An F-35 Will Never be Alone: Russia Seems to Warn America#39;s Stealth Fighter

pa href="https://news.yahoo.com/f-35-never-alone-russia-150000734.html"img src="http://l2.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/gbR9J7H5SqADJ8iAwYHVPw--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/the_national_interest_705/9c443d8ff5e0b5617ec4e00867fc77f8" width="130" height="86" alt="An F-35 Will Never be Alone: Russia Seems to Warn America#39;s Stealth Fighter" align="left" title="An F-35 Will Never be Alone: Russia Seems to Warn America#39;s Stealth Fighter" border="0" /aThis is perhaps the most aggressive illustration of a new Russian rhetorical approach. In a move that would raise eyebrows even by Cold War standards of political saber-rattling, the Russian Embassy in Washington seemed to threaten America’s F-35 fighter with Vietnam-era propaganda footage.(This first appeared earlier in the year.)Last month, the official handle of the Russian Embassy in the US tweeted the following update:gt; #39;If a Russia... ever was to see an F-35 inside its airspace#39;, we would love to send Chief of Staff of the @usairforce Gen. David L. Goldfein #39;message with two words#39; — ‘remember Vietnam#39; gt; #39;An F-35 will never be alone#39;As observed by Foxtrot Alpha, the tweet is a direct reference to a recent Brookings Institution lecture given by Air Force chief of staff Gen. David Goldfein. During his talk, General Goldfein gave this assessment of the F-35’s capabilities:“If a China or a Russia or another adversary on the globe ever were to see an F-35 inside their airspace,” Goldfein said. “I would love to send them all messages with two words — ‘we’re here. “It’s not ‘I’m here,’” he said. “An F-35 will never be alone.”pbr clear="all"