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| Russian jet flies within 5 feet of US Navy plane, Pentagon says |
| 2018-01-29 |
| Washington (CNN)A Russian military jet performed an unsafe intercept of a US Navy P-3 Orion surveillance plane while it was flying in international airspace over the Black Sea Monday, three defense officials told CNN. The American pilots reported that the Russian jet came within five feet of the US plane, according to two of the officials. The Russian jet's action forced the US Navy aircraft to end its mission prematurely, one of the officials said. Several unsafe interactions between Russian and US military forces have taken place near the Black Sea. Russian, US and NATO forces operate in close proximity to one another in the area, particularly since Russia boosted its military presence in the region following its annexation of Crimea in 2014. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 40 years ago: "Wow, that's interesting!" 30 years ago: "Prolly mixed up feet and metres." 20 years ago: "Prolly 5 ft in one axis." 10 years ago: "Pilots to mgmt. to anon sources to CNN... are you kidding me? |
| Posted by: Unomp Omavins5259 2018-01-29 18:22 |
| #3 Shoot it down |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-01-29 18:13 |
| #2 Chinese played that game too. You really want a similar outcome? You know if you park a fighter within so many feet of the Orion, the radar on the intercept may be spoofed. "Meet my little friend" |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-01-29 16:41 |
| #1 Didn't happen if no video. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-01-29 15:58 |