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US Plane Shadows Russia Warships Near Allied Territory

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A U.S. Navy maritime patrol aircraft shadowed two Russian warships as they transited a major waterway in East Asia on Wednesday .

A photo published on Friday showed a group of American sailors conducting maritime domain awareness operations near the Tsushima Strait , which lies between South Korea and Japan .

The "Poseidon" maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft began conducting missions from Japan on April 8 .

The Varyag and Marshal Shaposhnikov , both armed with missiles and guns, passed through the waterway on Wednesday and Thursday .