Case Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Stumbled upon this piece of info on the Tu-95 Wikipedia page: 26 January 2009 — Twelve Tu-95 and six Tu-160 bombers flew from Engles Air Base into the Alaskan ADIZ and were intercepted by 14 F-15 Eagles and 4 F-22 Raptors , the fighters escorted the bombers out of the area. One hour later Two Tu-160 Blackjack bombers were seen flying at low altitude and at supersonic speed, 2 F-15 Eagles and 2 F-22 Raptors were still in the area from the previous hour and visually spotted them, The fighters then locked on to the bombers witch forced them to turn around.Can anyone confirm this? No source for this information was given and I've found nothing sofar... There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
SuperKungFu Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 (edited) wow that sounds pretty interesting. Sounds like something right out of a novel Edited January 27, 2009 by SuperKungFu [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Blacknemisis Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Sounds to me that Russia is testing the US air defense. Maybe trying to find some type of weak point but Im pretty sure those bombers would have launch there payload before they got in US airspace. Cruse missles i mean.
Boberro Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Wow, if Wikipedia doesn't like like often this would be very interesting... Reminder: Fighter pilots make movies. Bomber pilots make... HISTORY! :D | Also to be remembered: FRENCH TANKS HAVE ONE GEAR FORWARD AND FIVE BACKWARD :D ಠ_ಠ ツ
Geier Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Heh, I didn't find any mention of this case in Ru periodic. :huh:
GGTharos Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Without a source and detailed 'when, where', I would completely ignore this. It's basically pretty meaningless. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
Case Posted January 27, 2009 Author Posted January 27, 2009 Yes, I can't find anything that confirms this spectacular story... may be some eager writer on Wikipedia... :cry: 1 There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
GGTharos Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Yup ;) It may well have happened, but it seems to be written in a way that would have you draw a conclusion that Tu-160 somehow squaked by and became a threat which is not the conclusion I'm drawing. Also I'm sure by 'spotted visually' they meant 'ALR-94 picked up their radio transmissions' ;) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
Force_Feedback Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Sounds a bit too Tom Clancy-ish. Haven't checked the Russian sites yet, but since I'm lazy, well, probably it's made up. If not, well, good luck Russia with your Tu-95/160, the reaplacement for the B-2 comes in 6 years ;) Good luck with PAK-FA as well. If they did that, then it's so pathetic, if it's made up, well, nice story, make a lomac mission out of it. Creedence Clearwater Revival:worthy:
Grimes Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 Sounds to me that Russia is testing the US air defense. Maybe trying to find some type of weak point They show incredible intelligence, they never attack the same place twice. 2 The right man in the wrong place makes all the difference in the world. Current Projects: Grayflag Server, Scripting Wiki Useful Links: Mission Scripting Tools MIST-(GitHub) MIST-(Thread) SLMOD, Wiki wishlist, Mission Editing Wiki!, Mission Building Forum
GGTharos Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 So you're saying the story came form a movie? ... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
4c Hajduk Veljko Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 What is this movie? Thermaltake Kandalf LCS | Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R | Etasis ET750 (850W Max) | i7-920 OC to 4.0 GHz | Gigabyte HD5850 | OCZ Gold 6GB DDR3 2000 | 2 X 30GB OCZ Vertex SSD in RAID 0 | ASUS VW266H 25.5" | LG Blue Ray 10X burner | TIR 5 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Logitech G930 | Saitek Pro flight rudder pedals | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
AlexHunter Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 interesting historical video, where there is stuff which is causing damage to the missile, the objectives of the type of ship. 2 min 40sek http://ru.youtube.com/watch?v=P506iHKnLnk&feature=related Открылась бездна звезд полна; Звездам числа нет, бездне дна. (М. В. Ломоносов)
Mugatu Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXpqQENL_hc&feature=related hahah not related (but linked to the last vid) but this is the first time i've seen Flankers in orbit lol (2.00mins).
Pilotasso Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 (edited) BTW, no one would know the F-22 were there (unless visualy) because the bombers would never pick up any lock signal from it. Only F-15's. Sounds to me that Russia is testing the US air defense. Maybe trying to find some type of weak point but Im pretty sure those bombers would have launch there payload before they got in US airspace. Cruse missles i mean. Depends on the range of the cruise missiles and depends on how well US projects its defensive wall ayway from their bases. You just dont know. Besides cruise missiles can be shot down. AESA radars have no trouble picking them up. Edited January 28, 2009 by Pilotasso .
nscode Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 Those bombers are probably so stacked up with sensors that they would have no problems picking up radiation from a toster, let alone a F-22 lock ;) Never forget that World War III was not Cold for most of us.
GGTharos Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 You're exactly right, though according to what I heard they still wouldn't know what's happening to them ;) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
Teknetinium Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 What is this movie? No idea Hajduk, think its just a short clip. 1 51st PVO Discord SATAC YouTube
ED Team Groove Posted January 28, 2009 ED Team Posted January 28, 2009 What is this movie? Youtube posters description: TU-22 Backfire attacking US Aircraft Carrier captured from the movie "the sum of all fears" but read the book, it's much better! Our Forum Rules: http://forums.eagle.ru/rules.php#en
eV1Te Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 I read the news on Wiki before I found this thread.... According to the log on Wiki, the changes on the site occurred from 118.101.180.251 (RIPE doesn't have any information about this address) and in 4 steps, where each step changed something in the layout. The person was not an registered user on wiki and also it indicates that he didn't have any good knowledge of how the wiki works.
Force_Feedback Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 Still, even if they can detect the AMRAAM's datalink signal, they would know that within 30 seconds they will be ejecting, or burning to death. Creedence Clearwater Revival:worthy:
crazyeddie Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 An over creative imagination at work there Eh !!
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