Russian Surveillance Ship Acts Aggressive Toward US Destroyer
A Russian ship approached and acted aggressive towards an Arliegh Burke class destroyer today in the North Arabian sea. Initially ignoring warning to change course, the Russian surveillance ship got to within 55 meters before exiting the area. The destroyer, USS Farragut, was part of the USS Harry S Truman Carrier battle group.
This is the second time in 8 months a Russian ship has done this, last time was June 7th in the Philippine Sea.This was a near collision when the USS Chancellorsville, a cruiser,nearly hit a Russian destroyer that crossed its path during exercises.
On June 4th, a Russian SU-35 fighter plane buzzed an American surveillance plane in the Med , only moving away when a US F-18 fighter arrived on scene.
On May 20th, 4 TU-95 Russian bombers and 2 SU-35 fighters were intercepted by 4 US F-22 fighters in the Alaska Air Defense Zone. The Russian planes turned and made off.
Tell you what, we with military backgrounds can sometimes sense when your opposite number is only saber rattling, and I am not so sure about this.
We and the Russians sometimes trail each other on the open sea, but we have to be more vigilant, because we are the ones with the most powerful battle groups, because we have the super carriers.
Russia has no true carriers.