You ask some interesting questions. And I’d ask one more:
This Russian buzzing of a US Navy ship occurred in the Baltic Sea. What was a US Navy ship doing in the Baltic Sea?
Certainly the ship had every right to be there, international waters and all that. But I certainly can’t see a reason for it, unless someone is trying to provoke someone else.
>What was a US Navy ship doing in the Baltic Sea?
The ship was participating in a joint drill with Polish military.