Russia says U.S. warship in near-miss with Russian vessel in Mediterranean

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

World | Tue Jun 28, 2016 2:04pm EDT

Russia says U.S. warship in near-miss with Russian vessel in Mediterranean

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Tuesday a U.S. destroyer had approached dangerously close to a Russian warship in the Mediterranean Sea on June 17, and protested at what it said was a flagrant U.S. violation of rules to avoid collisions at sea.

The alleged incident involved the USS Gravely and the Russian Navy frigate Yaroslav Mudry, the ministry said in a statement. The Gravely approached the Russian vessel at a distance of 60-70 meters from the port side and crossed in front of it, it said.

At the time of the incident, the Russian ship was in international waters in the eastern Mediterranean, cruising steadily and without making any dangerous maneuvers, the Russian statement said. There was no immediate comment from Washington.

Recent months have seen a number of similar Cold War-style incidents at sea and in the air, with each country's military accusing the other of dangerous approaches in international waters and airspace.

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[TexasProgresive]

1. This sounds all too familiar to me

Born in 1950, so I grew up in the Cold War.

[Eko]

2. Interesting title

of the article. Why don't they say Russian warship instead of vessel?

[bemildred]

3. See, we can be just as immature as anybody. nt