An armed Russian jet came within feet of a U.S. reconnaissance plane over the Baltic Sea.
Pentagon officials told CBN News Tuesday that the Russian aircraft came within five feet of a wing tip for a U.S. RC-135 reconnaissance plane.
The Russian jet then passed under the U.S. aircraft and came up near the other wing tip.
The incident comes amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Russia after the U.S. downed a Syrian jet on Sunday. Washington and Moscow are backing different sides in Syria's civil war, which has dragged on for more than six years.
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