He touched the future

The Russian Su-27 interceptor flew about 20 feet (6 m) from the American intelligence aircraft P-8A Poseidon. This was reported by NBC with reference to the press secretary of the US Navy in Europe Pamela Kunta.

The incident occurred on Monday May 9 over the neutral waters of the Black Sea. According to Kunts, Poseidon performed a "usual task." The rapprochement with the Russian fighter ended safely thanks to the professionalism of the American pilot, the representative of the Navy noted.

Kunz did not call a rapprochement of six meters unprofessional from the Russian pilot. She explained this by the fact that in addition to the distance between the two aircraft, it is necessary to take into account the speed, height, visibility and other factors. The representative of the Navy noted that American planes and ships are often in contact with Russian military equipment, but most incidents ends safely.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the fighter was approaching the US aircraft for visual identification and greeting. "After rapprochement to the safe distance, the pilot of the Russian fighter visually identified the air object as an American reconnaissance of the R8A" Poseidon ". The Russian fighter performed the maneuver of greeting American pilots, after which the American reconnaissance aircraft changed the flight route towards removal from the border with Russia," the military department said. At the same time, the Ministry of Defense noted that the maneuver was performed by the Su-30 fighter.

On the night of April 13 last year, Russian Su-24 bombers flew twice on a shaving flight over the deck of the American destroyer Donald Cook, which was in the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. The planes were not equipped with weapons, but they performed maneuvers reminiscent of an air attack on the ship.

On April 14, 2015, the Russian Su-27 fighter intercepted an American RC-135 explorator over Baltic , which made a planned flight in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea. Having completed the figure of the "barrel", the fighter flew over the RC-135 from above. The distance to the tip of the wing of the American aircraft did not exceed 15 meters.

The same incident occurred above the Baltic and two weeks later . This time, however, the Russian plane kept a few more distance from the American - 30 meters. In Washington, the Russian military in connection with these incidents has repeatedly been reproached for unprofessionalism and irresponsibility.

In May 2015, Donald Trump, a leading campaign, said that Russian military aircraft, if they make dangerous maneuvers near the American, need to be shot down . According to him, after such an incident, the current President of Barack Obama should have called Vladimir Putin and say: "Listen, do us a favor - do not do this, take this maniac, just stop it." “And if this does not work,” the politician remarked, “and this goat will come to you - you must shoot.”

“This is an absolute disrespect for our country and the absolute lack of respect for Obama,” commented Trump of Russia's action.