What happened to the US drone that was shot down near Ukraine? | – #happened #drone #shot #Ukraine
MOSCOW, March 15 (Reuters) – Russia and USA In the Black Sea USA made various statements regarding the shooting down of the drone of his intelligence.
Below are two accounts:
USA WHAT HE SAID:
The United States announced on Tuesday that one of its MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance and surveillance drones was shot down by a Russian Su-27 fighter jet. According to the US Department of Defense, a Russian fighter jet shot down the drone’s propeller, forcing US forces to take the drone down.
“Several times before the collision, the Su-27s recklessly, environmentally unprofessionally and unprofessionally refueled and flew in front of the MQ-9”, the US Military Weather Forces Europe and Africa Military Weather James B. Hecker, commander of the forces, said.
“In addition to being unsafe and unprofessional, this incident demonstrates incompetence,” Hekker said.
The United States said that the drone international weather while carrying out normal operations in the space Russia plane was caught and shot by
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WHAT RUSSIA SAID:
Russia said that the MQ-9 is unmanned plane It flew near Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, and moved towards the territories that Russia considers its own.
“At around 9:30 Moscow time, as a result of a sharp maneuver, the MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle lost altitude and went into an uncontrolled flight and collided with water,” – Russia Ministry of Defence said.
Russia said the drone’s transponders had been disabled and fighter jets were searching for it.
“The Russian fighters did not use airborne weapons, did not come into contact with the drone and returned safely to the home airfield.”
Russia in the United States ambassador Anatoly Antonov said that drone combat is unacceptable.
“The unacceptable actions of the US military near our borders are a cause for concern,” Antonov said. “We know very well what missions such reconnaissance and strike drones are used for.”
“For example, if a Russian strike drone appears near New York or San Francisco, the United States Military How would the Air Force and Navy react? Antonov asked.
According to him, the United States should stop flying drones so close to “Russia’s borders”.
WHAT IS THE MQ-9 REAPER DRONE?
According to the US Air Force, the Reaper is “primarily an intelligence gathering asset and secondarily a dynamic execution is used against its targets”.
“Given its significant headroom, wide-range sensors, multi-mode communications suite and precision weapons, it provides a unique capability to strike, coordinate and conduct reconnaissance against high-value, fast and time-sensitive targets.” says the air force.
“Fasters can also perform the following missions and tasks: reconnaissance, surveillance and reconnaissance, close air support, combat search and rescue, precision strike, friendly-lase, convoy and raid over-surveillance, route clearance, target development and terminal air guidance.
“The MQ-9’s capabilities are uniquely suited to conduct irregular combat operations in support of the combatant commander’s objectives.”
Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; Edited by Robert Birsel
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2023-03-15 13:27:30
Source – reuters
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