let's get analysis now. retired rear admiral and cnn military analyst john kirby. you look at this, admiral kirby, this is no accident. this is an intentional move by this russian -- >> no question about it. you have a ship in restricted maneuvering, recovering helicopters, there is a limited amount of things she can do to maneuver. the russian destroyer was making a run at her at a high late rate of speed. she would have known that the chancellorsville was recovering helicopters because you can see it happening, she's flying visual indicators and i'm sure that the captain of the chancellorsville was on bridge to bridge radio warning the russian vessel what they were doing. >> they would have bridge to bridge communications. >> standard procedure to say we are in restrictive maneuvering, you need to stay away. clearly this was a provocation. the other thing that's interesting is the russians were the first to talk about this. they put out a press statement before the u.s. navy did, so clearly not only do they know what they were doing here, a provocation on purpose, but they wanted to message it for