above sea level. They could have vaporized that plane miles from where it could see the ship. They chose not to, and whom the current Commander in Chief happens to be has next to nothing to do with a Captain's decisions in a potential threat situation. Stop with the hype and propaganda, or rather, stop believing those who feed it to you.
The U.S.S. Cook was operating very near to Russia. While the flyby was certainly provocative, no doubt its intent, I can't imagine we'd do differently if a Russian destroyer and frigate were operating in the Gulf of Mexico.
Edit to Add: Oh, and incidentally, the Cook is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer (DDG), literally one of the most advanced warships on the planet. The Su-24 bomber is a design from the 1970s, and posed little credible threat. Had the Cook wished to potentially start a war by shooting it down, they could have done so without difficulty. The anti-missile weapons on that DDG, like the SM2 Standard missile and the CIWS radar-guided gatling guns, are capable of hitting supersonic missiles 1/10th as wide, flying ~30 feet above sea level. They could have vaporized that plane miles from where it could see the ship. They chose not to, and whom the current Commander in Chief happens to be has next to nothing to do with a Captain's decisions in a potential threat situation. Stop with the hype and propaganda, or rather, stop believing those who feed it to you.
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