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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday September 08 2016, @03:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the because-we-were-inverted dept.

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 09 2016, @03:47PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 09 2016, @03:47PM (#399655)

    Crimea voted to join Russia. The west is just refusing to acknowledge the results (we only like democracy when it's in our favor). Not because of any fraud, we intentionally refused to send people to monitor the vote because we were afraid that without fraud we would have to acknowledge the result.

    Like I said, it could be the truth that Crimea wanted to join. I do know that my BS meter triggers like mad at the idea that this was a grassroots movement (the voter turnout numbers are exceedingly high and bias, the Russian military "volunteers" and "vacationers" entering the country, the timeline of the military entering prior to the votes, etc). However, I don't know ground truth. All the news reports I've heard have been propaganda... I doubt it, but it colud be true.

    Regardless, like I said, even if it were a legitimate request in Crimea, certainly you'll agree that there is at least things which can be interpreted as evidence of Russian adventurism by those who want to perceive it as such.