US "violation" of Venezuelan airspace

[AJB37]

...Just barely and I think you missed the point of my post.

No, I got it, it's similar to A4s tell the one guy in the other thread to STFU... I was just giving you shit.

 

[armada1651]

...Just barely and I think you missed the point of my post.

Was the point that nobody should discuss history or politics because there's always somebody who knows more?

 

[scoober78]

And I suspect that we are done here...

 

[FlyinSpy]

Bah who's to say we aren't in the business of assasinations? Sure we may not boom headshot anyone nowadays but their are much more covert methods of taking someone out.

Executive Order 12333 says we're not. Cross this one at your own peril.

http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/RS21037.pdf

 

[eddie]

How about MILF?

I'm interested in how some of you justify assasinating leaders of sovereign nations just because they don't happen to get along with the US? How does this establish the US on the moral high ground?

Brett

Even if were were to ignore right and wrong, what would be the point? So you kill Hugo, some other goon comes up and takes his place.

 

[whalepelt]

On the actual news front, they've updated that article. We have admitted that an S-3 did enter their airspace due to "lost navigational situational awareness".

 

[scoober78]

On the actual news front, they've updated that article. We have admitted that an S-3 did enter their airspace due to "lost navigational situational awareness".

Wow...that's gonna sting at Charlie time.

May I be the first to mention...OPSEC.

 

[xj220]

I thought the S-3 had gone the way of the Tomcat?

 

[Fog]

Think about it, guys: it was likely an ES-3. You still wonder "why".


Note to those below who corrected me: ageing is an unfortunate & irreversible process. I don't keep up with this stuff as well as I used to. Sorry for the bad gouge.

 

[mmx1]

At least they didn't try to play chicken.

 

[Flash]

Think about it, guys: it was likely an ES-3. You still wonnder "why".

Uhhh, the ES-3 went the way of the Dodo bird in '99.

And Chavez is smart enough to know that shutting off oil shipments to the US would hurt him more than us. He is a lot of talk, not as much action.

 

[HeyJoe]

Think about it, guys: it was likely an ES-3. You still wonnder "why".

That would highly unlikely......they (ES-3 Shadow) were retired in 1999, but S-3B Viking isn't totally gone yet.

 

[LazersGoPEWPEW]

S-3 is in limited use slated for a retirement in 2009.

 

[Single Seat]

Ya?! What is Venezuela gonna do about it?

 

[Mumbles]

what a beautiful target.