USA published this Thursday a video that demonstrates, as they say, that the interception of a US drone over the Black Sea by russian planes was “unsafe” and “unprofessional”. Russia denies its responsibility in the incident from which the North American country indicates that the drone’s propeller was damaged, which forced it to be shot down.
He 42 second declassified video was edited but nevertheless a sequence is seen in which a su-27 plane approaching the drone with MQ-9 propeller and releasing fuel as it passes. In the film record, it is seen that the Su-27 makes another pass and throws fuel again.
from that momentthe video is cut for 60 seconds. That, according to the US military, was because the Russian plane hit the drone. When the image returns, the drone is already seen without a part of its propeller.
Impact of the incident and the video
The crossing between the drone and the plane generated a escalation in the existing tension between Moscow and the West since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
The general Mark Milley, Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staffaffirmed last Wednesday that it is not clear if the collision was done on purpose but stressed that the “aggressive behavior” was intentional.
For his part, Russia said it will try to recover the remains. While on the US side, Milley said the drone probably broke up and sank. in an area where the water is between 1,200 and 1,500 meters deep.
In addition, although Russia manages to recover the remains, from the United States they affirm that measures were taken to protect confidential information. “We’re pretty sure that everything that had value is now worthless,” Milley said..
The United States uses the MQ-9 so much for look out as for attack. And in the Black Sea the main task has long been to monitor the Russian naval forces. In that framework, in recent years several drones have been lostincluding one that the United States Central Command says was shot down over Yemen with a surface-to-air missile in 2019.
Source: Ambito
