[durt]

Russian fighter jet forces down US drone over Black Sea after intercept.



A Russian fighter jet forced down a US Air Force drone over the Black Sea after damaging the propeller of the American MQ-9 Reaper drone, according to a US official familiar with the incident

[kellyhound]

Antonov, who was inside the State Department for a little over half an hour, said Assistant Secretary Karen Donfried conveyed the US’ concerns about the incident and that they “exchanged our remarks on this issue because we have some differences.”

“It seems to me that it was a constructive conversation on this issue. I have heard her remarks, I hope that she has understood what I have mentioned,” Antonov said.

He also claimed that Russia “had informed about this space that was identified as a zone for special military operation.”

“We have warned not to enter, not to penetrate,” he said, asking how the US would react if a Russian drone came close to New York or San Francisco.

Antonov reiterated a denial issued by the Russian Ministry of Defense on the incident. They denied the Russian jet had come into contact with the drone in a statement earlier on Tuesday, saying the fighter jets “scrambled to identify the intruder” after detecting it over the Black Sea, adding that the drone “went into an unguided flight with a loss of altitude.”

“The drone flew with its transponders off, violating the boundaries of the temporary airspace regime established for the special military operation, communicated to all users of international airspace, and published in accordance with international standards,” the ministry said.

[pawndawg]

Sneaky Yankees

[houseoftechno]

Wow, a newscast by a snooty CNN c*** and a farting CNN d***. I am so happy that was posted, but I couldn't get past 2 seconds of the d***.

[WonderMomma]

Durt/Kellyhound, thanks for posting about this.

This is also posted in the war section with regular updates in the following posts if anyone is interested (in order by date posted):

https://www.documentingreality.com/f...ml#post7866288
https://www.documentingreality.com/f...ml#post7866722
https://www.documentingreality.com/f...ml#post7867078
https://www.documentingreality.com/f...ml#post7867974
https://www.documentingreality.com/f...ml#post7868170
https://www.documentingreality.com/f...ml#post7868514

[durt]

After they denied hitting the drone, this footage was released.
You can see the bent prop after the last pass.

[William May]

Need to start installing 10 lbs of high explosive on the drones, so if the operator sees this happening, he can detonate the explosive, and thus prevent an accident from happening.
Of course, if the intercepting aircraft is excessively close, there could be collateral damage as well.
But I'm sure the Russians would never get too close, would they?