U.S. Navy, Russian close call: Russian sailors appear to be sunning during near collision

Russia and the United States blamed each other for a near collision between their warships in the East China Sea on June 7 with both countries accusing one another of dangerous and unprofessional behavior. Russia's Pacific Fleet said that the USS Chancellorsville, a guided-missile cruiser, had come within just 50 metres of the Russian destroyer Admiral Vinogradov which had been forced to take emergency action to avoid a collision, Russian news agencies reported. They cited a Russian Pacific Fleet statemen