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This is crowd control, Ukraine-style

By Eurosport | World of Sport – Fri, Feb 24, 2012 16:50 GMT

Football hooligans looking to cause trouble at this year's Euro 2012 tournament better tread carefully if they are in Ukraine: the hosts have called in a quartet of fighter jets to help quell any disorder.

The Russian-built MiG 29s - each packing 30mm cannons and air-to-air missiles - will be deployed to the football tournament for the duration to counter any extreme troublemaking.

And just in case the 1,5000mph jets aren't enough, there will also be a pair of helicopter gunships on hand to help keep the peace.

"Up to four fighters and two helicopters will be constantly keeping watch," Major-General Viktor Hamora of Ukrainian Air Force Command told the Austrian Times.

Hooligans of Europe: you have been warned.

 
  • James
    James  •  Guildford, England  •  3 months ago
    Why?

    Seriously, what on Earth are they going to do? Fly over them menacingly?
    • Beezer
      Beezer 3 months ago
      Throw them to the floor & beat them roughly around the head.
    • Atro
      Atro 3 months ago
      Have you ever heard a low flying jet. At an airshow they are loud as hell and only going a fraction of the speed at which they can low fly. A low flyby at high speed will damn near rupture your eardrums. They use this tactic in Afghanistan, calling it a "show of force".If they done this in a city though , they would blow out all the windows ,so they will probably just circle "menacingly" which will still be loud enough to distract the rioters.
    • COLIN
      COLIN 3 months ago
      probrably drop napalm
  • Alfie
    Alfie  •  3 months ago
    Any one that go's abroad to watch a football match must be off their head,Good Luck Ha Ha suckers
  • MASON
    MASON  •  London, England  •  3 months ago
    Briliant, we would never get away with that here. However if we tried it we may be able to wipe out football!
  • SPK
    SPK  •  Leeds, England  •  3 months ago
    any one got a spare air to air missle there dont want could do with one
  • Machiavelli
    Machiavelli  •  Frankfurt Am Main, Germany  •  3 months ago
    This is just ****ing stupid, what the **** is a fighter jet going to do to prevent someone hitting someone else over the head with a chair?! **** alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll, Hooligans of Europe:you have nothing to fear, especially in the Ukraine
    • Tech Dude
      Tech Dude 3 months ago
      But a helicopter gunship will shoot that chair right out of your hand, be afraid be very afraid.
    • Metroman
      Metroman 2 months ago
      Perhaps they intend to shoot down any planes carrying hooligans before it lands!
  • PETER
    PETER  •  Hull, England  •  3 months ago
    shold be "oops" lol
  • Tom
    Tom  •  3 months ago
    Ouch.
  • Brian R
    Brian R  •  London, England  •  3 months ago
    Could they also be deployed for Millwall games?
    • Steevo
      Steevo 3 months ago
      Probably better to nuke Millwall and start again...
    • gareth
      gareth 3 months ago
      That would sort the bush wackers out!
    • NEIL
      NEIL 3 months ago
      Wondered what those green laser markings were on the players recently, must be using laser guided missiles....
  • Ramon
    Ramon  •  Baltimore, United States  •  3 months ago
    What is wrong with yahoo? This article is about fighter planes being used by Ukraine. The photo in the article is a Former German MiG-29. Were they too lazy to find a photo of a Ukrainian MiG-29??
    • Mike
      Mike 3 months ago
      -ya didnt you know ukrans MiG-29 s are made from balsawood covered in tissuepapaer and powered by elastic/rubber . goodness man!
    • COLIN
      COLIN 3 months ago
      they only have 2 to cover the ukraine
    • ANDREW
      ANDREW 3 months ago
      yahoojust make news up and find any old picture
  • NEIL
    NEIL  •  London, England  •  3 months ago
    If you think that is impressive, you should see what we are using for the olympics... Stealth bombers, apache gunships, cruise missiles, oh and 400 community support officers.......
    • ANDREW
      ANDREW 3 months ago
      PCSO'S wont be used at the olympic sites, think you are getting them confused with traffic wardens, everyone else does, since traffic wardens are now wearing similar uniforms to PCSO,S and there are a hell of a lot more traffic wardens than PCSO,S
    • anton
      anton 3 months ago
      We havn't got any bombers let alone stealth planes, apart from those we are using everything else.
      The jet pictured is GERMAN but be assured the Ukrainians will not put up with any nonsense, pick on a copper over there and you'll be done even if he punches,yes punches you first!!!.
    • M
      M 3 months ago
      They are using the bouncers form the Lion pub...
  • Paul
    Paul  •  3 months ago
    "air-to-air missiles". They'll come in handy then.
  • Martyn
    Martyn  •  Birmingham, England  •  3 months ago
    Sounds a bit extreme: I mean, if there's a pitch invasion, what are they going to do - bomb
    the stadium?
  • perosthedog
    perosthedog  •  London, England  •  3 months ago
    30mm cannons at a 1000 rounds per minute, now that is how to quell a riot, my hat is raised to the Ukrainian government.
  • chris
    chris  •  St Albans, England  •  3 months ago
    Overkill, can they sort out my local council estate
  • Nick
    Nick  •  Manchester, England  •  3 months ago
    That fighter is German, not Ukrainian.
  • GRAHAM
    GRAHAM  •  Hereford, England  •  3 months ago
    Some people are on the pitch! They think it's all over! Oh %$%$ it is now!
  • matthew
    matthew  •  Cwmbran, Wales  •  3 months ago
    wow... since when did ukraine have jets that can fly at 15000mph?

    PROOF READING?!
  • Darren
    Darren  •  3 months ago
    i live in donetsk england fans take note dont mess with the ukraines,,there
    jails and not as soft as ours
  • TERENCE
    TERENCE  •  Birmingham, England  •  3 months ago
    Don’t mock the old MIG 29, Thay are no pushover ask some of the old fly boys that have been in combat against them, OK it’s a German marking on it, and to me it looks like it could do with a coat of paint. But bottoms down its sill a Russian built Mig.
  • RONALD
    RONALD  •  London, England  •  3 months ago
    thank fork somebody has decided to make a stand against todays liberal non law abiding knibs!.Shoot the ferkin lot and let us normal folks get on with life
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