Is new again.
This is a move straight out of 1984.
I’m not talking about Orwell’s book. I’m talking about the Kremlin’s book.
Two nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines have been patrolling in international waters off the East Coast for several days, in activity reminiscent of the Cold War, defense officials said Tuesday.
U.S. Northern Command would not comment on the Russian submarines’ movement. But in a prepared statement, Northern Command> spokesman Michael Kucharek acknowledged the patrols and said the U.S. has been monitoring the two submarines.
Two senior U.S. officials, however, said the submarines had been patrolling several hundred miles off the coast and so far had done nothing to provoke U.S. military concerns. The officials provided details on condition of anonymity in order to discuss intelligence reports.
While the incident raises eyebrows, it did not trigger the more intense reaction by the U.S. military that Russia prompted when two of its bombers buzzed an American aircraft carrier in the western Pacific in February 2008. U.S. fighter planes intercepted the two Russian fighters, including one that flew directly over the USS Nimitz twice at an altitude of about 2,000 feet.
And if all that new information doesn’t frighten you, then pop this phrase into the equation: President Barack Obama
Did a trip to the Norwegian Sea in 1975 aboard The Good Ship USS Independence CV62. Aside from our “fishing trawler” shadow during the crossing from Norfolk, we got daily visits from the Bears out of Murmansk and Archangel. One day we got three of them at once in a really sloppy formation. There were the occasional surface vessels close by also, mostly Kashin class destroyers and Kresta class cruisers. Once in awhile there would be a funky helicopter doing a close in flyby between the recovery and succeeding launch, taking pictures. They got mooned by the waist cat crew. The fighter outfits were on alert 5 status. That meant two Phantoms on the cats with crews in the seats and the starter unit hooked up. They were armed with Sidewinders and Sparrows. It was that game of chicken we all knew and loved as the Cold War.
Seems like old times.
Cromwell’s statement comes to mind.
Something about the President reminds me of Lieutenant Dike from Band of Brothers.