How do the Russians sit in our backyard for a month?

**19210** · 08-20-2012, 09:34 AM

Red October redux? John Cornyn demands answers from Pentagon on Russian sub in Gulf of Mexico (UPDATED) | Texas on the Potomac | a Chron.com blog

With them entering our airspace on a couple of different occasions and now this it appears Putin wants to test the waters a little bit.

**CLONECONES** · 08-20-2012, 09:36 AM

in mother russia, backyard sit on you!

**19210** · 08-20-2012, 09:41 AM

LOL!

I must break you! Apparently our radar is broke!

**ItsCyence** · 08-20-2012, 09:42 AM

Why do we let them sit in our backyard for a month?

**Clark** · 08-20-2012, 09:43 AM

Something tells me we've been in their backyard a time or two...

**klamath632** · 08-20-2012, 09:49 AM

I don't know how reputable the source is, but I've heard rumors that our milkshake brings all the countries to the yard.

**BigBake** · 08-20-2012, 09:51 AM

This plus flying bombers right in to our airspace near Alaska. They are testing us. The cold war is not over.

**Cyclonepride** · 08-20-2012, 09:53 AM

This seems to be the crux of the matter: "“This is especially troubling given the drastic defense cuts sought by President Obama, which include reductions in funding for antisubmarine defense systems.”"

Obama's defense cuts are by no means drastic, and I believe the defense department will be the ones to decide where the cuts come from. The only thing out of their hands is where and how we use our military, and that could and should be dramatically scaled back, and if we did that, there would be plenty of money to go around, even with real "drastic" cuts.

**Senolcyc** · 08-20-2012, 09:57 AM

The Louisiana Navy ain't worth a ****.

Originally Posted by 19210

Red October redux? John Cornyn demands answers from Pentagon on Russian sub in Gulf of Mexico (UPDATED) | Texas on the Potomac | a Chron.com blog

With them entering our airspace on a couple of different occasions and now this it appears Putin wants to test the waters a little bit.

**Clark** · 08-20-2012, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by Cyclonepride

This seems to be the crux of the matter: "“This is especially troubling given the drastic defense cuts sought by President Obama, which include reductions in funding for antisubmarine defense systems.”"

Obama's defense cuts are by no means drastic, and I believe the defense department will be the ones to decide where the cuts come from. The only thing out of their hands is where and how we use our military, and that could and should be dramatically scaled back, and if we did that, there would be plenty of money to go around, even with real "drastic" cuts.

I would imagine it would cost less to have more of our subs and naval vessels patrolling our borders rather than out at sea across the world.

**CloneIce** · 08-20-2012, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by Clark

Something tells me we've been in their backyard a time or two...

Yep, we are there too. Been going on a long time. It would be incredibly cool if we could see what is really going on with the attack subs under the ocean and track their current positions - probably a little scary too.

**19210** · 08-20-2012, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by Clark

Something tells me we've been in their backyard a time or two...

I'd expect us to be in their backyard. I would think we would have better technology to not let something like this happen to us. Seems like kind of a slap in the face. Hopefully this will wake us up.

**RyCy04** · 08-20-2012, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by Senolcyc

The Louisiana Navy ain't worth a ****.

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**Cyclonepride** · 08-20-2012, 10:33 AM

It seems rather surprising that the Russian navy has improved so dramatically in technology, as their Cold War era subs were about as hard to find as a lawnmower in a bath tub.