Danger Close?

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/13/2016 at 17:11 • Filed to: None

A Russian Su-24 “Fencer” buzzes the guided missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) in international waters in the Baltic Sea on April 11-12. This was one of numerous passes over the ship, including close passes and orbits around the ship by a Russian KA-27 “Helix” helicopter that the US European Command described as “unsafe and unprofessional.” At the time of the first passes by the Su-24, the American destroyer was refueling its helicopter on the deck, and was forced to halt operations until the Russians were finished. Such passes are nothing new, but the Russians are getting bolder, and more dangerous, in recent months as the US and NATO hold exercises in international waters close to the Russian homeland.

Photos and video via US Navy

DISCUSSION (30)

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn
04/13/2016 at 17:21

That’s an ugly helicopter.

Hot Takes Salesman > ttyymmnn
04/13/2016 at 17:23

DAHNGAH ZOOONE

Party-vi > ttyymmnn
04/13/2016 at 17:26

Seems like a good opportunity to let a CIWS stretch its legs.

Bourbon&JellyBeans > ttyymmnn
04/13/2016 at 17:27

Shit shit shit! How do you say “negative, Ghost Rider!” in Russian?!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn
04/13/2016 at 17:32

So what happens if they paint them with radar and arm a SAM? Would they GTFO or what?

HammerheadFistpunch > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
04/13/2016 at 17:33

are there...not ugly Russian helicopter?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > HammerheadFistpunch
04/13/2016 at 17:40

Well, there certainly non-Oppo Russian Helicopters...

ttyymmnn > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
04/13/2016 at 18:13

Hard to say. During the Cold War, this sort of stuff was pretty routine, but more professional. Russia is a wounded bear right now, and acting accordingly.

ttyymmnn > Bourbon&JellyBeans
04/13/2016 at 18:14

, .

Otritsatel’nyy prizrak vsadnika, kartina poona .

Or so Google tells me. Uh, huh-huh, “poona.”

BorkBorkBjork > Party-vi
04/13/2016 at 18:15

The Su-24s would probably be more dangerous as screaming fireballs than if you just left them alone.

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch
04/13/2016 at 18:15

I like to think of most Russian aircraft designs as being brutally and industrially efficient.

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn
04/13/2016 at 18:17

yeah, I respect that about russian design, but lets not be confused...they are ugly as crud.

BorkBorkBjork > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
04/13/2016 at 18:18

Doesn’t have to be pretty to be dangerous.

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch
04/13/2016 at 18:25

This thing isn’t exactly going to win any beauty pageants.

Kinja'd!!!

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > ttyymmnn
04/13/2016 at 18:29

But this might

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-this space for rent- > ttyymmnn
04/13/2016 at 18:45

It’s already won the only one it needed to.

Kinja'd!!!

ttyymmnn > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
04/13/2016 at 18:47

I was going to say, “Yes, the French do make sexy jets.” Then I remembered this.

Kinja'd!!!

ttyymmnn > -this space for rent-
04/13/2016 at 18:49

I’m partly convinced that the US military brass chose against the X-32 simply because it doesn’t look like a “normal” airplane. The same reason they voted against the F-23.

-this space for rent- > HammerheadFistpunch
04/13/2016 at 18:52

SU-27 disagrees

Kinja'd!!!