Posted on 04/13/2016 2:35:01 PM PDT by traumer
This is the dramatic moment two Russian fighter planes buzzed a US warship conducting a routine training mission in the Baltic Sea on Tuesday night.
The Russian Su-24 planes thundered over the USS Donald Cook at a height of just 30ft in what a military official branded the most 'aggressive' incident between Russia and the United States in years.
The 'simulated attack' maneuver saw the jets pass so close to the ocean that they created a 'wake in the water', the defense official said. The shock move came as a Polish helicopter was taking off from the US Destroyer on Tuesday evening.
The maneuver was followed by seven passes by a Russian KA-27 Helix helicopter - designed to take out submarines - taking pictures of the US vessel.
The American warship was conducting air operations about 70 nautical miles from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad when the aircraft flew at an 'unsafe' speed close to the Destroyer.
Two close encounters occurred on Tuesday night in international waters, while another, at an acceptable distance, happened on Sunday. 'This is more aggressive than anything we've seen in some time,' the defense official said, on condition of anonymity.
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The dramatic moment Russian fighter jets ‘buzzed’ a US Navy warship in the Baltic Sea at a height of just 30 FEET in a ‘simulated attack’
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If we had a President we’d have splashed 2.
Say hello to Mr. Phalanx.
obama better get that red pencil out and draw that line!
The dramatic moment Russian fighter jets ‘buzzed’ a US Navy warship in the Baltic Sea
President ordered the Military to have the White Flags ready for the next time.
I’d love to see this happen with Reagan and Cap Weinberger running the show.
a viewing of Top Gun ought to be a requirement to comment on this story
Ah... ah... umm.. Ah got me a... ah... phone, and... um, ah got me a... umm... pencil.
In the old days, we would have exchanged some paint in a game of chicken, giving as good as we got, our planes, ships and subs getting our faces into their faces, points made.
But when you have one traitor mole coward in charge of a nation, who insists on crouching and apologizing, the others tend to pile on and keep pushing.
“Do not fire until fired upon!”
If you splash 2 then 10 more might be on the way.The Captain handled it the right way.
whatever you do, don’t consider anything smart, like flying a bunch of thousand-dollar drones in the path of their multi-million-dollar fighter planes
> I’d love to see this happen with Reagan and Cap Weinberger running the show.
It DID happen! Many times! And nobody pissed their pants over it.
The womanly reactions of some here are absolutely astonishing. Man up, people!
“I’d love to see this happen with Reagan and Cap Weinberger running the show.”
This does not seem to be a major event and not a type of event that would lead any president to take retaliatory action, especially between the US and Russia.
Neither Russia or the US would go to war over this as war between the US and Russia could go nuclear. The US did not and really could not take any action with the Soviets shot down KAL 007 and that flight originated in the USA and had 70 Americans on board.
“The womanly reactions of some here are absolutely astonishing. Man up, people!”
What are you talking about?
People are saying to shoot them down and start a war and stuff like that.
Like their safe spaces were violated or something.
“The womanly reactions of some here are absolutely astonishing. Man up, people!”
What are you talking about?”
Evidently you are a woman if you are concerned with the stature and safety of our armed forces under President Barry the O.
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