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-- >> the risk of a disaster is certainly a very high one in a combat environment like this. >> reporter: both planes were flying october 17th at hundreds of miles an hour. the russian fighter crossed less than half a mile in front of the u.s. surveillance aircraft. the two sides spoke about the incident. the u.s. says the russian pilot didn't even know the u.s. plane was there. the u.s. and russia previously agreed they would keep a distance of three miles between aircraft and an altitude separation of 3,000 feet. that bubble is now violated about every ten days by the russians, according to ...

Collision in the middle of the night. but mixed messages from the u.s. military. >> i don't think that it was perceived to be a danger. >> the u.s. believes it wasn't a deliberate provocation by moscow. but even if it is just bad navigation. >> the risk of a zaster is certainly a very high one in a combat environment like this. >> both planes were flying on october 17th at hundreds of miles an hour. the russian fighter crossed less than half a mile in front of a u.s. surveillance aircraft. the two sides spoke about the incident. the u.s. says the russian pilot didn't even know the u.s. plane w...