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Posted: 3/14/2023 1:10:06 PM EDT
A Russian fighter jet has collided with an American Reaper drone over the Black Sea, the US military confirmed today.
The US military said a Russian fighter jet clipped the propeller of the drone, forcing the US to bring it down over the Black Sea. A Pentagon official told Al-Jazeera that the collision occurred after two Russian fighters tracked the American hardware 'in an unprofessional or safe manner', the news organisations Arabic language Twitter account said. One Western source said earlier that an investigation was underway to check whether the drone had been shot down in the area of intense NATO military activity close to the Ukraine war frontlines. It was quickly confirmed that a collision had occurred between a US-made MQ-9 Reaper and a Russian Su-27 fighter jet. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11859443/Russian-fighter-jet-CRASHES-Reaper-drone-Black-Sea.html |
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Quoted: A Russian fighter jet has collided with an American Reaper drone over the Black Sea, the US military confirmed today. The US military said a Russian fighter jet clipped the propeller of the drone, forcing the US to bring it down over the Black Sea. A Pentagon official told Al-Jazeera that the collision occurred after two Russian fighters tracked the American hardware 'in an unprofessional or safe manner', the news organisations Arabic language Twitter account said. One Western source said earlier that an investigation was underway to check whether the drone had been shot down in the area of intense NATO military activity close to the Ukraine war frontlines. It was quickly confirmed that a collision had occurred between a US-made MQ-9 Reaper and a Russian Su-27 fighter jet. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11859443/Russian-fighter-jet-CRASHES-Reaper-drone-Black-Sea.html View Quote |
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Quoted: Playing chicken with an unmanned aircraft? I really hope they try that again. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: A Russian fighter jet has collided with an American Reaper drone over the Black Sea, the US military confirmed today. The US military said a Russian fighter jet clipped the propeller of the drone, forcing the US to bring it down over the Black Sea. A Pentagon official told Al-Jazeera that the collision occurred after two Russian fighters tracked the American hardware 'in an unprofessional or safe manner', the news organisations Arabic language Twitter account said. One Western source said earlier that an investigation was underway to check whether the drone had been shot down in the area of intense NATO military activity close to the Ukraine war frontlines. It was quickly confirmed that a collision had occurred between a US-made MQ-9 Reaper and a Russian Su-27 fighter jet. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11859443/Russian-fighter-jet-CRASHES-Reaper-drone-Black-Sea.html lol no shit...Ruskies aren't the brightest. |
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Looking at a photo of the mq-9, clipping the propeller will clip a lot of other important stuff too.
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Did the russian fighter go down too? A reapers prop is kinda small and tucked in the aft of the a/c
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Is really unfortunate that I don't believe that there was a collision. I simply don't believe anything our government says anymore.
Was our drone taken out by Russia jets and we don't want to escalate so we're blaming it on a collision? |
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from twitter
A "Incident" has happened involving a US-made Reaper drone flying over the Black Sea. An investigation is underway to determine whether it was shot down, western military sources say - AFP The drone has disappeared from radar. |
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I wonder if this was their way of fucking w/ it and trying to take it down w/o shooting at it and openly commiting an act of war.
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Quoted: from twitter A "Incident" has happened involving a US-made Reaper drone flying over the Black Sea. An investigation is underway to determine whether it was shot down, western military sources say - AFP The drone has disappeared from radar. View Quote Has the drone operator been offered grief counseling? Or does he get a Purple Heart? |
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Ukie simps are jerking furiously over the prospect of escalation...
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Quoted: I'm not an aviation engineer, but I would think that a mid air collision would also bring down the Jet. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I wonder if this was their way of fucking w/ it and trying to take it down w/o shooting at it and openly commiting an act of war. They didn't slam into each other, the Russian was probably trying to tip the drone over to make it crash. |
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Where’s the video? I can’t believe there isn’t a 360 camera view on these things. Shit, a fucking Hyundai has 360 view when parking.
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EUCOM OFFICIAL STATEMENT “Two Russian Su-27 aircraft conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept with a U.S. Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance unmanned MQ-9 aircraft that was operating within international airspace over the Black Sea today. At approximately 7:03 AM (CET), one of the Russian Su-27 aircraft struck the propeller of the MQ-9, causing U.S. forces to have to bring the MQ-9 down in international waters. Several times before the collision, the Su-27s dumped fuel on and flew in front of the MQ-9 in a reckless, environmentally unsound and unprofessional manner. This incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional. "Our MQ-9 aircraft was conducting routine operations in international airspace when it was intercepted and hit by a Russian aircraft, resulting in a crash and complete loss of the MQ-9," said U.S. Air Force Gen. James B. Hecker, commander, U.S. Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa. "In fact, this unsafe and unprofessional act by the Russians nearly caused both aircraft to crash." "U.S. and Allied aircraft will continue to operate in international airspace and we call on the Russians to conduct themselves professionally and safely, Hecker added. This incident follows a pattern of dangerous actions by Russian pilots while interacting with U.S. and Allied aircraft over international airspace, including over the Black Sea. These aggressive actions by Russian aircrew are dangerous and could lead to miscalculation and unintended escalation.” |
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If we are providing ISR for the Ukrainians , the enemy may not like that and act accordingly. It's happened before in Thailand with US Air Force personnel guiding B52 bombers onto Hanoi ( different circumstances , but similar )
The enemy gets a vote. The inability of the Russians to do much about it does speak volumes about their capabilities and confidence. However our getting splashed and not doing shit does the same for us. |
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I wonder what evidence they have that shows it was a collision and not shot down by the Flanker's 30mm
There probably isn't any. This is the official story we need to keep the 'peace' with Russia |
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CNN is says it was "forced" down
CNN This story is breaking and will be updated. Russian and US aircraft have operated over the Black Sea during the course of the war, but this is the first known such interaction, a potentially dangerous escalation at a critical time in the fighting. Ad feedback The Reaper drone and two SU-27 Flanker jets were operating over international waters over the Black Sea when one of the Russian jets intentionally flew in front of and dumped fuel in front of the unmanned drone, according to the official. One of the jets then damaged the propeller of the Reaper, which is mounted on the rear of the drone, the official said. The damage to the propeller forced the US to bring down the Reaper in international waters in the Black Sea. A Russian fighter jet forced down a US Air Force drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday after damaging the propeller of the American MQ-9 Reaper drone, according to a US official familiar with the incident. |
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Quoted: Oddly enough that isn't what is happening but that never stops you from posting bullshit now does it. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Ukie simps are jerking furiously over the prospect of escalation... Triggered? Have some Bounty. |
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Quoted: If we are providing ISR for the Ukrainians , the enemy may not like that and act accordingly. It's happened before in Thailand with US Air Force personnel guiding B52 bombers onto Hanoi ( different circumstances , but similar ) The enemy gets a vote. The inability of the Russians to do much about it does speak volumes about their capabilities and confidence. However our getting splashed and not doing shit does the same for us. View Quote Maybe the payback should be taking out the Russian's bridge into Ukraine. |
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What do you think it feels like to get your Reaper rammed out of the sky? Does the operator get sent home for the day and cry about it in the shower? Does he say "Oh well, lost another one" and go get a cup of coffee?
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When the Iranians tried to shoot down a drone we started putting fighter escorts on them. Curious how it will go this time. Maybe the faggot Biden will apologize, who knows. I’m sure all the Ukraine bros are happy though as this gets us closer to a shooting war with Russia. They won’t be fighting Russia, of course, but those Reddit clips they watch from mommy’s basement will be sweet.
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I mean, I guess it's a collision with the cannons on the SU-27. No shot a fighter collides with the tail prop of a reaper and not go down itself.
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Looks like president shit his pants will need to two scoops of ice cream tonight after dealing with all this stress.
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Quoted: A Russian fighter jet has collided with an American Reaper drone over the Black Sea, the US military confirmed today. The US military said a Russian fighter jet clipped the propeller of the drone, forcing the US to bring it down over the Black Sea. A Pentagon official told Al-Jazeera that the collision occurred after two Russian fighters tracked the American hardware 'in an unprofessional or safe manner', the news organisations Arabic language Twitter account said. One Western source said earlier that an investigation was underway to check whether the drone had been shot down in the area of intense NATO military activity close to the Ukraine war frontlines. It was quickly confirmed that a collision had occurred between a US-made MQ-9 Reaper and a Russian Su-27 fighter jet. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11859443/Russian-fighter-jet-CRASHES-Reaper-drone-Black-Sea.html View Quote |
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Any of you reading this (but not any members here of course, that would be a CoC violation) who either voted for Biden, didn’t vote for trump because of feelz or bumpstocks or whatever faggot reason, or just didn’t vote at all because of muh principles:
Go fuck yourselves. You’re the reason shit like this is happening. |
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Maybe we should send another one aloft and have some fighters nearby to escort it…….. or send another into the area and send a Teledyne-Ryan Firebee into the area and when the Russkies get too close, let the Firebee fly in front of the Russian
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