The Russian Su-30SM fighters, tracking the American ship off the coast of Crimea, had to be armed.

After the US warships openly invaded Russian territorial waters, it was decided to arm the duty Su-30SM fighters located in Crimea with Kh-31 anti-ship cruise missiles. This, in all likelihood, is about the same pair of combat aircraft that simulated an attack on a US Navy destroyer when the latter entered the waters of the Black Sea.

In the video footage presented by the Zvezda TV channel, you can see a couple of Russian combat aircraft that closely monitor the sea space near the Russian borders. In the video you can see that the aircraft are armed with X-31 anti-ship cruise missiles, moreover, the hit of only one such missile will be enough to disable the American warship, and in the case of launching two missiles, the latter is guaranteed to receive critical damage and will be destroyed ...

It should be noted that in connection with the appearance of an American warship in the waters of the Black Sea, a closed zone of several thousand square kilometers was established along the Russian coast, while the destroyer is constantly in the zone of destruction of Russian coastal missile systems.