So, apparently, whenever we see Russian planes, we need to scramble fighters. http://news.msn.com/us/norad-scrambled-fighters-after-russian-bombers-seen-off-california-coast I mean, that's just overkill, wouldn't you say?

Russians aren't fucking around.

Uh, bro, that's what you do when any aircraft is flying in a sovereign airspace without asking for permission first.
It's a pretty nice safety method to prevent bad things from happening.

Dem russians are unpredictable

Kämpfer said:
At least we don’t shoot down civilian airliners.

Except for when we do. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/3/newsid_4678000/4678707.stm

Beeseverywhere said:
Except for when we do. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/3/newsid_4678000/4678707.stm

Easy mistake, it could happen to anyone!

I was unaware that we were supposed to do this. I feel pretty stupid now.

Beeseverywhere said:
Except for when we do. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/3/newsid_4678000/4678707.stm

The 80's were full of paranoia

Kämpfer said:
Anyway, I don’t understand why Russians feel the need to fly their aircraft, let alone their bombers, so close to a nation that’s historically had... a few issues with them.

For decades and decades now. A more surprising headline would be like 'Russian cargo plane hauling puppies and vaccines shot down by squadron of F-15s; Obama sends dickpics to grieving families.'

Russia's 24-hour in-the-air policy has been going on since the Cold War, hasn't it? It might just be rote tradition by this point.

Tangent said:
For decades and decades now. A more surprising headline would be like 'Russian cargo plane hauling puppies and vaccines shot down by squadron of F-15s; Obama sends dickpics to grieving families.'

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

anyway to OP: I think if we have had past issues like the threat of a nuclear attack or whatever I think being a little concerned is justified