US Reaper Drone and Russian Su-27 collide over international waters

[SoonerP226]

The story by the admin assumes that most Americans are stupid.

Well, they might have a point there.

 

[Snattlerake]

Good question. I don't know but I'd think they would be unarmed with no self destruct for political reasons. Some government could say they were being attacked by an armed drone?

There was some uniform that was saying they wiped the operating system before it hit.

 

[JEVapa]

I doubt it

 

[TedKennedy]

About the United States' credibility when talking about Russia and surveillance..... Francis Gary Powers.

 

[JH47]

Risking a front-line fighter and pilot to take out a drone doesn't sound like a cost-effective plan.

It does sound very Russian, though.

Su-27 cost $30million
MQ-9 cost $32 million

 

[Jcann]

Footage

 

[Judi]

Was the US drone supplying reconnaissance data for Ukraine to target Russian forces and territory?​

https://www.americanthinker.com/blo..._to_target_russian_forces_and_territory_.html

Tucker goes there -- predicts a hot war with Russia (and maybe China) leading to wartime crushing of political dissent​

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Great, a nuclear war will start because a toy plane was bumped out of the sky and the neighborhood bully took it home.

 

[Aries]

Here is the thing.... there's a good chance that one side or the other is lying about where it was, what it was doing there, and what actually happened. But there's a really, really, REALLY good chance that both sides are lying.

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

You know - It looked like to me that the Russians didn't realize that our drones have all-seeing all-swiveling instantaneous upload cameras.

♫♫ They're on candid camera! ♫♫

Woody

EDIT: And that fuel dump stunt? I don't think it would have done more than boost the power to the drone's engine. It would have been a good fuel/air mixture by the time it would have been ingested.