tweeted this. u.s.s. chancellorsville has crossed the course of the russian destroyer in the south china sea. the destroyer had to perform urgent maneuvers to evade a possible collision. russia is lodging a protest against the u.s. this is not an isolated incident. according to the u.s. navy, on tuesday a russian fighter jet harassed a u.s. navy reconnaissance plane over the eastern med in international air space. some see in these confrontations a clear russian response to president trump s aggressive foreign policy outlook. it s not a coincidence. putin is challenging trump and the united states of america and if you re putin, you re looking at this and saying i ve got to disrupt this because this trajectory is good for the united states, not good for russia. reporter: no one was injured in either of these incidents. there s a great deal of risk any time you have ships or aircraft operating in this kind of proximity.
navy accused a russian fighter jet of buzzing a u.s. reconnaissance plane over the mediterranean sea. doug luzader has more from washington. reporter: this is just the latest confrontation that we ve seen between the u.s. and russian military. but in this instance, the video is dramatic and the u.s. navy clearly thinks it helps make their case. this video was taken on-board the u.s. guided missile cruiser, u.s.s. chancellorsville, in the philippine sea, showing the russian destroyer approaching and coming alarmingly close. at one point you can see russian sailors sun bathing on deck. the navy said they had to take evasive action and the acting u.s. defense secretary is none too pleased. the behavior is unsafe and unprofessional. we ll have military to military conversations with the russians and of course we ll reporter: that refers to a formal protest. russia blames the united states for this. the russian embassy in the u.s.
thank you very much john jordan. thank you. eric: acting defense secretary shanahan saying the u.s. will launch a formal diplomatic protest with russia after that near miss with the american and russian warships in the philippine sea. doug luzader has more on this from washington. this is just the latest confrontation that we ve seen between the u.s. and russian militaries, but in this instance, the video is dramatic and the u.s. navy clearly thinks it helps make their case. now, this video was take on board the u.s. guided missile cruiser uss chancellorville in the philippine sea showing the russian destroyer approaching and then coming alarmingly close. in fact at one point you can even see russian sailors sunbathing on deck. the navy says the chancellorville had to take evasive action and the acting u.s. defense secretary is not pleased. the behavior is unprofessional. we will have military to military conversations with the
russians. that refers to a formal protest. russia, though, blames the united states for this. the russian embassy here in the u.s. tweeted this, uss chancellorville has crossed the course of the russian destroyer in the south china sea. the destroyer had to perform urgent maneuvers to evade a possible collision. and russia is lodging a protest against the u.s., but this is not an isolated incident. according to the u.s. navy, on tuesday, a russian fighter jet harassed a u.s. navy recognizance plane over in international airspace. some see in these confrontations a clear russian response to president trump s aggressive foreign policy outlook. it is not a coincidence. putin is challenging trump and the united states of america and if you re putin, you are looking at this and saying i have got to disrupt this because this trajectory is good for the united states, not good for russia. no one was injured in either