Message From Putin to U.S. Navy: Buzz Off
The New York Observer
April 19, 2016
This week we saw yet another disturbing challenge to freedom of the seas—and America’s Navy. Two Russian fighter aircraft buzzed the U.S.S. Donald Cook in the Baltic as it was engaged in practice operations with our Polish allies. The unarmed jets, flying close to the speed of sound, came within 30 feet of the ship’s bridge and engaged in maneuvers designed to simulate an attack on the American vessel. According to retired Vice Admiral Doug Crowder, former Commander of the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet, the hot-dogging Russki pilots were not only behaving dangerously—unintended accidents have the potential to escalate into unwanted confrontations—but with a purpose. They acted as they did to convey a
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