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Russian jets make ‘simulated attack’ near US ship

ByAgencies, Washington
Apr 14, 2016 08:34 PM IST

Russian military aircraft have conducted a series of “aggressive” overflights of a US destroyer in international waters in the Baltic Sea, a US defence official said Wednesday.

Russian military aircraft have conducted a series of “aggressive” overflights of a US destroyer in international waters in the Baltic Sea, a US defence official said Wednesday.

File photo of Russian Sukhoi Su-25 fighter jets returning from Syria.(Reuters)
File photo of Russian Sukhoi Su-25 fighter jets returning from Syria.(Reuters)

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official described several incidents on Monday and Tuesday, including one in which a Russian Su-24 jet flew just 30 feet (nine meters) above the USS Donald Cook in a “simulated attack profile.”

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“This is more aggressive than anything we’ve seen in some time,” the official said. The destroyer was in the Baltic Sea in international waters, about 70 nautical miles from Kaliningrad.

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