Russian fighter jet flies within 75 feet of U.S. ship

Unarmed Russian fighter jets made two extremely close overflights this week of the USS Donald Cook, sailing in the Baltic Sea, CNN has learned.

[howaterbrd]

how dare the russians put their country next to a us navy ship!

[michaelangelo]

What are US ships doing in the Baltics?

[karmakazi]

The Russians have as much right to be there as the US does.

[kchinsuanlal]

What if Russia start conducting military drill around gulf of mexico?

[douchebagpatrol]

what the hell is the baltic sea doing near a us navy destroyer?
moscow better have a good excuse for this intrusion

[prodigiii]

It’s so disturbing that the sailors on board are laughing 😂 😂

[comradealexev]

USA: "hey Russians are coming! This is a threat!"
Russia: *"Ivan I saw a ship! Very big nice cool!"*

[adadada]

Dangerous?Why i can see a soldier in the destroyer smiling . He looks like excited.haha

[johanbester]

Very nice pics. The Russia just show their friendly side. No ammo on the jets. Lmfao....

[MegaBassliner]

It's international waters... So what if he flew a little close? Why is America so paranoid.

[TraustiGeir]

I'm pretty sure that if the captain considered this a serious threat, every single one of those sailors would be at their stations, not outside the bridge filming the whole thing on their phones.

Come on, give your own navy a little credit here.

[fapjack]

"This is a very and tense situation" 0:10 as the guy is smiling at them

[justhappenedtowalkby..]

Imagine Russian navy destroyer in Gulf of Mexico ... and how US responds.

[denisalalykin]

Donald Cook is a battle recon ship. The ship was ectremely close to Russian base so Russian fighters came closer to watch the things :)

[Zishy]

dont send warships to the baltic sea. thank you

[juliechu]

2333, I think the Russian jet just wanted to say:"Hello!"

[AmericanFoxhoundSami]

Washington in panic but US sailor go up on deck and smiles as they fly by. The Russians made a "wings clean, " meaning no armaments were presented on the Russian jets that could have posed a threat to US operations in the Baltic.

[vaninec]

looks like US Navy got lost in Russian waters again
lol

[jjhrkel]

So many different militaries in close proximity is inherently dangerous.

[Ryzen_X]

Fighter jets buzz ships in international waters all the time, so what is all the big fuzz about ?? In this particular scenario the SU24's were conducting observatory passes to see the american vessels exact location and intentions, keep in mind that this is happening in international waters and airspace, so there are no rules for sea and air navigation just to keep a prudent distance to avoid collision, that's all. So for the american crew ... chill out sit back and enjoy the airshow !!!