Posted on 03/16/2023 3:48:08 AM PDT by Syncro
Russian fighter jet forces down US drone after collision over Black Sea
https://nypost.com/2023/03/14/russian-fighter-jet-forces-down-us-drone-after-collision-over-black-sea/
The MQ-9 Reaper was brought down in international waters after its propeller was struck by one of two Russian Su-27 aircraft that conducted an “unsafe and unprofessional intercept,” US European Command (EUCOM) said in a statement. It is believed to be the first time since the height of the Cold War that an American aircraft crashed as a result of an encounter with a Russian warplane.
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>> LOL, the drone was moving “provocatively”.
It was pole dancing.
Here’s another thread about this incident:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4138526/posts
From Fox News.
Oh pleez...we’re always putting our guys in the sky when Russia has planes anywhere near Alsaka...and we complain that the Russians are being antagonists.
The U.S. pushing for WW3 using ANYTHING they can find | Redacted with Clayton Morris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68tBEE_bUYA&ab_channel=Redacted
> Suppose a Russian drone were 40 miles east of Norfolk, flying west. <
As was noted elsewhere, that drone would be operating legally. However, your comment is still on point.
Back in 1963 the Soviet Union attempted to set up missiles in Cuba. Cuba gave them permission, and at no time did the Soviets violate US airspace or US territorial waters.
Yet the United States went crazy, and threatened a naval blockade. JFK simply would not allow such an intrusion in our backyard. Yet we get all offended when Putin acts kinda like JFK did. After all, the Black Sea is in Putin’s backyard.
No one should misunderstand my post. Putin became a war criminal the instant he invaded Ukraine. He’s no JFK. Instead I’m pointing out the rank hypocrisy here. The US can respond to provocations. But evidently Russia cannot.
Post #25 correction: The Cuban missile crisis was in 1962.
The Black Sea is in Ukraine’s front yard.
Doesn’t anyone get it? The Russian jets essentially urinated on our drone. I imagine the Russian pilots got a bunch of yuks out of it. It’s not an escalation on the part of Russia any more than both the US and Russia buzzing each others’ war ships and skirting close to territorial waters were. We sent our Reaper toward Russian territory and they peed on it. No deaths involved. And a Reaper is small potatoes in monetary value compared to our taking out Nord Stream 1 and 2. Big nothingburger, really. Unless you’re Linda Graham.
LOL +1
Ha ha lol
Does an unmanned device have the same rights of navigation in international waters / airspace as a manned vehicle?
After all, there is no "navigator" in the device.
Perhaps it can be regarded as performing an economic function, collecting intelligence, in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Russia?
Is the legal status of UAVs and equivalent surface and submersible vessels settled?
“Suppose a Russian drone were 40 miles east of Norfolk, flying west.”
Then so long as it stays in international airspace it should be left alone.
—”After all, there is no “navigator” in the device.”
Usually referred to as a “remote pilot” working from a “remote pilot station, RPS”
And at the time of the event the RPS was in contact with the ATC in Turkey; all SOP.
Like nobody expected that to happen huh Moe.
US says drone recovery difficult as Russian ships at crash site
03/16/2023 4:33:39 AM PDT · by tlozo · 63 replies
Aljazeera ^ | 16 Mar 2023 | Unnamed
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4138527/posts
US video shows moment Russian fighter jet collides with US drone
03/16/2023 4:17:48 AM PDT · by tkocur · 110 replies
Foxnews ^ | 16 March 2023 | Timothy H.J. Nerozzi , Paul Conner
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4138526/posts
Russian fighter jet forces down US drone after collision over black sea
03/16/2023 3:48:08 AM PDT · by Syncro · 34 replies
nypost ^ | March 14, 2023 | By Samuel Chamberlain, Ben Kesslen, Caitlin Dornbos
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4138524/posts
Video of Russian SU-27 fighter jet colliding with MQ-9 drone
03/16/2023 3:36:58 AM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 28 replies
Rumble ^
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4138522/posts
Russian leadership approved aggressive actions of jets that damaged U.S. drone, U.S. officials say
03/15/2023 6:48:28 PM PDT · by McGruff · 62 replies
NBC News ^ | March 15, 2023 | Courtney Kube and Carol E. Lee
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4138476/posts
Hi DayDrinker. When you sober up, why don’t you read up on past brushes between US and Russian military assets? And check out my #28:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4138524/posts?page=28#28
We were trying to provoke this. The drone in question was armed with 8 hellfire missiles and was close enough to the coast that it could have struck Russian targets in almost no time.
The Russians didn’t shoot it down - although it probably would have been a legitimate target - but just impeded its operations.
Why does Biden want a war?
Because his donors want it?
It’s pretty simple (and very funny). See my #28:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4138524/posts?page=28#28
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