A Russian war ship “aggressively approached” a U.S. Navy vessel in the North Arabian Sea on Thursday, reportedly coming within 180 feet of the American craft and narrowly avoiding a collision, U.S. military officials said Friday.
In a statement, the Navy’s Fifth Fleet said that the Russian ship initially refused to change course. A dramatic video posted to the Fifth Fleet’s Twitter account shows the two ships dangerously close to one another in another example of what military officials say is Russia’s aggressive and reckless behavior at sea.
“On Thursday, Jan. 9, while conducting routine operations in the North Arabian Sea, USS Farragut (DDG 99) was aggressively approached by a Russian Navy ship,” the Fifth Fleet said in its statement. “Farragut sounded five short blasts, the international maritime signal for danger of a collision, and requested the Russian ship alter course in accordance with international rules of the road. The Russian ship initially refused but ultimately altered course and the two ships opened distance from one another.”
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Maybe we need a special kind of warning torpedo that alters the ships course for it!
If it can't get it to go around, perhaps causing it to go under.
In a statement, the Navy’s Fifth Fleet said that the Russian ship initially refused to change course. A dramatic video posted to the Fifth Fleet’s Twitter account shows the two ships dangerously close to one another in another example of what military officials say is Russia’s aggressive and reckless behavior at sea.
“On Thursday, Jan. 9, while conducting routine operations in the North Arabian Sea, USS Farragut (DDG 99) was aggressively approached by a Russian Navy ship,” the Fifth Fleet said in its statement. “Farragut sounded five short blasts, the international maritime signal for danger of a collision, and requested the Russian ship alter course in accordance with international rules of the road. The Russian ship initially refused but ultimately altered course and the two ships opened distance from one another.”
Russian ship ‘aggressively approached’ U.S. vessel in North Arabian Sea
A Russian war ship “aggressively approached” a U.S. Navy vessel in the North Arabian Sea on Thursday, reportedly coming within 180 feet of the American craft and narrowly avoiding a collision, U.S. military officials said Friday.
Maybe we need a special kind of warning torpedo that alters the ships course for it!
If it can't get it to go around, perhaps causing it to go under.
