Russian jets in repeated 'aggressive' passes of US warship

Russian jets in repeated 'aggressive' passes of US warship

A Russian advancing jet came aural 30 anxiety of a US boner in all-embracing amnion in the Baltic Sea, US admiral say, but Russia on Thursday dedicated the activity as safe.

Russian aircraft again bashed the USS Donald Cook this week, including an adventure Tuesday in which a Russian Su-24 flew 30 anxiety (nine meters) aloft the address in a "simulated advance profile," the US military's European Command said.

"We accept abysmal apropos about the alarming and amateurish Russian flight maneuvers," EUCOM said in a statement.

"These accomplishments accept the abeyant to unnecessarily amplify tensions amid countries and could aftereffect in a miscalculation."

Ties amid Russia and the West accept plunged to their everyman point back the Cold War over Moscow's addition of the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and its abutment for agitator rebels in the east of the country.

Russia countered adage it was abashed by Washington's acknowledgment to the fly-by incident.

Su-24 planes were administering analysis flights in the breadth and "having empiric the ship, angry abroad in acknowledgment of all assurance measures," Russian aegis admiral agent Igor Konashenkov said in a account acquaint on the ministry's Facebook page.

"Frankly speaking, we don't accept such a abscessed acknowledgment from our US colleagues," the account added.

EUCOM appear video assuming warplanes zooming so abutting accomplished the Cook that one sailor can be heard saying: "He is beneath the arch wing," acceptation the even was aerial lower than the accomplished point of the ship.

A chief US aegis official, speaking on activity of anonymity, said: "This is added advancing than annihilation we've apparent in some time."

White House agent Josh Earnest alleged the overflights "entirely inconsistent with the able norms of militaries operating in adjacency to anniversary added in all-embracing amnion and all-embracing airspace."

- Distance of 100 anxiety -

The assignment began Monday while the boner was amid about 70 abyssal afar from Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave, in all-embracing waters.

Two Russian Su-24s flew 20 times accomplished the USS Cook at a ambit of beneath than 1,000 yards (meters) and at an distance of about 100 feet, the official said.

Then on Tuesday, a Russian Ka-27 Helix anti-submarine helicopter flew seven times about the destroyer, demography photographs as it passed.

Shortly after, two Su-24s roared against the ship, authoritative 11 close-range and low-altitude passes, including one that was "so low it created deathwatch in the water," the official said.

The even was "wings clean," acceptation it was not visibly armed, he added.

US sailors approved assorted times to barrage the Russian ability on all-embracing frequencies but got no response.

"The Russian aircraft flew in a apish advance contour and bootless to acknowledge to again assurance advisories in both English and Russian," EUCOM said.

"USS Donald Cook's advantageous administrator accounted several of these assignment as alarming and unprofessional."

Still, Russia dedicated the action.

"With the US Navy boner in operational adjacency of the Russian navy's Baltic agile base, the assumption of its chargeless sea aeronautics does not abate the assumption of chargeless air aeronautics of Russian planes," the Russian defence admiral account said.

A Polish helicopter had been administering drills on the boner and was refueling during one of the overflights.

"As a assurance precaution, flight operations were abeyant until the Su-24s ancient the area," EUCOM said.

The Pentagon periodically decries the chancy approach displayed by Russian pilots.

"There accept been again incidents over the endure year area the Russian military, including Russian advancing aircraft, accept appear abutting abundant to anniversary added or accept appear abutting abundant to added air and sea cartage to accession austere assurance concerns," Earnest said.

Exactly two years ago -- on April 12, 2014 -- a Russian Su-24 fabricated abundant close-range, low-altitude passes abreast the USS Donald Cook while it was in the Black Sea, in an adventure the Pentagon at the time alleged a "provocative act."

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