Russian Su-24 Jets Mock U.S. Navy Destroyer With Simulated Attack In The Baltic Sea.
Two Russian Su-24 jets mocked the US Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook with fake simulated attacks in the baltic sea.
The footage filmed by crewmembers of the US Navy ship USS Donald Cook shows how the SU-24 jets buzzed a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer in the Baltic Sea.
The USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) was conducting flight operations with a Polish helicopter Monday when two Russian Su-24 attack aircraft approached at an “unsafe” speed and altitude and buzzed the Navy destroyer as the helicopter was taking off from the destroyer’s flight deck, the defense official told Fox News.
The Russian jets came within 1,000 yards of the destroyer, flying just 100 feet off the ground, a defense official said. The next day, a Russian jet came within just 30 feet of the destroyer, the defense official said.
The defense official tells Fox News the Russian jets conducted 20 passes in the Baltic Sea incident Monday, ignoring repeated radio calls from the Navy destroyer. The U.S. Navy was able to take photographs and video of the incident and plans on releasing the footage soon.
The USS Donald Cook came no closer than 70 nautical miles of Kaliningrad, Russia. The defense official suspects the Russian aircraft flew from Kaliningrad.