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Why am I hearing strains of "Off we go, into the wild, blue yonder…"?Interesting....
US drone crashes after encounter with Russian jet
The US says the two aircraft collided over the Black Sea, but Russia says there was no contact.www.bbc.com
A Reaper for an A-50.Escort shmescort. Let's go a-huntin'!
It may come to that.It's a shame escorting those missions would be such a difficult mission to mount.
Hell yeah they don't want to mess with the U.S.!Antonov said that both the US and Russia need to be "extremely cautious" moving forward, and that Russia is not looking for a conflict with the US, the news agency reported
It may come to that.
Last October, Russian jets "accidently" launched missiles at a British RC-135 over the Black Sea and are now escorted by Typhoons.
Of course, Moscow stated that they were also in the "special operation exclusion zone", which is a bullshit statement because A) their special operation is illegal and, B) international airspace is not negotiable.
The U.S. has four bases in Bulgaria, one in Plovdiv and one near Yambol but I don't recall the other two.I'd read Moscow's objection. I suspect if a couple of F-15Es based in Bulgaria had been around this may not have happened. Getting their approval would be the hard sledding. The Eagles, with conformal tanks, no bombs, and fully capable of air intercept could do this.
Hopefully State Dept gets to work on this.
On both sides. For now.Those Pringles tanks.
Is a shame that Rusia didn't came forward with the nuclear threat, what a disappointment.The Russian Ambassador to the US has claimed America's stance on the Reaper issue is a "provocation." I'm shocked! SHOCKED, I tell you!!!!
Russia's ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, was cited by Russian media following his meeting with US officials.
He said that Russia views America's handling of the drone incident as a "provocation", according to the state-owned RIA-Novosti news agency.
Antonov said that both the US and Russia need to be "extremely cautious" moving forward, and that Russia is not looking for a conflict with the US, the news agency reported
.In related news, the US is working to declassify data from the Reaper which, hopefully, will prove the argument one way or the other:
US Department of Defense spokesperson Brig Gen Pat Ryder has said that officials are working to declassify footage from the incident.
It is unclear if it was captured by still images or video, or how the footage was captured.
If released, however, it will likely offer more details about what occurred.
Source for both: BBC
I wonder how much unusual attitude recovery training those drone drivers get, and how much distance lag there is in the sensors and control commands. Sometimes recovery efforts have to be immediate, before things get terminal.Why am I hearing strains of "Off we go, into the wild, blue yonder…"?
The U.S. has four bases in Bulgaria, one in Plovdiv and one near Yambol but I don't recall the other two.
So I'm willing to bet that if they wanted to provide escort, it wouldn't be an issue.
The MQ-9 is most likely operating out of one of those bases, or perhaps Romania.