Russian Flyby of USS Donald Cook in Baltic Sea Alarms Experts

[pcosmar]

The rumor from 2014:

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/11/13/aegis-fail-in-black-sea-ruskies-burn-down-uss-donald-duck/

I wonder if they replaced the crew?

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Did we at least blow up the russian jet?

The scary part is that the local news-readers, aka propaganda mouthpieces, talked about how Turkey taught those evil Russkies a lesson by shooting down one of their jets recently. The obvious implication is that we should do the same.

 

[presence]

From their perspective us even being there is like Russian Destroyer Moskva​

sailing up the Saint Lawrence to Lake Ontario

 

[alucard13mm]

From their perspective us even being there is like Russian Destroyer Moskva​

sailing up the Saint Lawrence to Lake Ontario

Looks like its using older models of missile launchers? Those exterior missile tubes are rather old and phased out. Most missile launched tubes are vertical and embedded into the deck of the ship.

 

[idiom]

Looks like its using older cheaper models of missile launchers? Those exterior missile tubes are rather old inexpensive and phased out. Most missile launched tubes are vertical and embedded into the deck of the ship.

FTFY

 

[luctor-et-emergo]

Looks like its using older models of missile launchers? Those exterior missile tubes are rather old and phased out. Most missile launched tubes are vertical and embedded into the deck of the ship.

Laid down:1976
Launched:1979
Commissioned:30 January 1983
Decommissioned: September 1990
Recommissioned: April 2000

Old boat but hey, the damn thing floats.
It has a load of missiles and other weapons.

The destroyer from the OP is scared a jet with a hydraulic failure might sink it if the jet crashed into it... Surely a heavily armed missile cruiser, can be a threat as well. Surely it wouldn't matter too much what age and shape a tube is when it fires a deadly missile at you ?

 

[tod evans]

Looks like its using older models of missile launchers? Those exterior missile tubes are rather old and phased out. Most missile launched tubes are vertical and embedded into the deck of the ship.

They look to be opened manually....

Maybe such hardware is wise in the face of an EMP?

Not so long ago missiles were targeted sans computers/IC's........Are there any in the US capable of doing so in today's technowarfare model?

 

[Brian4Liberty]

This new "incident" really set their panties on fire in the establishment media. They fear-mongered this story to death yesterday:

Russian Jet Does a Barrel Roll Over U.S. Recon Plane in the Baltic

 

[Pericles]

There was a great deal of playing chicken during the Cold War. It was occasionally fatal.