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Russian Planes Make Passes at US Warship in Black Sea

posted by janrinok on Tuesday June 02 2015, @03:48PM   Printer-friendly
from the my-dad-can-beat-your-dad dept.

wantkitteh writes:

BBC News reports:

Russian warplanes have made several close passes in recent days over a US destroyer sailing in the Black Sea, the Pentagon said. Russian state media reported that the USS Ross was acting "aggressively". The US Department of Defense, however, said the ship was "well within international waters at all times, performing routine operations". The US Navy released video on Monday of a Russian plane passing as close as 500 metres to the USS Ross.

A Pentagon spokesman went on to assert that the Russian Su-24 planes were not armed and that the USS Ross made no changes to it's course in response to the passes. Russian warplanes have been exercising pretty hard lately with airborne intercepts by NATO forces increasing dramatically over recent months. In a previous story, also from BBC News, defence correspondent Jonathan Beale stated that the Royal Air Force is intercepting Russian planes approaching UK airspace with their transponders disabled on a monthly basis. Although no rules have been broken regarding sovereignty of international airspace or territorial waters, tensions have obviously increased, as have submarine patrols and exercises by both Russia and NATO.

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  • (Score: 5, Touché) by WizardFusion on Tuesday June 02 2015, @04:04PM

    by WizardFusion (498) on Tuesday June 02 2015, @04:04PM (#191176) Journal

    ...like the chick flick "Top Gun" from the 80s...

    Don't you mean "...like the gay porn flick 'Top Gun' from the 80s...

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 02 2015, @04:25PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 02 2015, @04:25PM (#191183)

    No, he meant the recruitment & propaganda product delivered by the Department of War

    • (Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday June 02 2015, @06:03PM

      by VLM (445) on Tuesday June 02 2015, @06:03PM (#191210)

      It had something for every interest.

      • (Score: 3, Funny) by aclarke on Tuesday June 02 2015, @06:27PM

        by aclarke (2049) on Tuesday June 02 2015, @06:27PM (#191217) Homepage

        ...except, apparently, straight male pacifists.

        • (Score: 3, Informative) by VLM on Tuesday June 02 2015, @07:55PM

          by VLM (445) on Tuesday June 02 2015, @07:55PM (#191241)

          except, apparently, straight male...

          In her 80s era, the leading lady was considered pretty hot. I mean, it was a long time ago, and I'm pretty sure she had 80s hair and shoulder pad shirts and all that, but at least she looked pretty nice.