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Chinese navy ships sailed into US territorial waters off Alaska. You don't see the US go bonkers over that.American submarines trying to enter the Area-based SSBNs that are inside the territorial waters of Russia. often it comes to physical contact and prevention of discharges of depth charges. There were cases of battering ram, when the protection of submarine squeezed Americans from the area of action of SSBNs.
Add to this that the American ships come close to the Russian bases, less than 60 km away.
Permanent mission of scouts from the Russian border. Permanent military aircraft escorting Russian leaders. Therefore, now all the leadership of Russia, accompanied by flying the Su-27. The last case was recently.
For a long time the Americans did not fulfill its obligations. And oniyavlyayutsya violators of these agreements.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-military-idUSKCN0R22DN20150902
Territorial waters extend 12nmi from coast i.e. 22km. That is where defence is allowed. However, it is not autimatic, as there are many instances in which it is perfectly legal and legitimate for a navy ship of one nation to be in or pass through the trerritorial waters of another. However, there are certain rules that the ship would need to adhere to in terms of e.g. use of radars, use of helicopters etc. This is all outlines in treaties. There is no internationally recognized treaty from which one can derive the claim that navy ships cannot come closer than 60km from someone's coast. Besides, in the case of the USS Cook, the ship was 70nmi i.e. 130km from Russia's coast, in waters that are at best 193km wide. That is to say, two thirds of the way to closer to Sweden than to Kaliningrad Oblast.
I would like to see those claims about US submarines documented, and given a data and place. For all I know, you are referring to Cold War era exploits. We are discussing current times. And as for submarines, recently a Russian SSBN turned intelligence boat was discovered near UK and near French coast (in the latter case, near French base of nuclear submarines).
http://www.thelocal.fr/20160310/russian-subs-and-fighter-jets-doing-off-the-french-coast
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-submarine-france-idUSKCN0WC23T
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/russian-ballistic-missile-sub-spotted-french-coast-15463
Your video shows a passenger carrying aircraft being escorted by a Su-27 and has some footage of a Typhoon flying along too. The Typhoon is flying in formation while keeping ample distance and it is not making any reckless or sudden moves.
There is no narration with the video. The translation of the caption in Russian reads "NATO fighters accompanied Sergei Shoigu plane over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea", which they might well do to insure Sergei's as well as their own safety. On the youtube page of this footage is also states "On the way to Kaliningrad over neutral waters of the Baltic Russian aircraft Su-27 Sergei Shoigu, Minister of Defence of Russia in addition accompanied by NATO fighters Eurofighter, flying in the 2 km away from the board." That's a very safe distance. Besides, Russia can't very well claim 'neutral water of the Baltic Sea' in one case and then pretend 70nmi offshore from Kaliningrad Oblast is somehow 'in Russian waters' or 'near Russian coast' and 'intimidating'. That's not a very consistent line to pull, wouldn't you say? But perhaps that's just how RT reports.
https:// www.youtube.com / watch?v=bnVdvgyh-a0&feature=youtu.be
Again, wrt aircraft and ships, the point is NOT that intercepts are made. This goes on between all nations. That is the job of the military. The point is the manner in which they are made. 30 successive low passes a.k.a. simulated attack runs is simply unnecessary. Passing below bridge level at less than 100ft of a ship is unnecessary, not to mention dangerous. Doing a barrel roll over an RC-135, or cutting across its flight path, is unnecessary and dangerous. All this well of the Russian BALTIC SEA coast (and the Baltic has very little room for manouvre). It increases the chances of accidents and of escalation. Often, in recent times, intercepted Russian aircraft have not given or deviated from given flight plans and have failed to communicate and/or switched of transponders, while entering or crossing areas used for commercial flight. That too is dangerous. And we all know that since 9/11, knowing who is approach in your skies (and being able to do something about it) has become more important than ever.
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