A United States vessel and Russian vessel successful nan ocean.The unit of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) encountered and shadowed 4 Russian Federation Navy (RFN) vessels 57 miles northwest of Point Hope. Stratton patrolled nether Operation Frontier Sentinel, a Coast Guard cognition designed to meet beingness pinch beingness erstwhile strategical competitors run successful and astir U.S. waters. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

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