They just intercepted Russian fighters and bombers of tge coast of Alaska and now we have had 3 private planes crash there?

@tallpowerhouseblonde Yeah, not who crashed

@QuixoticSoul You did read about the Russian plane crashing in flames last week right?There was video of it.Overall the Russians have a bad safety record compared to western built civil aircraft.A few years ago a Russian plane crash killed a lot of the Polish government on board.

@tallpowerhouseblonde It was pilot error and a drunk general that killed the Polish, not the plane.

@QuixoticSoul It still went down.The Russian military is so poor they cannot repair the only carrier they have.Its in dry dock.Ship building is slow.The T72 tank was taken out of production because it performed so badly against western tanks.The Russians cannot afford many of their new SU57 stealth fighters,which are not as good as the F22.

@tallpowerhouseblonde It went down because of pilot error and interference from the cabin. The plane was fine. T72 was renamed and remains in production - if Saddam had Western tanks of similar vintage and condition, the results would have been the same. SU57 program is in trouble, but moving along, and Kuznetsov only exists to keep carrier ops knowhow intact, it's not looked at as a serious combatant.

The Russian military suits their needs quite well - but their needs are different than ours, and don't involve fighting massive wars away from their shores. Tbh all of this reads like sour grapes, because Russians have been accomplishing their missions quite well even when it runs counter to our interests, and F22s don't seem to be doing anything about it.