# The Russians are Coming! Russian bombers seen off California coast!

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**Created:** [June 13, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russians-are-coming-russian-bombers-seen-off-california-coast/690674 "2014-06-13T02:00:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russians-are-coming-russian-bombers-seen-off-california-coast/690674/21 "2014-06-14T15:47:44Z")

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> [@Bozuit](#):
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> That said, I’ve realized news reports often refer to ships “playing cat and mouse”, although I’ve yet to work out exactly what they mean by that. They seem to imply it involves possible collisions.

Teenagers call it, “Playing Chicken.” 🙂

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