China Says Russia “Humiliated” Arrogant U.S. With ‘Simulated Attack’ on Warship
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The mouthpiece of the ruling Chinese Communist Party asserts that Russia “humiliated” an “arrogant” United States with its warplane passes near a U.S. missile destroyer in the Baltic Sea on Tuesday, an incident that the Pentagon described as a “simulated attack”.
Video released by the U.S. military yesterday shows two Sukhoi SU-24 warplanes conducting repeated close attack passes near a U.S. guided missile destroyer which was located about 70 nautical miles away from Russian territory.
U.S. military officials later described the maneuvers as some of the most aggressive interactions in recent memory.
However, an editorial in the Global Times, an official mouthpiece for China’s ruling Communist Party, characterizes the incident as a huge blow to American prestige.
