The Americans simulated the crash of the MQ-9 Reaper drone off the coast of Crimea

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The American television channel CBS released a video in which it tried to simulate what happened the day before with the MQ-9 Reaper drone and its fall into the Black Sea. According to the announcer, the disaster was provoked by two Russian Su-27 fighters.

The video explains that the aircraft of the Russian Air Force made 19 flights to the UAV within half an hour, releasing fuel in its immediate vicinity and thus trying to disable the drone. One of the aircraft hit a drone, and the latter fell into the water.




The New York Times also wrote about the incident. From its pages, one of the representatives of the military command of the United States told about what happened.

According to him, the UAV took off on the territory of Romania and headed towards the Crimea. The drone was observing 75 miles (about 121 km) southwest of the peninsula, while at an altitude of 25 thousand feet (about 7,6 km). The UAV had equipment on board that made it possible to track the necessary objects from international waters.

Further, Russian planes approached the drone and began to drain fuel, which greatly surprised the US military, who followed the events near the Crimea from the Ramstein base in Germany.

The publication also noted that many in Washington are concerned that such an incident could lead to a military escalation between the United States and Russia.
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  1. Ulan.1812
    Ulan.1812
    +4
    15 March 2023 12: 20
    What difference does it make, they shot down and did the right thing.
    There is nothing for Americans to do at our borders.
    And in general Reaper "knocked himself down." laughing
  2. zzdimk
    zzdimk
    +2
    15 March 2023 12: 21
    Not eco-friendly, but effective! And you can drop steel cables 1-3 mm long up to a meter.
  3. Jstas
    Jstas
    +3
    15 March 2023 12: 23
    ... aircraft of the Russian Air Force made 19 flights to the UAV within half an hour, releasing fuel in its immediate vicinity ...

    The blizzard is driven by "the most just media in the West." It is impossible to do so many circles around a flying spy in half an hour.
    But Oboss*** is good! Respect VKS!
    American-style democracy-fascism that changed sex!
  4. Dmitry Volkov
    Dmitry Volkov
    +1
    15 March 2023 13: 33
    All this is bullshit until the enemies show the real video from the drone’s camera, all this is speculation, and no one has touched this drone, it has a bunch of sensors and all the information from them goes to the remote control in real time. This drone cannot even be destroyed by passing on supersonic next to it, even if the fuel is drained and the engine stalls, the program will give the command to blow and start the engine.
  5. Anton Kuzmin
    Anton Kuzmin
    +1
    15 March 2023 13: 36
    Quote: Dmitry Volkov
    All this is bullshit until the enemies show real video from the drone’s camera, all this is speculation, and no one has touched this drone, there are a lot of sensors on it and all the information from them goes in real time to the pu. This drone cannot even be destroyed by passing on supersonic next to it, even if the fuel is drained and the engine stalls, the program will give the command to blow and start the engine.

    -What is the most important thing to know about the location of Petrov and Basharov at the time of the incident?
    -Ihtamnet! :)
    1. Vdars
      Vdars
      0
      17 March 2023 09: 59
      Test about Petrov and Basharov!
  6. Anton Kuzmin
    Anton Kuzmin
    0
    11 July 2023 14: 43
    Quote from VDArs
    Test about Petrov and Basharov!

    / blushes thickly \ This is not mine! I read somewhere and forgot to put (C). Apparently, he decided that the phrase has long been winged and the FSE already knows that the author is not me! Well, or stupidly thought about the women! So it's their fault, I'm out of business! :)