The Russian Ministry of Defense released a message on the 15th that the US destroyer "Chafi" tried to invade Russian territorial waters on the same day and was driven away by Russian anti-submarine ships. On the same day, the Russian Defense Ministry also summoned the military attaché of the US Embassy in Russia on this matter.
According to the Russian News Agency, the US destroyer "Chafi" tried to enter the territorial waters of Russia's Peter the Great Bay in the Sea of Japan at about 17:00 local time on the 15th, and after being warned by the Russian side, not only did not change course and leave, but instead raised the signal flag, prepared to take off the helicopter on the deck, and continued to take out the violation. According to international navigation rules, the russian large anti-submarine ship "Admiral Tributs" drove away the American destroyer "Chafi".
That evening, the General Directorate of International Military Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Defense summoned the military attaché of the US Embassy in Russia. Russia told the US side that the behavior of the US destroyer "Chafi" was extremely unprofessional and seriously violated the 1972 Convention on International Rules for Avoiding Collisions at Sea and the Agreement on the Prevention of Accidents on the High Seas and In the Skies Between the Soviet Union and the United States in 1972.
At a distance of less than 60 meters, the U.S. ships turned
The signal flag is raised after being warned
What is the nature of the US ship's move?
According to reports, the US destroyer "Chafi" changed direction and returned when it was less than 60 meters away from the Russian large anti-submarine ship "Admiral Tributs". What is the concept of less than 60 meters for a warship at sea? The total length of the Russian Navy's anti-submarine ships is more than 160 meters, and the total length of the US destroyers is 155.3 meters, and the distance of 60 meters is less than half the length of the two US and Russian warships.
Russia drove away the US warships that attempted to violate Russian territorial waters and protested, which has a detail, when the US destroyer "Chafi" tried to invade Russian territorial waters, the Russian warship first used international communication channels to warn of its behavior. After receiving the warning, the American destroyer not only did not change course to leave the sea, but instead raised the signal flag to prepare for the deck helicopter to take off. What does raising the signal flag mean in naval operations? And from the perspective of time and sea area, the US military entered the relevant sea areas during the exercises of other countries, what kind of behavior is this? I would like to ask Mr. Song Xiaojun, a special commentator, to interpret it for us.
The second time in April
Russia had warned to drive away the British warships with warning fire
In fact, this is the second time in four months that Russia has driven a NATO-member warship out of its waters. On June 23 of this year, Russia said a British destroyer had violated its territorial waters near the Black Sea Crimea, and the Russian military fired warning shots at it after issuing a warning.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that on the same day, the British destroyer "Defender" crossed the Russian border while sailing in the northwestern waters of the Black Sea, reaching 3 kilometers deep into Russian territorial waters. After the verbal warning was ineffective, the Russians fired warning shots at him. A Russian Su-24M bomber then dropped four high-explosive bombs in front of the British ship's channel as a warning. The British warship sailed out of the waters a few minutes later. The Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Russian side had issued a warning to the British ship before firing, but the other side did not respond. The Russian Ministry of Defense accused the British Navy of serious violations of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, called on the British side to investigate this thoroughly, and summoned the military attaché of the British Embassy.
A Spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the British warship's disregard for warnings and its insistence on entering Russian territorial waters was a gross provocation to Russia. However, the British Ministry of Defence issued a statement saying that the destroyer "Defender" was not subjected to warning fire that day, nor did it see the relevant course being projected with bombs.
The British ship just left The US ship came again
What signal is released?
What signal did the US warships release from the US warships at the time of the Two-Russian Joint Maritime-2021 exercise in four months? I would like to ask Mr. Song Xiaojun, a special commentator, to interpret it for us.
Source: CCTV