A Russian jet fighter conducted what the Pentagon described as an "unsafe," close-range intercept of a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft in international airspace over the Black Sea Wednesday, at one point closing to within 10 feet, U.S. officials said.
The maneuver came amid growing Washington-Moscow tensions over talks in Syria, a cease-fire in Ukraine and mounting U.S. concern that Russian hackers are targeting U.S. electoral systems.
