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Jake 11 minutes ago
“In Soviet Russia Plane Crashes itself”
Regardless, reality is the US lost a sophisticated drone, just like the Ukies losing four provinces, can’t change the facts.
Many be the US will learn we have no business fighting a war 6,000 miles away.
No collision.
Why aren’t these things outfitted with a “self-destruct switch”, to blow it to bits, controlled by whomever’s flying that drone.
Friends, from the texture of the drone, the reflection of light and air flow, the unnatural sound of the fighter cabin and the difference in speed at that height, it is clear that the video is fake!
In addition, it is the wingtip of the American F/A-18 Super Hornet, not the… https://t.co/qaJ3ZzhiQl pic.twitter.com/CU8i7wtMsa— Koba (@Roberto05246129) March 15, 2023
These things happen when at war...oooo I’m not supposed to say that out loud am I?
The evil war pigs have been pilfering our republic since Viet Nam and have no regard for anything except a dollar and walking on the backs of we peasants. These Godless ____’s are going to escalate to WWIII ...
At the end it appears to reboot and still going
“On the second try, the jet collides with the drone’s rear propeller”
The Russkie jet was nowhere near the propeller. I do not see how it would be possible to damage one tip of one propeller blade and not have a massive and fatal collision of the two vehicles.
I thought we were already officially at WAR with Russia? Didn’t we declare WAR against Russia as soon as we started giving weapons and military aid to Ukraine? I think so, We chose a side and joined them in their war, that my friends makes US legitimate targets for Russia to attack.
With that being said, I have very little to NO confidence in anything this administration puts out or says and am more inclined to believe the russians, Crazy I know, but it is what it is.
New tactic. Fly just ahead and in front of drone, release bucket of old bolts. The prop strikes will take it out.
Bimbos for the Deep State?
Impossible. The Kremlin Squad said yesterday that no Russian pilot would be stupid enough to collide with a drone.
This was yet setup to stir up Russian hatred from Russian-hating fanatics like you.
Can anyone explain how the Russian aircraft damaged the drone’s propeller bending it into a “J” hook??? How did it happen? And does the video show damage done to the Russian plane? I can’t imagine an aircraft striking another causing such damage not receiving significant damage??
Fools like Lindsey Graham are determine to start a hot war with Russia, WWIII and nuclear war and it is endangering us all.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/03/was_the_us_drone_supplying_reconnaissance_data_for_ukraine_to_target_russian_forces_and_territory_.html
U.S. drones collect data that Kiev uses to strike Russia, Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said. "We are concerned about the unacceptable activities of the US military in the immediate vicinity of our borders. We are well aware of the purpose for which such unmanned reconnaissance and strike vehicles are used," the diplomat notes in a commentary due to the fact that an American MQ-9 drone crashed in the water area Black Sea.
The MiG pilots are trying to get the drone to fly through the dumped fuel. The fuel, going into the engine inlet could cause the engine to flame out.
My guess is that the engine would not flame out. Even if it did, the drone would have an air-start capability.
The pilot was a newly recruited female prison inmate.
Mar 16, 2023
Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for March 16, 2023:
- Russian warplanes intercepted and apparently clipped the propeller of a US MQ-9 drone carrying out surveillance near Crimea;
- The US has no means of recovering the drone, though Russia may have an opportunity to recover it;
- While the drone operated in international airspace according to the US, it was collecting intelligence on behalf of Ukraine as part of ongoing hostilities, as a party of the conflict and thus threatening Russian national security;
- Bakhmut continues to face encirclement;
- The Western media has begun admitting to the grim deterioration of Ukraine’s forces under the weight of Russia’s strategy of attrition;
- Ukraine has lost the majority of troops trained by NATO over the last 8-9 years;
- Ongoing NATO training is rushed, incapable of meeting or exceeding Russia’s pool of trained manpower;
- Ammunition and weapons are also admittedly running out;
- Ukraine may or may not be diverting reserves for an upcoming spring offensive to instead fight in Bakhmut;
- Any possible counteroffensive around Bakhmut might indicate just how badly deteriorated Ukraine’s forces have become;
It would be difficult to hit the propeller without striking the Elevator.
The prop in the Final frames Does exhibit damage.
A Ruskie Hot Shot Pilot forsure!
One the russian jet didn’t ram the drone. It dumped fuel on it, like a dog pissing on a fire hydrant. Second, the drone was in the Russian air defense identification zone with it’s transponder off. Just as the USA had full right to shoot down the Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of south Carolina, so too did the Ruskies have a right to shoot down a drone with it’s transponder off. As another poster has already commented, maybe we ought not be spying on a country 6,000 miles away over a conflict that is none of our business.