Last week (April 12), two Russian Su-24 bombers closely overflew the guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook, in the Baltic Sea, in international airspace. The incident happened relatively close to the Baltiysk naval base, in the Kaliningrad enclave. Two days later, an Su-27 fighter intercepted a United States RC-135 reconnaissance jet and “buzzed” by, close to its wing, in the same region. Washington deplored these actions as dangerous and “unprofessional,” while the Russian Ministry of Defense spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov deigned any wrongdoing, insisting the Russian jets “complied with international law,” while accusing the US of “fretting for no good …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation
