US and Russian Warships Nearly Collide in the Pacific
A screen grab from video shows the Russian naval destroyer Udaloy making what the U.S. Navy describes as an unsafe maneuver against the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville in the Philippine Sea on June 7, 2019. U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters
A Russian destroyer made an “unsafe maneuver” in the Philippine Sea, nearly colliding with a United States ship, according to the Navy.
Russia’s Pacific Fleet said that the USS Chancellorsville, a guided-missile cruiser, had come within just 50 meters (165 feet) of the Russian destroyer Admiral Vinogradov which had been forced to take emergency action to avoid a collision, Russian news agencies reported.
