Washington, United States
The Pentagon on Friday accused the Russian Navy of “aggressive” actions in the Arabian Sea after one of their ships almost collided with a destroyer of the United States Navy.
The Russian ship ignored the collision warning explosions of the USS Farragut and approached long before departing, narrowly avoiding a crash, said the fifth fleet of the US Navy, which revealed a video of the incident.
“While the Russian ship took action, the initial delay in complying with international standards while doing aggressive approach increased the risk of collision,” the fleet said in a statement.
The video shows that the Russian ship is rapidly approaching the stern of the 155-meter US warship. Also that he ignored five short explosions emitted by Farragut, the international maritime collision hazard signal.
Farragut sounded five short blasts, the international maritime signal for danger of a collision, and requested the Russian ship alter course in accordance with international rules of the road. pic.twitter.com/OGCeAGKOy3
– U.S. 5th Fleet (@ US5thFleet) January 10, 2020
“The Russian ship initially refused but finally changed course and the two ships opened distance from each other,” the US statement said.
The Russian Ministry of Defense He denied the accusation and assured that Farragut had crossed his ship’s path.
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“It was the American destroyer who openly violated international norms to avoid collisions at sea on January 9, 2020 by making a maneuver to cross the course of the Russian ship, while positioning itself to the left of the advancing Russian military ship.” , the Ministry said in a statement.
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