Paging Dr. Strangelove

The Cold War’s gone, but those bastards will find us another one

-Marillion, “Living With the Big Lie”

In a sign that radical Islamists or even the ACLU might not be our biggest problem in years to come, Russia has restarted its long-range nuclear bomber patrols that were grounded for 15 years following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the move was necessary because of "security threats posed by other military powers." It's not the first aggressive move the Russian's have made recently:

The move came a week after Russian bombers flew within a few hundred miles of the US Pacific island of Guam.

A few days ago Moscow said its strategic bombers had begun exercises over the North Pole.

Alas, we're not exactly left with clean hands here:'

In 1992, Russia unilaterally ended flights by its strategic aircraft to distant military patrol areas. Unfortunately, our example was not followed by everyone,' Mr Putin said, in an apparent reference to the US.

Maybe it's not quite all threatening:

In last week's incident near Guam, the Russian pilots 'exchanged smiles' with US fighter pilots who scrambled to track them, a Russian general said.

Let's hope for continued good humor.