# US or British jets intercepting Russian bombers **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 11, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-or-british-jets-intercepting-russian-bombers/730732 "2015-09-11T23:05:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-or-british-jets-intercepting-russian-bombers/730732/61 "2017-05-17T16:15:42Z")
> [@Fubaya](#): > > Russia makes some beautiful planes. I think they’re winning the war in looks in fighter aircraft with the Fulcrum and Flanker family. The F-15, 22, and 35 look bland in comparison. True but then the looks of us planes are for a reason (better aerodynamics or performance or stealth). Kinda like car makers making car bodies more round. Made the cars look far more bland as it limited aesthetic design but they got better gas mileage. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-or-british-jets-intercepting-russian-bombers/730732/62 "2017-05-17T16:25:35Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Won’t external stores (which Alaska F22 carry) accomplish that just fine? External stores are only under the wing, they probably wouldn’t prevent a Russian radar from still getting a good scan-examination of the F-22’s upper side to see how stealthy that upper-side skin is. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-or-british-jets-intercepting-russian-bombers/730732/63 "2017-05-17T16:28:37Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > OK. Finally. [Doesn’t my dog look like an F-22 seen from above?](http://imgur.com/hYrAlew) I don’t see any dog? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-or-british-jets-intercepting-russian-bombers/730732/64 "2017-05-17T19:09:13Z")
Dog? What dog? I see no dog. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-or-british-jets-intercepting-russian-bombers/730732/65 "2017-05-17T19:15:01Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > It’s telling to me that USAF chose to put F-22s in Alaska despite the counter-intel risk. The implication is there was some other specific risk they were mitigating. [Su-34’s](http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/su34/) maybe? Damn thing can carry tons of precision and standoff weapons _plus_ it can engage in Air to air combat _and_ has the latest ECM suite. Do they still have Tu-22M’s there? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-or-british-jets-intercepting-russian-bombers/730732/66 "2017-05-21T16:07:33Z")
Since we’re sort of drifting OP, this is the right thread for this I think: **[Chinese fighter flew inverted over US Air Force jet, official says](http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/18/politics/china-us-jets-intercept/)** CNN, May 19 The immediate interpretation, with phot citations/illustrations:[2 Chinese Fighter Jets Gave A US Surveillance Plane The ‘Top Gun’ Treatment](http://taskandpurpose.com/top-gun-chinese-fighter-jets-inverted/) Possible? Gubmint says so. How weird? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-or-british-jets-intercepting-russian-bombers/730732/67 "2017-05-21T16:49:05Z")
The [Chinese killed a guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident) doing that in 2001. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-or-british-jets-intercepting-russian-bombers/730732.md?page=3)