the missile destroyer coming across the front of the ship. that is a really dangerous thing to do. we re talking a very short distance. something could go terribly wrong. it really does show a degree of unprofessionalism on the part of the chinese. they are really risking a lot here by doing this. we re talking the collision of million dollar equipment happening very quickly. it is as dangerous as it looks? very dangerous. one thing to keep in mind, if you re right there at the bow of the ship and you see something like this happened, it s a lot closer than it appears in this video. the maneuvers that the u.s. captain naval captain had to do in order to avoid collision were considerable. he had to reduce speed drastically. he had to make sure that his ship wasn t going to cut across