{"id":38674,"date":"2020-11-27T12:29:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T16:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=38674"},"modified":"2020-11-27T12:29:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T16:29:43","slug":"heres-a-russian-warship-stalking-a-u-s-destroyer-before-stopping-it-dead-in-its-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=38674","title":{"rendered":"Here’s a Russian warship stalking a U.S. Destroyer before stopping it dead in its track"},"content":{"rendered":"

Video footage shows Russian warship following US destroyer before stopping vessel<\/h1>\n

By News Desk
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BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:00 P.M.) \u2013 The large anti-submarine ship Admiral Vinogradov stopped the US Navy destroyer \u201cJohn McCain\u201d after it reportedly entered its territorial waters near the Gulf of Peter the Great.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred in the Gulf of Peter the Great in the Far East at 06:17(Moscow time), the details were reported by the Ministry of Defense.<\/p>\n

The department clarified that the US Navy destroyer went 2 km beyond the border line, invading the territorial waters of the Russian Federation. The Russian military warned the Americans that they were ready for a ramming maneuver.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Admiral Vinogradov, a large anti-submarine ship of the Pacific Fleet, which is directly tracking the American destroyer, warned the foreign ship through the international communication channel about the inadmissibility of such actions and the possibility of using a ramming maneuver to force the intruder out of the territorial waters,\u201d the Defense Ministry said.<\/p>\n

After that, the John McCain immediately went into neutral waters: \u201cthe American destroyer did not make repeated attempts to enter them.\u201d<\/p>\n