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Russian jet collides with US drone over Black Sea
BBC ^ | 3/14/2023 | BBC

Posted on 03/14/2023 10:06:46 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

Russian fighter jet collides with US surveillance drone over Black Sea, forcing US to bring down drone, US military says

This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: bidendronesonfr; blacksea; drone; notourwar; russia; u2garypowers
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To: MeganC
can’t believe a Russian fighter pilot would be so incompetent ...

you sure about that?

Russian troops (probably drunk) shot down an unarmed civilian airliner, for no reason, in August 2014, with an anti-aircraft missile

knowing Russia, I wouldn't rule out incompetence yet ...


21 posted on 03/14/2023 10:24:24 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: MeganC
The russkies have been doing this kind of crap since WWII


22 posted on 03/14/2023 10:25:06 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: marcusmaximus

Watch as all the America Hating Putin Stooges immediately blame The US.


23 posted on 03/14/2023 10:27:12 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Ronaldus Magnus

Good point. The escalation is already well underway and we are already at the point where a simply miscalculation could ignite an uncontrollable sequences of events.

Elections have consequences.


24 posted on 03/14/2023 10:27:18 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Ronaldus Magnus

> the drone may well have been acting as a combatant in this war and therefore it could have been a legitimate military target <

What are the probability that this drone was being used for military purposes? I’m guessing that it’s around 99%. So, yeah. Russia has a reason to be upset. In a way, it would be like if Russia had a drone operating in the Caribbean to help cartels sneak into the U.S.

Anyway, what will Field Marshal Biden do? Maybe he’ll order USAF fighters to protect the drones.

Post #4 has got it right.


25 posted on 03/14/2023 10:27:52 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: MeganC

Looks like the US brought down their own drone itself.


26 posted on 03/14/2023 10:28:55 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Berlin_Freeper

How about Post 13. Your thoughts on that? Thank you.


27 posted on 03/14/2023 10:29:03 AM PDT by John W (W)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Forte10 Global Hawk drone taunted Putin with a flyby last week while he was in Sochi for his cancer treatments. I thought it was too much, actually.


28 posted on 03/14/2023 10:29:05 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: Vision

I noticed that, too. WTH does the environment have to do with it?


29 posted on 03/14/2023 10:33:09 AM PDT by telescope115 (My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars. A Man, and proud of it!)
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To: marcusmaximus

Don’t tell me the rest of the story. Jo Jo Bidet was piloting the drone on Russian Spy Balloon patrol.


30 posted on 03/14/2023 10:36:26 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("I may be a white boy but I'm not stupid". - FJB at Black "History" event. Tell 'em Jo Jo!)
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To: John W

My thoughts didn’t change.


31 posted on 03/14/2023 10:39:19 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: pierrem15

The Russians know they are dealing with cowards, idiots and morons and that there will be no consequences........................


32 posted on 03/14/2023 10:40:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: marcusmaximus

I hope the US drone pilot punched out in time.

Oh, wait a minute...the drone pilot just got up, went down the hall and took a leak.

Never mind...


33 posted on 03/14/2023 10:41:10 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus
If it was a legitimate military target, the Russians would have shot it down, not accidently collided with it while trying to harass it.

MQ-9 Drone:


34 posted on 03/14/2023 10:44:07 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: marcusmaximus


Whoa! This is a problem.

Could we send Ukraine another, say, twenty billion dollars?

Would that fix the problem?

Could someone call Lockheed Martin or McDonnell Douglas or maybe someone at Burisma to see if that might fix the problem?

We've always been at war with Eastasia. Now that victory is in sight we can't afford to falter!


35 posted on 03/14/2023 10:45:17 AM PDT by golux
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To: dfwgator
"...reckless, environmentally unsound and unprofessional manner.

You want "environmentally unsound"? Take a look...

What freaking idiot would put "environmentally unsound" in there? Who cares? The Russkies dumped some fuel. That is 0.00000001% as bad as what's going on elsewhere. Our DOD is focusing on minutiae again, just like WOKE crap.

36 posted on 03/14/2023 10:45:58 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (The government's lying liars love to lie)
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To: Yo-Yo

Dumping fuel on it was a first try....unfortunately it didn’t ignite the engine so a different approach was required...it got shot down.


37 posted on 03/14/2023 10:47:17 AM PDT by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads and Grumpy Grandads.)
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To: telescope115

Well obviously EVERYTHING! You just WAIT until Putin receives his sternly worded letter, complete with a sneering picture, from Scoldilocks.


38 posted on 03/14/2023 10:48:25 AM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: marcusmaximus
“Struck the propellers”? Plural? As in more than one propeller? MQ-9 Reaper drone...

And it still could fly with its only prop damaged? And a slightly careless Russkie pilot got that close. Sure.

39 posted on 03/14/2023 10:48:55 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (The government's lying liars love to lie)
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To: McCarthysGhost

‘Some people did something’


40 posted on 03/14/2023 10:49:12 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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