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Destroyer nearly colliding with the ship. it moves to within 50 to 100 feet of their cruiser. a u.s. aircraft documents the russian wake of their ship making a sudden high speed turn and coming up along side the u.s. warship. all of this takes place in the philippines sea in international waters. the u.s. will protest to moscow. >> we'll have military to military conversations with the russians and it's the safety at the end of the day. it will not deter us from conducting our operations. >> a collision was narrowly avoid when the american commander ordered the ship into full reverse at high s...

Protest to moscow. >> we'll have military to military conversations with the russians and of course to me safety is what is important. it will not deter us from conducting our operations. >> reporter: a collision was narrowly avoided when the american commander ordered the ship into full reverse at high speed. >> that is a very aggressive engine maneuver to conduct. to reverse the direction of those propellers to try to get the some into stop or to slow down as quickly as possible, to 10,000 ton cruiser, it won't stop on a dime. >> reporter: despite the severity of the episode, russian sailors...

Russian warship moves to within 50 to 100 feet of their cruiser. a u.s. aircraft overhead documents the russian wake of their ship making a sudden high-speed turn, coming up alongside the u.s. warship. all of this taking place in the philippines sea in international waters. acting defense secretary patrick shanahan says the u.s. will protest to moscow. >> we'll have military-to-military conversations with the russians and of course we'll march them. but you know, to me, safety at the end of the day is the most important. it will not deter us from conducting our operations. >> reporter: a colli...

Acting defense secretary patrick shanahan says the u.s. will protest to moscow. >> we'll have military to military conversations with the russian. and of course we will maren them to me safety at the end of the day is the most important. it will not deter us from conducting our operations. >> a collision was narrowly avoided when the american commander ordered the ship into full reverse at high-speed. >> that is a very aggressive engine maneuver to conduct. you're reversing the direction of the propellers to try to get the ship to stop or slowdown as quickly as possible. it's a 10,000 ton crui...

Moon where there's no radio contact with mission control. >> apollo 8 will be moving backwards with that engine maneuver. it will slow them down from 5,700 to 3,700 miles per hour. they'll have put themselves into lunar orbit, the first men in history to have done so. and the trickiest and most dangerous part of their flight. >> you could have any one of a number of things go wrong. end up in the wrong orbit or hit the moon. >> we'll see you on the other side. >> we have to have absolute faith in everything that has ever been done to develop this rocket motor. all they can do is point it in th...