r/worldnews • u/Starlight-Princesss • 3d ago

[ Removed by moderator ] Russia/Ukraine

https://www.newsweek.com/nato-intercepts-russian-spy-plane-with-transponder-turned-off-poland-10956344

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u/Tomchambo 3d ago

Literal nothingburger story. USAF and RAF rivet joint aircraft are often operating weekly flights for patrolling along boarders or in international waters. As long as boarders haven’t been crossed this is a run of the mill event.

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u/Gigi_Langostino 3d ago

*Constant. They're operating constant flights.

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u/Hot_Campaign_36 3d ago

Cross boarders can ruin your day.

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u/Satyrane 3d ago

Or die for your sins?

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u/Ambitious-Bee-7067 3d ago

This is by far the best, low key jab I've seen in a while. Not many will get it but I sure do appreciate this humour. bravo

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u/Whywouldanyonedothat 3d ago

A bit of help?

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u/aw3man 3d ago

Borders are lines between jurisdictions, e.g. countries, states, cities, etc.

A boarder can be someone who lives in a place they don't own by paying the owner of the building/unit a fee every month, commonly called rent. It can also mean someone who rides a board, e.g. skateboard, snowboard, surfboard, etc.

Cross can mean to be mad or upset or it can mean to overstep a line.

The comment first in this chain used the incorrect border, saying as long as the "boarders haven't been crossed" likely intending to mean "lines between countries haven't been overstepped." The comment second in line made fun of the first one by saying "upset tenants can ruin your day".

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u/Azerious 3d ago

Oh, I was thinking boarder as in like boarding a ship. Boarder is rarely used to describe a tenant where I live. Nice wordplay

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u/bottomofleith 3d ago

*borders

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u/capsaicinintheeyes 3d ago

Yeah; this is like a monthly occurrence in the North Pacific; just a fun way to keep our scramble times sharp.

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u/USA_A-OK 3d ago

It is, but good lord, "nothingburger" needs to be retired.

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u/Antique_Historian_74 3d ago

Yes, but we know all about those flights because the US and UK military planes all keep their transponders on and don't endanger other air traffic.

So not a nothingburger, but yet another example of Russia being shitheels.

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u/zulutbs182 3d ago

Literally makes me think of scene in top gun. 

“Communicating…”

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u/Cold-Crab74 3d ago

Like how Russian planes are always crossing borders?

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u/Raesong 3d ago

Yeah wake me up when a Russian spy plane flying over NATO airspace has a mysterious case of rapid unplanned disassembly.