Time to remind them who the big dog is...

In today's news from al-reuters, apparently Russian pilots want to play the real-life version of "You Bet Your Life."

WASHINGTON - A Russian bomber aircraft approached a U.S. aircraft carrier off the Korean coast Wednesday and was intercepted by American fighter jets — the second such incident in less than a month, U.S. defense officials said.

According to the U.S. officials, a Russian bomber came within three to five nautical miles and flew 2,000 feet above the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier and its accompanying ships.

Two U.S. F/A-18 fighters were launched to intercept the Russian aircraft and escort it out of the area, according to one defense official.

Or help it into the sea. It really doesn't matter.

Russian bombers over the past year have increased their flights near U.S. territory and U.S. naval assets, demonstrating their long-range strike capability.

In February, two Russian bombers approached the Nimitz near Japan and one flew over the carrier, escorted by a U.S. fighter jet. That was the first Russian overflight of a U.S. carrier since 2004.


Those operations come as Russian officials say they will revive some of the military power and reach allowed to collapse with the Soviet Union.

They could start by keeping a firm grip on their nukes.

U.S. defense officials Wednesday said they did not consider the Russian bomber flight a threat or concern.

Bureaucratese for "Had this been a real emergency, it would have been shot down before it ever got in sight of our carrier."

I think its time one of their planes flew into an 'unannounced' surface to air weapons check.