Pentagon accuses Russia and other "unfriendly countries" of provocations against US troops

Troops of several US-unfriendly countries experience US military during coronavirus pandemic, writes "Voice of America".

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Numerous provocations in the air, at sea, and on land have occurred over the past two weeks, when the Americans restricted their military movements to avoid the spread of COVID-19. These cases are reported at the Pentagon.

We are talking about incidents from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.

“They want to know whether American troops are letting their guard down,” Suzanne Blum, a former Pentagon spokeswoman and now director of defense programs at the Center for a New American Security, told The Hill.

On April 14, North Korea launched a cruise missile and air-to-ground missile from fighter aircraft into the sea. For the first time in three years, Pyongyang carried out such launches. And even before that - in March - North Korea tested short-range ballistic missiles during large-scale military exercises.

On April 15—exactly a week after U.S. aircraft intercepted two Russian patrol planes near Alaska—a Russian fighter jet flipped over and came within 7 meters of a U.S. Navy reconnaissance aircraft, threatening the lives of American pilots and crew. This was reported by the press service of the American Navy.

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On the same day - April 15 - 11 ships of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Corps fleet made several "dangerous and threatening" approaches to American military vessels and coast guard boats near the Persian Gulf.

Meanwhile, China flexed its muscles in the Pacific on April 2 by sinking a Vietnamese fishing vessel in the South China Sea. In addition, Beijing sent its aircraft carrier cruiser to the territorial waters of Taiwan and Japan.

“Countries like Iran and China in the world are always looking for opportunities, and I think they maybe see the potential for opportunity given some of the societal challenges facing the military, which is now adapting to new rules in the fight against pandemic,” analyzes former Pentagon spokeswoman Suzanne Blum.

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