Russian and US drones collide: Pentagon releases video showing warplanes crashing into MQ-9 drone in Black Sea
The U.S. military released a dramatic video Thursday morning showing a Russian fighter intercepting and then colliding with an American MQ-9.reaping” Drone crashed in the Black Sea on tuesday. The US has accused Russia of operating its fighter jets in a “dangerous and unprofessional” manner. Russian-occupied Ukraine’s Crimea.
On Wednesday, a senior Russian official said Moscow would try to recover the remains of the drone. The wreckage likely sank thousands of feet into the Black Sea, he said.
“It’s the property of the United States,” Millie said Wednesday at a Pentagon press conference.
Officials told CBS News that Russians have arrived at the crash site and will likely be able to collect some of the wreckage, which looks like chunks of metal.
“I am convinced that what was valuable is no longer valuable,” he told reporters.
The video (above) released by the Pentagon on Thursday, captured by the MQ-9’s camera, shows the fighter plane first making a short pass before making another pass, allegedly hitting the drone’s propeller. is showing. Camera footage is briefly lost after what appears to be a collision, but returns to show what the Air Force said was propeller damage from the strike.
In a statement accompanying the video, the Air Force said a Russian jet “dropped fuel on the MQ-9’s propeller and collided with it, forcing the U.S. military to lower the MQ-9 into international waters.”
The video, released by the U.S. Army’s European Command, was “edited for length but depicts events in sequence,” the statement said.
Speaking to reporters this week, Air Force Brigadier General. Gen. Pat Ryder did not say whether the drone was armed, calling it the MQ-9, but not the Reaper, another name. It has operated aircraft from Europe to the Middle East and Africa.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that alongside Millie, he spoke with Russia’s Sergei Shoigu after the incident in the Black Sea, but the U.S. Defense Secretary did not provide details of the conversation.
“The United States will continue to fly and operate as long as international law allows. Russia has an obligation to operate its military aircraft in a safe and professional manner,” Austin told a news conference.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Shoigu told Austin that the clash was ” [U.S.] Intelligence activities against the interests of the Russian Federation” and “non-compliance with the restricted flight zone declared by Moscow during the ongoing war in Ukraine”. Occupied by Russia since 2014 and claimed as its sovereign territorysticks out into the water.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it would react “appropriately” to US “provocations” in the region, saying that “US strategic unmanned aerial vehicle flights off the coast of Crimea are provocative in nature, and that it is an offensive.” It creates a precondition for escalation,” he warned. situation in the Black Sea region. ”
“Russia has no interest in the development of this situation, but will continue to respond proportionately to any provocations,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Eleanor Watson of CBS News contributed to this report.
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The U.S. military released a dramatic video Thursday morning showing a Russian fighter intercepting and then colliding with an American MQ-9.reaping” Drone crashed in the Black Sea on tuesday. The US has accused Russia of operating its fighter jets in a “dangerous and unprofessional” manner. Russian-occupied Ukraine’s Crimea.On Wednesday, a senior Russian official said Moscow would try to recover the remains of the drone. The wreckage likely sank thousands of feet into the Black Sea, he said.”It’s the property of the United States,” Millie said Wednesday at a Pentagon press conference.
Officials told CBS News that Russians have arrived at the crash site and will likely be able to collect some of the wreckage, which looks like chunks of metal.”I am convinced that what was valuable is no longer valuable,” he told reporters.The video (above) released by the Pentagon on Thursday, captured by the MQ-9’s camera, shows the fighter plane first making a short pass before making another pass, allegedly hitting the drone’s propeller. is showing. Camera footage is briefly lost after what appears to be a collision, but returns to show what the Air Force said was propeller damage from the strike.
In a statement accompanying the video, the Air Force said a Russian jet “dropped fuel on the MQ-9’s propeller and collided with it, forcing the U.S. military to lower the MQ-9 into international waters.”The video, released by the U.S. Army’s European Command, was “edited for length but depicts events in sequence,” the statement said.
An image taken from a video released by the U.S. military on March 16, 2023 shows a Russian fighter approaching a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 drone over the Black Sea, just before colliding with the drone. It shows what the Pentagon said was forcibly brought down on March 14, 2023. The image was captured by a camera aboard the MQ-9, the Pentagon said.
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Speaking to reporters this week, Air Force Brigadier General. Gen. Pat Ryder did not say whether the drone was armed, calling it the MQ-9, but not the Reaper, another name. It has operated aircraft from Europe to the Middle East and Africa.U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that alongside Millie, he spoke with Russia’s Sergei Shoigu after the incident in the Black Sea, but the U.S. Defense Secretary did not provide details of the conversation.
“The United States will continue to fly and operate as long as international law allows. Russia has an obligation to operate its military aircraft in a safe and professional manner,” Austin told a news conference.
An MQ-9 Reaper drone flies during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base, Indian Springs, Nevada, November 17, 2015.
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The Russian Defense Ministry said Shoigu told Austin that the clash was ” [U.S.] Intelligence activities against the interests of the Russian Federation” and “non-compliance with the restricted flight zone declared by Moscow during the ongoing war in Ukraine”. Occupied by Russia since 2014 and claimed as its sovereign territorysticks out into the water.
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it would react “appropriately” to US “provocations” in the region, saying that “US strategic unmanned aerial vehicle flights off the coast of Crimea are provocative in nature, and that it is an offensive.” It creates a precondition for escalation,” he warned. situation in the Black Sea region. ” “Russia has no interest in the development of this situation, but will continue to respond proportionately to any provocations,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.Eleanor Watson of CBS News contributed to this report.
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