Flight Control: Here's Why Russia Buzzes U.S. Destroyers
Russia fighter jets buzzed a US destroyer in the Baltic Sea on Monday and Tuesday, April 11 and 12. The Russians did not buzz just once or twice, they buzzed the destroyer several dozen times and even circled and hovered in a helicopter taking pictures. This is not an incident that can just be tossed off as adolescent machismo like Top Gun. There is much more that happened here. Several of the passes made by the SU-24 Russian fighter jet were as close as 30 yards from the USS Donald Cook missile destroyer. That’s about three car lengths. During the flybys, the US vessel was engaged in tactical activities with a Polish helicopter. They had to suspend the exercise until it was safe to continue. ...
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