03-06-2014, 09:07 PM
http://www.vzglyad.ru/news/2014/6/3/689835.html
Russian Su- 27 flew close at the dangerous distance to the American RC - 135 surveillance aircraft at the Pacific Ocean trying to intercept it in the Far East , said the U.S. Defense Department . The incident occurred in April , but is reported just now.
Before the incident U.S. Air Force RC- 135 flew 100 km from the coast of Russian Far East , according to The Washington Free Beacon.
Pentagon spokesman Colonel Stephen Warren said that Russian pilots prevented U.S. plane to conduct usual reconnaissance mission in that airspace .
" Su-27 approached the RC-135U at a distance of approximately 100 feet (30 m) " - Warren said , calling the actions of the Russian pilots " recklessness " and one of the deadliest incidents in the airspace since the Cold War .
U.S. defense official said the Pentagon puts the responsibility for the incident directly to Russia .
Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney , former chief of the Air Force in Alaska, also expressed concern about the " provocative " actions by Russia .
"Even at the height of the Cold War, we had never seen such recklessness on the part of the Soviet Union ", - he said.
According to McInerney , Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that the current leadership of America is weak and in this way tries to intimidate the United States.
RC- 135 flight was part of the U.S. Air Force exploration in Asia.
Plane collected data on existing air defense systems in the region, the report says.
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According to
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/...on-course/
"The Su-27 flew to follow the RC-135, and at one point rolled sideways to reveal its air-to-air missile before flying within 100 feet of the cockpit in an attempt to unnerve the crew."
Russian Su- 27 flew close at the dangerous distance to the American RC - 135 surveillance aircraft at the Pacific Ocean trying to intercept it in the Far East , said the U.S. Defense Department . The incident occurred in April , but is reported just now.
Before the incident U.S. Air Force RC- 135 flew 100 km from the coast of Russian Far East , according to The Washington Free Beacon.
Pentagon spokesman Colonel Stephen Warren said that Russian pilots prevented U.S. plane to conduct usual reconnaissance mission in that airspace .
" Su-27 approached the RC-135U at a distance of approximately 100 feet (30 m) " - Warren said , calling the actions of the Russian pilots " recklessness " and one of the deadliest incidents in the airspace since the Cold War .
U.S. defense official said the Pentagon puts the responsibility for the incident directly to Russia .
Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney , former chief of the Air Force in Alaska, also expressed concern about the " provocative " actions by Russia .
"Even at the height of the Cold War, we had never seen such recklessness on the part of the Soviet Union ", - he said.
According to McInerney , Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that the current leadership of America is weak and in this way tries to intimidate the United States.
RC- 135 flight was part of the U.S. Air Force exploration in Asia.
Plane collected data on existing air defense systems in the region, the report says.
---
According to
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/...on-course/
"The Su-27 flew to follow the RC-135, and at one point rolled sideways to reveal its air-to-air missile before flying within 100 feet of the cockpit in an attempt to unnerve the crew."