Navy releases video of Russian fighters buzzing US ships

Logan Nye
Apr 2, 2018 9:36 AM PDT
1 minute read
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Russia is saying that their fighters chased off the U.S. Navy's USS Ross Monday while it was operating aggressively in the Black Sea, but the U.S. is calling B.S. According to Navy officials, the encounter was no big deal and they haven't changed any of their operational plans.

"From our perspective it's much ado about nothing," Navy spokesman Lt. Tim Hawkins told USNI News.

The Russian fighters had overflown the ship before with no incident. The Navy has released video of two of the SU-24 flybys, including the June 1 encounter. The USS Ross is leaving the Black Sea today, as scheduled.

The first video released is of one of the flyovers in late May.

This video shows the incident from Monday.

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