Russian fighter jet flies close to a U.S. MQ-9 reaper drone over Syria on July 23, 2023. U.S. Air Force via AP/TASS
Moscow Times/AFP: Russia Says Intercepted U.S. Drone Over Black Sea
Russia said Saturday it scrambled an Su-30 fighter jet to "prevent a violation of the Russian state border" by a U.S. Reaper MQ-9 military drone over the Black Sea.
"As the Russian fighter approached, the foreign reconnaissance drone performed a U-turn away from the border," the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The ministry said the drone belonged to the U.S. Air Force. "The Russian aircraft returned safely to its airbase, there was no violation of the border," it added.
Incidents involving Russian and Western aircraft have multiplied over the Black Sea and Baltic Sea in recent months, as Moscow pursues its offensive in Ukraine.
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Update: Russia says fighter jet dispatched in response to U.S. reconnaissance drone detected near border (Meduza)
WNU Editor: There are advantages and disadvantages to deploying drones .... Russia Damaged Another MQ-9 Reaper, Proving Drones Are ‘Easier to Deploy and Easier to Destroy’ (Popular Mechanics).
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Putin's cruel revenge: Russia bombs BLOOD BANK in Kharkiv after Kremlin's blunt threat of retaliation for Ukrainian drone attacks on warships
Another day, another russian war crime
US drones can carry aa missles. The russkys better stop now
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Not so fast peat moss.
Damaging a machine is one thing, shooting down another country's aircraft is another.
But go ahead hot shot..shoot away. See what happens next. What will happen first will be all aircraft will now be fair play. As a matter of fact it would probably make the Russians happy if you shot down one of their jets with a drone.
That would give them the excuse to shoot down all NATO drones in the area of operations.
Yes, no more drone surveillance for you. You just lost one of your biggest Intel assets.
Think before you act.
probably using harvested russian pow blood--or harvested pensioner blood 🩸 to sell on the world market.
Or the usual--munitions or troops located adjacent or under.
The Hauge won't be big enough if Putin ever faces it
Russia continues to test U.S patience , should be the headline
The Russians don’t want to meet no f22s
ruskies this and ruskies that,
all we know
is that fazman's big and fat
US A OK 👍🏻
madman in a bunkers hills
star wars 2024 big attack look out
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