Multiple Russian Jets Buzz US Destroyer In “Unsafe” Encounter

Wednesday, February 15, 2017
By Paul Martin

by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Feb 14, 2017

First, a Russian spy ship spotted off the US East Coast. Then Russia being accused of deploying a banned ground-launched ballistic missile.

Now, in the latest escalation in military tensions between the two nations which were supposed to be mending frayed diplomatic relations, Reuters reports that multiple Russian military aircraft came close to U.S. Navy destroyer USS Porter (located in close proximity to Russia in the Black Sea) on Feb. 10, incidents considered “unsafe and unprofessional,” a U.S. official said on Tuesday.

“There were several incidents involving multiple Russian aircraft,” said Navy Capt. Danny Hernandez, spokesman for the European Command. “They were assessed by the commanding officer as unsafe and unprofessional.”

The first buzzing involved two Russian Su-24 jet fighters followed by a single Su-24 and, in a third incident, an IL-38 transport aircraft. The passes were described by Hernandez, the Eucom spokesman, as ranging from unusually low altitude to low altitude and high speed.

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