Russia is state of mind.
Even pilots got balls like coconuts.
Putin again proved he will not be pushed arround.
Us destroyer on baltic sea? what he was doing overe there?
What else they are supposed to do?
How the Americans would feel if Russian frigates and aircraft carriers were prowling the San Francisco Bay Area? My advise to the Americans is to mind their own business and get the hell out of Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Antarctica. We don't need the Americans playing world police.
I was going to write that when I first saw the subject!
There are 2 things worth remembering with regard to this fly-over:
1. Such fly-overs are a routine event. I read account from Russian naval personnel from the Pacific Fleet, telling that American pilots do such low fly-overs almost on a daily basis, and that you can almost set your clock by them.
2. The American ship, that was the subject of this particular fly-over is none other than USS Donald Cook (aka USS Donald Duck) - the ship that got completely blinded and incapacitated 2 years ago in the Black Sea by a single unarmed Russian jet, equipped with Electronic Countermeasures.
This was a message, and judging by the publicity, the message was understood.
Some fun read here:
https://futuristrendcast.wordpress.com/2016/04/14/now-they-are-just-showing-off-russian-su-24-jets-buzz-uss-donald-cook-again-in-baltic-sea/The infamous, long-suffering USS #DonaldCook got buzzed again – this time in Baltic Sea! Donald Cook has been snooping around 70 nautical miles off the coast of Kaliningrad, not too far from a Russian Baltic Navy base. On April 13, 2016 two unarmed Russian jets said hello by making 20 passes at an extremely low altitude, almost touching the water. They flew repeatedly right over and around the ill-famed American destroyer.
One notable thing: not by accident, this happened practically on the second anniversary of the first incident. On April 12, 2014 USS Donald Cook got buzzed 12 times by a single Russian Su-24, which didn’t carry any arms, except a mysterious device dubbed Khibiny. The electronic jamming device disabled ‘USS Donald Duck’s’ advanced AEGIS systems, causing panic on board and resulting in 27 sailors resigning commission.
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PS: Hmm, and before that, on the 7th of April:
http://russia-insider.com/en/us-has-spy-place-buzz-russia-defences-screams-hysterically-when-intercepted-russian-fighter/5575Tsk, tsk, tsk, NATO recon flying with transponders off...
