(Finance) – The US Air Force General, James Hecker, commander of US Air Force Europe and Africa, said a Russian jet collided with a US drone over the Black Sea. MQ-9 drone – explained Hecker according to reports from AFP – “was conducting routine operations in international airspace when he was intercepted and hit by a russian plane, resulting in a crash and complete loss of the aircraft.” “This dangerous and unprofessional act by the Russians nearly caused both aircraft to crash,” he added.
A US official familiar with the incident cited by CNN, explained that the reapers and two jets Su-27 Flankers they were operating in international waters on the Black Sea when one of the Russian jets intentionally flew past and dumped fuel in front of the unmanned drone. One of the jets then damaged thepropeller of the Reaper, which is mounted on the back of the drone. Propeller damage forced the United States to shoot down the Reaper in international waters in the Mar Black.
Joe Biden was informed by the councilor for the national security of the incident, the National Security Council spokesman said John Kirby. “We don’t know what the Russians’ intention was but if the message was to deter our overflights in international airspace over the Black Sea, or our navigation in international waters over the Black Sea, it is doomed to fail,” he said. John Kirby in a telephone briefing.
“There have been other similar wiretaps but this one is notable because it was dangerous and unprofessional” and resulted in the downing of a US aircraft, “so she’s unique in that regard,” Kirby added.