This.

I swear some of you must be hormone raging 15 year olds, who feel rather than think.  This kind of thing was common enough during the Cold War, they are playing a game.  Play the game and don't blink.

For that they would need a blue water navy that travels the world.

In the 1980's I was stationed aboard USS Midway. She was convention carrier (not nuclear) who's keel was laid down in WWII.

In order for a carrier to launch and recover aircraft when it's windy the ship turns into the wind. There was a Russian destroyer that was shadowing us preventing us from making the turn into the wind. Since Midway weighed a factor of 20 times more than the destroyer the "law of gross tonnage" dictates that they're suppose to get out of our way. They wouldn't and every time we'd speed up they would. So we took our plane guard and did a little basketball move call the pick-n-roll. Our plane guard which was a little frigate got between us and the Russian and we rolled down wind. The frigate kept the larger destroyer at bay while we made enough distance to turn into the wind and launch. Once the Phantoms and Intruders were up they put on a little airshow for the Russians.

One of our armed helo's hovered off the deck of the Russian destroyer flying backwards with the rotor blades likely not more than 20-30 feet from the bridge of the Russian. The helo was well over the top of the deck of the Russian. This was a distraction for the Russian crew as a pair of F-4 Phantom II's climbed up and out of sight into the clouds +25,000 feet up. The Phantoms then turned and started a dive down towards the Russian. The helicopter broke and flew back towards and then behind Midway seconds before the pair of Phantoms now flying + Mach 1 broke the sound barrier over the Russians. The skipper of Midway passed the word on the 1MC PA system giving us a few seconds warning. A pair of fighters breaking the sound barrier 100 to 200 feet away is louder than anything I've ever heard before or since in my life. It makes a short barrel rifle sound like a pop gun. Tons and tons of energy shaking the Russian ship and crew. Seconds later a pair of armed Intruders flew by the Russians loaded with anti-ship missiles. They flew straight and level just above the wave tops until passing the destroyer where they flipped up and rolled exposing their underbelly and all the weapons to the Russians.

They left us alone after than circus. As ship's video photographer I took video of everything. I wasn't back down in my shop for more than five minutes looking over the footage when the intelligence officer came in and took the video tape.

Back in the 1980's the Russian Bears and Badgers would come out on simulated cruise missile attacks and that made the news. What didn't make the news was that our E-2 Hawkeyes caught the inbound bomber formation +200 miles away (but that's well within their missile range) and vectored our CAP (combat air patrol) to escort the bombers in and out. I had photos taken by our fighter pilots of the Russians and American aircrews clowning with each other. A tail gunner on a Russian aircraft holding up a can of Coke and giving the thumbs up. A pair of F-4's flying with their wingtips almost touching the Russian aircraft. A Russian pilot holding up a sign saying Hi! and giving a thumbs up.

Aircraft know it's suicide to approach within Standard Missile range of one of our warships.

Even 1% is enough to kill tens of millions of Americans .... not something I'd accept in retaliation for something that's pretty routine in the Navy.