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Tango0116 Aug 2019 11:57 a.m. PST

"A Russian Air Force jet has been spotted flying in the skies above the US Midwest on what appears to be a surveillance mission of key strategic defense assets in the nation.

The Tupolev Tu-154M was captured on flight radar flying across parts of the country including Chicago – the home of the US navy's largest training sites and Hawaii – home of the Hickam Air Force Base and the local Marine Corps…"

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nickinsomerset16 Aug 2019 12:06 p.m. PST

No story, Open Skies Treaty, been happening for years,

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pzivh43 Supporting Member of TMP16 Aug 2019 2:07 p.m. PST

But it makes for such juicy conspiracy theories!!

Redroom17 Aug 2019 6:22 a.m. PST

Satellites are much more efficient for recon, this was to just Bleeped text ppl off.

Andrew Walters17 Aug 2019 9:02 a.m. PST

They painted "OPEN SKIES" right on it. That's so cute.

Tango0117 Aug 2019 11:46 a.m. PST

(smile)


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Lion in the Stars17 Aug 2019 1:28 p.m. PST

Didn't realize that the Russians had cloned a 727…


And yeah, it's got Open Skies written right on it. Non-story, the treaty was signed in 1989, expanded from the US and USSR to include all of NATO and WARPAC in 1992, and went into full effect in 2002(!). link

Chuckaroobob20 Aug 2019 7:24 a.m. PST

They're easy to spot, just look for the castrol oil contrails.

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