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U.S. defense officials say that a Russian fighter jet flew as close as within 3 meters of a US Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft in international airspace:
The Pentagon says a Russian fighter plane flew within about 10ft (3m) of one of its reconnaissance aircraft operating over the Black Sea. US officials described the intercept by the SU-27 jet on Wednesday as "dangerous and unprofessional". Russia's defence ministry said the US plane had been approaching Russian territory and the SU-27 pilots had adhered to international rules. Russia is currently carrying out military exercises in the Black Sea.
Pentagon spokesman Capt Jeff Davis said the US Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft had been conducting routine operations in international airspace when the Russian fighter made the unsafe manoeuvre. "These actions have the potential to unnecessarily escalate tensions, and could result in a miscalculation or accident," he said. A US defence official quoted by AFP news agency said the Russian plane had flown within 30ft of the P-8A before closing to just 10ft.
Also at Reuters. You may remember this similar incident.
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 09 2016, @12:00AM
Putin's Russia is tanking economically so he wants foreign military adventures to distract from his problems at home.
Basically, he is restarting the "cold war", and not-so-cold in Ukraine.
He wants another military incident with the West.
Why do you think he sent a Russian Military aircraft through Turkey's airspace?
Why do you think Russia is using cyber attacks against US?
Why do you think he is creating provocation with NATO?
Putins wants a conflict with the West so his people can focus on it and not their internal problems.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 09 2016, @02:28AM
Why do you believe everything that comes from our very Jewish media? Jewish bankers and businessmen want war so they can make a bunch of shekels. Just like pretty much every other war between whites.
Oy vey, dis is annuda shoah, Putin won't let homosexuals recruit kids into their degenerate lifestyle and promotes Russians having children! We need to liberate them with some IMF loans and bombing their historical cities into craters!