Cold War-style incidents continue between the United States and Russia after the closure of each report following the crisis in Crimea.
Despite Obama's opening, relations between the White House and the Kremlin are practically interrupted.
The episode was announced a few hours ago. On 23 last April, a Sigint aircraft from the US Air Force RC-135U was in international airspace on a routine mission to the sea at Okhotsk. The American spy aircraft, during the mission, found itself on the radar an unidentified object that proceeded at high speed towards its position.
The Russian fighter, identified as a Su-27 'Flanker' interceptor, took an intercept route. The 'Flanker', before changing course, approached a little less than 100 meters from the RC-135.
There was no communication between the two aircraft, nor was any attempt made to try to understand the intentions of the fighter. The American aircraft has not decreased speed, behaving as required by the flight plan.
According to the American Air Force, the Russian fighter was armed. Perhaps to avoid worrying public opinion, there is no news on the alleged illumination of the American aircraft by the Russian fighter.
Situations very common during the cold war, with aircraft that several times, only for a stupid game between the parts carried out on the razor's edge, risked triggering the third world war.
Since last April 23, there have been other close encounters off the east coast of Russia, north of Japan.
Moscow has not confirmed any kind of encounter with western aircraft.
Franco Iacch
(photo: DoD Fed. Russian, US Air Force)
