Russian Warplane Flies Within 50 Feet of U.S. Spy Plane in Asia

It's amazing that it took them almost to the end of the article before they managed to work the phrase "clear and present danger" into the article.

Now I'm not saying that the Washington Free Beacon would like nothing better to foment a war, but I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't up there in its "Top Ten" list.

Remember, if the Russians deploy a new weapons system that is still less effective than the one that the US has already deployed, that is a "clear and present danger" BUT if the US deploys a new weapons system that is even more effective than the one that it is already deploying then that is "normal operational improvement of equipment in the interests of 'National Security'".

PS the Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily Rossi has already taken VERY SEVERE STEPS to dissuade this type of conduct and has posted a translation of the USAF poster that says "Please do not fly too close to aircraft from other nations." in every flight operations center.