I like F3's piccie- I even think I remember what it is!
Yeah I noticed 1/2 mile and 500 feet- Sukhoi must have been a mere dot on the horizon. However to the general public, reading the articles stressing how dangerous this is, it must seem like a big deal. I remember in 2009 &2010, when our (Canada's) Defence Minister made a series of big press releases like the following
Canadians hunt Russian Bear | Welland Tribune or another when Bears came 463 kilometres east of Goose Bay, Newfoundland. "closer than we have seen in recent times."and we "chased them away". guaranteed to excite the citizenry.
Only ship I ever got close to was a close photoshoot with the IAF camera of a tanker off Grimsby suspected of leaving a big oil slick.