Two Russian military war planes flew close to a US Navy destroyer on Wednesday in the Baltic Sea in what American officials described as a "simulated attack".
Two Russian military war planes flew close to a US Navy destroyer on Wednesday in the Baltic Sea in what American officials described as a "simulated attack".
According to BBC, the Sukhoi SU-24 warplanes, in international waters in the Baltic Sea, had no visible weaponry and the ship took no action.
However, US officials claimed the Russian military passes, by unarmed Su-24 warplanes and a military helicopter, were unsafe, potentially provocative, and could have caused an accident.
Moreover, The Independent informs that a US defence official said the commander of the ship deemed the Russian planes’ actions to be unsafe and unprofessional and that the US believed that it was a violation of a 1970s agreement to prevent unsafe incidents at sea.
It is currently unclear whether the US government is going to formally protest to Russia. Furthermore, US Navy photographs of the incident have not been released.
