Russian jets buzz US navy frigate in Arctic in Cold War-style show of force

A Ka-27 submarine hunter helicopter took off from a Russian warship the following day and again flew perilously close to the American ship Photo: GETTY

The incident comes as Russia, which has not publicly explained its pilots' actions, prepares to host a conference on the Arctic in Moscow this week at which it is expected to push its hotly-contested territorial claims.

According to the Pentagon, a Russian Il-38 submarine hunter plane armed with torpedoes and bombs flew within less than 170 feet of the USS Taylor in a hair-raising incident in the Barents Sea off Russia's northern coast just over a week ago.

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