Russian jet collides with US drone in international airspace over Black Sea, official says

So the Russians have resorted to the theft of aircraft downed in the sea.
I guess they had to up their game from stealing washing machines.

I guess it's open season now. Perhaps someone should go fetch the Russian warship (now submarine) Moskva, out of the water
 
buka001 said:
Really?

What causes the loss of footage at this point?

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The reaper has a satellite uplink pointing upwards so it may be the body of the aircraft causing enough interference to break the connection. Think along the lines of DSTV and a thunderstorm.

Edit: Note that you can see some of the interference on the first pass as well.
 
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Grant said:
So the Russians have resorted to the theft of aircraft downed in the sea.
I guess they had to up their game from stealing washing machines.

I guess it's open season now. Perhaps someone should go fetch the Russian warship (now submarine) Moskva, out of the water
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Why would anyone want to fetch such rubbish out of the ocean?

It will be average housing for the low income fish.
 
Anyone noticing the similarity here?

US confirms spy objects from China in thair airspace -> Russia claims (i'm sure falsely) the Drone had the transponder turned off and was in their airspace.

US shoots down the spy balloons -> Russia takes down the drone.

US recovers the spy Balloons for research to help us stay more secure -> Russia says she's going to salvage the drone from the Black Sea

This is just a tit-for-tat between terrorist buddies Putin and Xi. They should spend their time on something more constructive.
 
neoprema said:
Anyone noticing the similarity here?

US confirms spy objects from China in thair airspace -> Russia claims (i'm sure falsely) the Drone had the transponder turned off and was in their airspace.

US shoots down the spy balloons -> Russia takes down the drone.

US recovers the spy Balloons for research to help us stay more secure -> Russia says she's going to salvage the drone from the Black Sea

This is just a tit-for-tat between terrorist buddies Putin and Xi. They should spend their time on something more constructive.
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Yeah except this didnt even happen in Russian airspace but rather international.
 
Grant said:
So the Russians have resorted to the theft of aircraft downed in the sea
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they state it crossed into territory that's been communicated from the outset as off-limits and too close to their military installations

so ... the Russians destroyed an invading enemy military aircraft, what they do with the wreck is nobody else's business

would you also like to moan about the many US artillery systems and humvee's they've captured in Ukraine? it's a war zone, military equipment represent primary targets
 
Unhappy438 said:
Yeah except this didnt even happen in Russian airspace but rather international.
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neoprema said:
Yep.
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wrong, Russia claims Crimea and Russia defined up front where it draws the line in the skies given that it is war time

what the US wants to believe is international and who the US believes Crimea belongs to is not part of the equation at all, they flew a spy drone into a war zone, stupid moves win stupid prizes
 
neoprema said:
Yep.
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The incident also has to do with super poor training of russian pilots. They dont get anywhere near the hours required and when they do you get drunken incidents like this video where they crash into a drone.
 
Grant said:
It must have some salvage value
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Yeah one of these guys might be interested

wastepicker1_66028.jpg
 
neoprema said:
Anyone noticing the similarity here?

US confirms spy objects from China in thair airspace -> Russia claims (i'm sure falsely) the Drone had the transponder turned off and was in their airspace.

US shoots down the spy balloons -> Russia takes down the drone.

US recovers the spy Balloons for research to help us stay more secure -> Russia says she's going to salvage the drone from the Black Sea

This is just a tit-for-tat between terrorist buddies Putin and Xi. They should spend their time on something more constructive.
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did YOU notice the similarity?

there is a common factor to both those cases you detail ... it is hilarious that you don't see it despite being the one to type it out :ROFL:

which country is named in both incidents?
 
NarrowBandFtw said:
they state it crossed into territory that's been communicated from the outset as off-limits and too close to their military installations
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So the Russians think they can just declare and make things up as they go along.
Did the incident the incident to take place in international air space & over international waters?
NarrowBandFtw said:
so ... the Russians destroyed an invading enemy military aircraft, what they do with the wreck is nobody else's business
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It's someone else's property lying in international waters. Not theirs to steal.
NarrowBandFtw said:
would you also like to moan about the many US artillery systems and humvee's they've captured in Ukraine? it's a war zone, military equipment represent primary targets
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Ukraine - is not Russian territory.
 
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