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The US operates drones successful planetary airspace astir Ukraine, and a Russian combatant pitchy has deed 1 – an MQ-9 Reaper drone – successful an incidental the US subject is calling “unsafe and unprofessional”
By Leah Crane
14 March 2023
An MQ-9 Reaper drone has collided with a Russian plane Chon Kit Leong / Alamy
A Russian combatant pitchy has deed a US military drone implicit planetary waters, crashing the drone. The MQ-9 Reaper drone and 2 SU-27 trade were each flying supra the Black Sea, and according to the US military’s European Command, the Russian planes dumped substance connected the drone and flew successful beforehand of it dangerously, and yet 1 of them deed the drone’s propeller, forcing the US to bring down the drone.
“This unsafe and unprofessional enactment by the Russians astir caused some craft to crash,” said US Air Force commandant James B. Hecker successful a press release. He besides stated that the drone was “conducting regular operations” and that this incidental volition not halt US craft from operating successful planetary airspace. Drones similar this 1 person been operating implicit the Black Sea since good earlier the opening of the Russia-Ukraine war to show the concern successful Ukraine.
According to the US National Security Council’s John Kirby, it is not uncommon for Russian planes to intercept US craft successful this area, and determination person been different intercepts successful the past fewer weeks, but this 1 was peculiarly unsafe.
“This incidental follows a signifier of unsafe actions by Russian pilots portion interacting with U.S. and Allied craft implicit planetary airspace, including implicit the Black Sea,” said the US European Command property release. “These assertive actions by Russian aircrew are unsafe and could pb to miscalculation and unintended escalation.”
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