White House says incident is ‘inconsistent with the professional norms of militaries operating in proximity to each other in international waters’A Russian jet came within 30ft of a US destroyer conducting exercises in the Baltic Sea in what the US navy described as a “simulated attack” – one of the closest and riskiest encounters between the two countries’ armed forces in recent years.The US navy released photos and videos showing Russian SU-24 fighter jets flying low over the sea and the “buzzing” the USS Donald Cook – a destroyer of the Arleigh Burke course – which carries guided missiles and which had just made a call at the Polish port of Gdynia.
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Source: theguardian.com