You may not be aware of this, but these types of flybys have been going on for decades, and really are standard operating procedure, like it or not. Additionally, if you have a ship in International Waters you do not have exclusive rights to the airspace above or around your ships.
I know we do this to them too, but 2000 feet from the Nimitz? I didn’t know we left them get that close. Or are they saying 3-4 miles away at 2000 feet?
If you can defend it, you do.