A United States Navy destroyer working in worldwide waters within the Baltic Sea skilled a number of shut passes by a pair of Russian fighter jets earlier this week.

The fly-by’s occurred on April 11 and 12 aboard the USS Donald Cook throughout deck touchdown drills with an allied navy helicopter, the Navy mentioned in a press release.

Some pictures and video launched by the U.S. Navy present simply how shut the fighter jets got here to the destroyer.

The U.S. Navy known as the passes “aggressive”, “unsafe” and “unprofessional”.

“April 11-12, USS Donald Cook was operating in a professional manner in international waters conducting operations and exercises with our allies in the Baltic Sea,” mentioned Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, Adm. Mark Ferguson. “In my judgement these maneuvers in close proximity to Donald Cook are unprofessional and unsafe.”

“We have deep concerns about the unsafe and unprofessional Russian flight maneuvers. These actions have the potential to unnecessarily escalate tensions between countries, and could result in a miscalculation or accident that could cause serious injury or death,” the U.S. Navy mentioned in a press release. 

gCaptain’s earlier story on this incident is HERE.