US Air Force UAV crashed in the Black Sea: Americans declare Russia's fault

March 14 2023

On March 14, two Su-27 fighters of the Russian air defense system carried out “unsafe and unprofessional” escort of a US-owned MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance and strike drone, which was on a mission (mission) in international airspace over the neutral waters of the Black Sea. The US European Command (USEUCOM) informed the public about this.

According to the mentioned military department, the incident occurred at 07:03 CET.

Our MQ-9 was conducting a routine operation in international airspace. He was hit by a Russian aircraft escorting. This led to the crash of the drone, to its irretrievable loss.

- stated in the communiqué regarding an intriguing incident.

Note that American drones have literally settled in the skies over the region, developing unimaginable activity in the past few years. They are constantly in the airspace of Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and Georgia, as well as over the Black Sea, flying up to the Russian coast. Over the past time, they have really made civil aviation a nightmare, repeatedly appearing in the immediate (dangerous) proximity of airliners flying with people on board.

Therefore, it is not surprising that one day some drone caught on something with its propeller. It is necessary to carefully observe the rules for the use of airspace and flight safety. When one screw, putting it out of action leads to the inevitable loss of the device.

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Offline Plush Sergeant

Plush Sergeant 14 March 2023 20: 48

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It is not clear where the accusations of unprofessionalism of drone operators, command staff, sounding from every iron? After all, the creation of the prerequisites for LTP is obvious.
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  goncharov.62 (Andrei) 14 March 2023 21: 40
  
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  To LTP? Agree!
Offline Pro100

Pro100 (Vladimir Babaev) 14 March 2023 21: 13

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It's a very debatable question who hurt whom. And claims about safety and professionalism do not stand up to scrutiny.
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  kapitan92 (Vyacheslav) 14 March 2023 23: 04
  
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  Quote: Pro100
  It's a very debatable question who hurt whom. And claims about safety and professionalism do not stand up to scrutiny.
  
  Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
  
  In order to identify the intruder, fighters from the air defense forces on duty were raised into the air. As a result of sharp maneuvering around 9.30 (Moscow time), the MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle went into uncontrolled flight with a loss of altitude and collided with the water surface.
  
  It is added that the fighters did not use any weapons against the American drone and did not come into contact with it:
  
  The Su-27 fighters returned safely to their base airfield.
  
  According to the channel's info telegrams, Black Sea Fleet forces are already working in the fall zone. Raise, you can learn a lot of interesting things. The Persians used 100%.
Offline usm5

usm5 (George) 14 March 2023 21: 30

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This is where you need to declare with a stupid muzzle on your face that Russia is not to blame for anything here. They say you yourself are to blame, you need to drink less. And there is absolutely nothing for you to do there.
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  Akor (Andrei) 14 March 2023 21: 43
  
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  I agree, it is necessary to present it to any Americans, and so that their brains would boil, include the clause in the note of protest - "well, let's tell: how did you overtake? how did you cut it?))))
Offline Colonel Kudasov

Colonel Kudasov (Leopold) 14 March 2023 21: 46

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This is a pro-Ukrainian group, don't go to a fortune teller. So tell the States
Offline serivolkf1

serivolkf1 (sergey wolf) 14 March 2023 21: 53

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good news!
Offline calligrapher Lev_Nikolaevich

calligrapher Lev_Nikolaevich (Dmitriy) 14 March 2023 22: 04

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The fact that the screw broke does not mean that we hit it.
There are no idiots, butting with the BBLA. Here the crow would not miss the engine.
It is enough to create an overload for him, flying on a collision course.
Reaper probably bravely went to the ram, in the forehead).
The operators were betting - "bet he opens first?"
Turned away. Screw at the car for 30 lyam am.chatlov.
The bet was won, but there is no mind ..
Online Vladimir Tuzakov

Vladimir Tuzakov (Vladimir Tuzakov) 14 March 2023 22: 05

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Finally, a clear message and so on to act. So this Reaper also carries impact weapons, a bird of prey has flown. And who is to blame, because the UAV itself ran into the Su-27 peacefully flying on its course, claims against the United States about the unprofessional control of the UAV with the creation of emergencies - and write in a note to the US Foreign Ministry.
Offline boriz

boriz (boriz) 14 March 2023 22: 46

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I was simply touched by the presentation of the news by Ekaterina Andreeva.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin/80453
How she tried not to cry...
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  borisvt (boris) 15 March 2023 08: 53
  
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  Dadada, I support absolutely, she was amazing!
Offline ZZZhuruk

ZZZhuruk (Irina Zhuruk) 14 March 2023 22: 47

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Why do we really have to justify ourselves?
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  boriz (boriz) 14 March 2023 22: 51
  
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  No, but what:
  Who blew up the joint venture? USA: "Not us."
  Who shot down the MQ-9? RF: "And he himself fell into the water."
  By the way, they have already managed to pick up in the water. And then God forbid drown.
  The Romanians were rocking on helicopters, but they flew 100 km and returned. Well its...
Offline trampoline instructor

trampoline instructor (Cotriarch Peril) 14 March 2023 23: 09

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Therefore, it is not surprising that one day some drone caught on something with its propeller.

The victim spontaneously hit the defendant's knife with his chest 3 times in a row, which led to injuries incompatible with his life.

US Air Force Europe and Africa Commander Gen. James Hecker claims that "several times before the collision, the Su-27 dumped fuel and flew in front of the MQ-9 in a reckless and unprofessional manner." He added that because of this, the American drone's propeller failed and it fell into international waters, Sputnik Near Abroad reports on its Telegram channel.
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  trampoline instructor (Cotriarch Peril) 14 March 2023 23: 31
  
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  The statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation says that on the morning of March 14, in the area of the Crimean peninsula, an American UAV flight was recorded in the direction of the state border of the Russian Federation. It is also reported that the drone was flying with transponders turned off and “violating the boundaries of the airspace use regime area.” In this regard, fighters from the air defense forces on duty were raised into the air.
  
  The Russian Defense Ministry says that as a result of a sharp maneuver, the US drone went into uncontrolled flight, lost altitude and then collided with water.
Offline lord-palladore-11045

lord-palladore-11045 (Konstantin Puchkov) 14 March 2023 23: 19

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How many different MQ-9 Reapers have divorced - there is nowhere for a flock of sparrows to fly!
Offline Yuras

Yuras (Yuras) 14 March 2023 23: 19

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When it’s necessary for an American layman, then here’s a ball for you when there’s a problem with banks, here’s an MQ-9 for you, don’t feel sorry for looking there, evil Putin, and at this time, while everyone is looking up, Uncle Sam is rummaging through their pockets.
Offline tsoy.alex2015

tsoy.alex2015 (alex tsoy) 14 March 2023 23: 29

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if it were the USSR now, the entire Black Sea would long ago have been dotted with downed Amer drones and reconnaissance aircraft, the Russian authorities are afraid to fart on them, they feel at ease at home. probably the pilot, on his own initiative, crashed without a command ...
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  trampoline instructor (Cotriarch Peril) 14 March 2023 23: 38
  
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  if it were the USSR now, the entire Black Sea would long ago have been dotted with downed Amer drones and reconnaissance aircraft ...
  
  Yes, yes, on September 01, 1983, in the Far East, the USSR sowed the sea with the contents and wreckage of a South Korean Boeing, so then the scream and stench were everywhere for several months.
  1. Online Vladimir Tuzakov
    
    Vladimir Tuzakov (Vladimir Tuzakov) 15 March 2023 00: 14
    
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    (Counterarch P.) Yes, then the leadership of the USSR managed to do it out of cowardice and servility. (I remember those days). Our pilots acted correctly, the United States set up a provocation, instead of a long loitering reconnaissance aircraft, the United States slipped a civilian Korean (with a clearly bribed pilot). Radars do not distinguish belonging, the targets split into two, and one went into violation of the border, and it was shot down. Scouts with equipment often hid under civilian aircraft. The whole problem is already in the rot of the leadership of the USSR, which began to apologize - they violated the border, they saw warnings (Our planes fired in bursts at the warning course), they ignored the landing orders, they were shot down, they did it right. The perpetrators of the US in the provocation and the victims (as always), but US propaganda has turned everything upside down.
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      trampoline instructor (Cotriarch Peril) 15 March 2023 08: 29
      
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      Yes, then the leadership of the USSR crap out of cowardice and servility. (I remember those days).
      
      - then there was the USSR adored by you (and not only).
      - at its head was Andropov, beloved by many
      - there was one plane that fired in bursts, and then fired with a racket (lieutenant colonel Osipovich).
      
      Conclusion: you drive all sorts of shnyag here
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        Vladimir Tuzakov (Vladimir Tuzakov) 15 March 2023 20: 08
        
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        (Counterarch P.) Pilots fly on missions in pairs (for the slow-witted). Shot down by one pilot, usually the leader. More education, less empty aplomb for you to wish. I remember this and what happened in the press of the USSR, and by what do you judge, today's fake propaganda?
        
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        svit55 (Sergey Valentinovich) 15 March 2023 20: 42
        
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        From the duty link, one crew is raised. And they raised one against the Korean. And the fact that they apologized later is normal diplomatic games. (I’m not going to argue, I myself am an air defense pilot, and in 70-80 I accompanied enemies over the seas, as I was aware of)
        
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      YES UZH (YES) 15 March 2023 21: 27
      
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      Pilot Vasily Tsimbal served in the Far East, here he spoiled the blood and nerves of adversaries, then flying at a low altitude with a stream of air, he would dump a helicopter not fixed from the deck into the water, then he would pour kerosene on the take-off deck. And when he was transferred to the Kola Peninsula, there the Norwegian "Orion" tore off the propeller blade, not to mention other "dirty things", came off and spread rot from the heart, the adversaries returned home with full diapers.
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    Carmela (Carmela) 15 March 2023 11: 47
    
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    Quote: Trampoline area instructor
    On September 01, 1983, in the Far East, the USSR sowed the sea with the contents and wreckage of a South Korean Boeing, so then there was unmeasured screaming and stench from everywhere for several months.
    
    There were people in the Boeing, and the drone is the drone. Shoot down and knock down. And it is better to intercept control and plant where necessary. Russian hackers, hey!
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      trampoline instructor (Cotriarch Peril) 15 March 2023 23: 13
      
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      There were people in the Boeing
      
      People were inside the plane, therefore, they can be denoted by the word "contents".
      
      Shoot down and knock down.
      
      He flew himself over international waters. Why shoot him down or intercept something?
Offline speed4fun

speed4fun (Carlo da campo) 14 March 2023 23: 53

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Having followed all the air activity and provocations of the USA and England on the territory of Russia for more than twenty years, I must say that provocations are always provoked by the same ones (USA, GB) ... after the provocation, Russia reacts and it sends its ships or bombers in revenge .. .but very rarely have I seen the opposite. same with Iran, the Persian Gulf is not in the Gulf of Mexico as the US would like.
Offline rotkiv04

rotkiv04 (Victor) 15 March 2023 00: 22

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finally decided to at least answer the challenges of pindocni
Offline viktor goblin

viktor goblin (viktor goblin) 15 March 2023 02: 34

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It will not be enough!
Offline Constantine N

Constantine N (Constantin N) 15 March 2023 11: 48

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Well, let's say Russia splashed down a drone, but what's the point? they will send a new one and will have to shoot down with combat means on an ongoing basis.
more benefits for the US. Can be used as an excuse for something.
Offline Andrey Andreev_2

Andrey Andreev_2 (Andrey Andreev) 15 March 2023 12: 31

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$ 50 billion SP-1 plus $ 50 billion SP-2 ... If one drone costs $ 52 million, then how many more do they need to 'land' minus the cost of air-to-air missiles))) No, this will not work, it's easier to flush America and Britain with the help of Poseidons ...
Offline Vlad Petrov

Vlad Petrov (Vladimir) 15 March 2023 12: 33

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Two Su-27 fighters of the Russian air defense system flew side by side without touching the cultural apparatus MQ-9, and suddenly this apparatus twitched in different directions and fell into the Black Sea. Cho they apparatchiks cannot work at all with the MQ-9 apparatus. Two Su-27 fighters were surprised, shrugged their shoulders and could not help in any way and flew home. The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed its deep regret to the US Foreign Ministry.
Offline Moscow

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Aerobatics of our pilots! Now we need the aerobatics of our submariners to remove the drone from the bottom of the sea! Divers ahead!
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  trampoline instructor (Cotriarch Peril) 15 March 2023 23: 15
  
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  They've done without your teams for a long time.
Offline golden knowledge

golden knowledge (Gold) 15 March 2023 15: 39

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I myself fell. And in general you need to send them, far and for a long time. And there’s nothing to fly along our borders at all. Everything must be shot down within a radius of 500 km from the border.
Offline Alexander Dutov

Alexander Dutov (Alexander Dutov) 15 March 2023 16: 18

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Against the background of the timid "shooting from a cabriolet somewhere in the direction of the enemy," our aviation looks more than impressive and like an excess of a performer ... For some reason, our leaders immediately recall the apologies of our leaders to the Americans and screams at their own in similar cases, such as bulk on " Yorktown" or blockage of the insubordinate South Korean "Bing" ...
Offline Moscow

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The obvious vulnerability of the MQ-9 drones and others in contact with Russian aircraft was confirmed and revealed - this is the inability to withstand the output jet of a jet fighter. This vulnerability knocked the drone out of stable motion and caused the drone to dive down uncontrollably. Such tactics of non-military scrapping of accidentally flown drones should become the standard for the Russian Air Force.
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  trampoline instructor (Cotriarch Peril) 15 March 2023 23: 18
  
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  Such tactics of non-military scrapping of accidentally flown drones should become the standard for the Russian Air Force.
  
  Yeah. And then the Turkish Stream or the Power of Siberia will accidentally explode. And this, too, can become a "standard".
Offline svit55

svit55 (Sergey Valentinovich) 15 March 2023 21: 12

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No one decided on anything! This is a well done pilot, he himself decided to fill up the pin.dosa, and in what way, either by using electronic warfare, or by a wake, or flew up closer to examine the brand of the camera, and the operator saw the pilot's eyes in full screen and twitched, and this is a corkscrew))))