Well, back before you were born, this happened all the time. As in A LOT. Reagan didn’t shoot them down for flying close.
Ships even rubbed paint.
But so many today really think war is exciting and cool. We would have never made it through the cold war if we shot at a plane that just flew close.
But to the pussified modern USN I’m sure an airshow was horrifying.
So you are calling the USN pussies because of what you happened to read in the Daily Mail?
Do you think the USN could not fight, and win, against any and every adversary?
While we would take substantial losses, we could sink every naval combatant in the world in a few days.
It's a level of dominance rarely seen in history.
And you're calling them "pussified".
Disgraceful.
This is a return to what used to go on - which is the significant part - these buzzes were standard during the Cold War. This means that the dominance the USA had after the Cold War (basically running the show) is pretty much over in some local parts of the world. We had 8 stupid years of Clinton followed by 8 stupid years of W and then 8 stupid years of Obama that basically ensured that a revived Russia will view American foreign policy as insane and hostile - basically they may see the USA as retarded monkeys with flame throwers for what was done these last 16 years under 3 presidents.