The host of Russian state TV’s main prime-time political show, “60 Minutes,” this week suggested Russia deploy nuclear capable Tu-160 bombers 60 miles off the coast from New York City.

This action is necessary, Evgeny Popov says, because the U.S. recently sent a B-52 bomber flight over the Baltic Sea. What Popov left out in his report was the fact that the B-52 transited Estonian air space. Still, while Russian state TV exists to hyperventilate over perceived American affronts, this segment was particularly amusing for its delusional specificity. For one, Popov’s guests also suggested that Russia could deny the U.S. Air Force access to the Baltics, and win a nuclear war with the U.S. Oh, and that the Russian armed forces are now the best in the world. (These claims are untrue).