Blast from the past. Cold War games on the high seas...Russian frigate "bumps" a US destroyer

#OTD February 12,1988 a Mirka-Class frigate SKR-6(CO lieutenant Aleksandr Petrov)bumped to USS Caron DD970 in Soviet territorial waters in the BlackSea with the intention of pushing Caron into international waters.This ship is from my squadron and I knew a lot of officers from it pic.twitter.com/sJ3MCHS1y1

— Capt(N) (@Capt_Navy) February 12, 2019

What's going on with China today has happened before with the Soviet Union. The difference?  The Soviet Union was much more formidable.  We can handle the Chinese but we need to get to work now!

Cold War games on the high seas is nothing new.  We just need to relearn our forgotten history!