Russian navy ship 'aggressively approached' US destroyer in Arabian Sea
The Fifth Fleet said the US destroyer USS Farragut sounded five short blasts and requested the Russian ship alter course
(L-R) Russian navy corvette Steregushchy, destroyer Nastoichivy and frigate Admiral Gorshkov are anchored in a bay of the Russian fleet base in Baltiysk in Kaliningrad region, Russia, July 19, 2015/ Reuters
A Russian navy ship "aggressively approached" a US Navy destroyer in the North Arabian Sea on Thursday, the US Navy's Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said in a statement on Friday.
The Fifth Fleet said the US destroyer USS Farragut sounded five short blasts and requested the Russian ship alter course.
"The Russian ship initially refused but ultimately altered course and the two ships opened distance from one another," the statement said.
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