Originally Posted by
A_Van
It seems that Donald (Cook, DDG-75) is still scared and "invited his twin" DDG-78 to join the party. Some years ago an old Su-24 played tricks on him :-)
What frightened the USS Donald Cook so much in the Black Sea? (wildboar.net)
"....The Russian Su-24 then simulated a missile attack against the USS Donald Cook, which was left literally deaf and blind. As if carrying out a training exercise, the Russian aircraft — unarmed — repeated the same maneuver 12 times, before flying away. After that the 4th-generation destroyer immediately set sail towards a port in Romania.
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да товарищ
The propaganda runs strong in this one. Even if the article has any truth, both sides would see value in keeping it to themselves I would imagine.