This week interception of Russian warplanesby NATO Typhoon fighters reminds me of the time in which the world was on the verge of full nuclear annihilation , when Soviet force taunted the Americans to test their defense . This image collection record that part of a Cold War that seems reactivate right now .
Photo : U.S. Navy
Photo : VFP-63 , Det Bravo / U.S. Navy
exposure : U.S. Air Force
Photo : C. Tordesillas / U.S. Navy
Photo : Lt . Morris / U.S. Navy
pic : Lt . Fessenden / U.S. Navy
Photo : U.S. Navy
Photo : U.S. Air Force / DoD
Photo : DOD
Photo : Staff Sgt . Kevin L. Bishop / U.S. Air Force
An F / A-18 Hornet aircraft from Carrier Air Wing One One ship aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz ( CVN 68 ) escort a Russian Tu-95 Bear retentive rang bomber aircraft south of Japan Feb. 9 , 2008 . The bomber neared the neighbourhood of the common carrier resulting in the belligerent intercept . Nimitz was transiting through the Western Pacific on a regularly scheduled deployment when the incident occurred .
Photo : DoD/ U.S. Navy
Bonus: RAF interceptions
photograph : UK Ministry of Defence
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