Updated: Russian fighter makes ‘unsafe close range intercept’ with US anti-submarine aircraft

A Russian fighter aircraft made an “unsafe close range intercept” with a U.S. Navy jet over the Black Sea on Wednesday. Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said in an emailed statement that the Russian Su-27 spent 19 minutes intercepting the U.S. P-8A Poseidon and that the P-8 was conducting “routine operations in international airspace.” […]