The American warships that launched cruise missiles at Syria last week
were sailing in waters experiencing levels of Russian naval activity
not seen since the Cold War, a top U.S. military official said.
The USS Ross and the USS Porter fired 59 Tomahawk missiles from the Mediterranean Sea, which separates Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
Navy Admiral Michelle Howard said those
waters, as well as other seas around Europe, have experienced a worrying
spike in Russian naval activity in recent years.
"We're seeing activity that we didn't even see
when it was the Soviet Union," Howard told Reuters in an interview late
Saturday.
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