----- Original Message ----- From: "Mario Profaca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[Spy News]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 12:05 PM Subject: [SPY NEWS] NORAD scrambles jets to intercept Russian bombers
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060929/russian_bombers_060929/20060929?hub=World > NORAD scrambles jets to intercept Russian bombers > Updated Fri. Sep. 29 2006 11:06 PM ET > CTV.ca News Staff > > NORAD launched Canadian and American fighter jets to intercept two > Russian bombers near U.S. airspace, officials said Friday. > > Russian military officials had warned the United States the bombers > would be conducting an exercise in the region. But as the planes crossed > a 20-kilometre buffer zone around U.S. airspace, the NORAD planes moved > in. > > At about 6 p.m. ET Thursday, NORAD scrambled three pairs of fighter jets > - -- including two CF-18 jets from Cold Lake, Alta. > > The American aircraft included four F-15s from Elmendorf Air Force Base > in Anchorage, Alaska. > > "It was the Americans who found the bombers first. They came to within > metres of the bombers," reported CTV's David Akin. "There was no radio > contact. After a period of time, the Russians turned and went home." > > The bombers never crossed over into Canadian or U.S. airspace. And > according to Major Jason Proulx, such incidents are not rare. > > "It's not just something we do with foreign aircraft," he told CTV > Newsnet. "NORAD is responsible for monitoring suspicious aircraft within > our own domestic airspace as well." > > Even though NORAD knew the Russian planes would be flying in the area, > he said the incident was still "exciting" for the Canadian military. > > "It's always exciting to be involved in this line of work," Proulx said. > > "We have pilots and support people that train to do this; people that > monitor the skies 24/7. And it's interesting when ... their training is > put to the test. An example such as this was perfect: they're trained to > do it, they responded, they intercepted and everything worked out great." > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFFHqPlWL4KpBOUPkwRAjSRAJ9tvMxWG9B1HmRRu9QvJ6Us0IUXeACeIVec > 5AMHcZByQcFPm7Y9sMMqOT4= > =rV5u > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -__ ___ _ ___ __ ___ _ _ _ __ > /-_|-0-\-V-/-\|-|-__|-|-|-/-_| > \_-\--_/\-/|-\\-|-_||-V-V-\_-\ > |__/_|--//-|_|\_|___|\_A_/|__/ > > SPY NEWS is OSINT newsletter and discussion list associated to > Mario's Cyberspace Station - The Global Intelligence News Portal > http://mprofaca.cro.net > Since you are receiving and reading documents, news stories, > comments and opinions not only from so called (or self-proclaimed) > "reliable sources", but also a lot of possible misinformation collected > by Spy News moderator and subscribers and posted to Spy News > for OSINT purposes - it should be a serious reason (particularly to > journalists and web publishers) to think twice before using it for their > story writing, further publishing or forwarding throughout Cyberspace. > > To unsubscribe: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *** FAIR USE NOTICE: This message contains copyrighted material whose use > has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Spy News is > making it available without profit to SPY NEWS members who have expressed > a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to > advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement > organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil > liberties and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research > and educational purposes only. We always mention the author and link the > original site and page of every article. We believe that this constitutes > a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of > the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for > purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission > from the copyright owner. > For more information go to: > http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml > > SPY NEWS home page: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spynews > > Mario Profaca > http://mprofaca.cro.net/profaca.html > e-mail: mario.profaca[at]zg.t-com.hr > SPY NEWS owner & editor > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.10/459 - Release Date: 9/29/2006 > Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cia-drugs/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cia-drugs/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
