Russian Su-27 Fighter Jet Fforces Down US Drone Over Black Sea

 

Daily Mail: US SUMMONS Russian ambassador as Moscow DENIES its fighter jet collided with American Reaper drone in international airspace and sent $32M unmanned spy plane crashing into Black Sea after dumping fuel on it 

* US military said a Russian fighter jet clipped the propeller of the MQ-9 drone 

* Crash forced the US drone down over the Black Sea in a total loss of the aircraft 

* US slams Russian fighter pilots as incompetent, unsafe and unprofessional 

The State Department has summoned Anatoly Antonov, Russia's ambassador to the US, to voice protest after a Russian fighter jet collided with and destroyed an American Reaper drone over the Black Sea. 

US officials said the MQ-9 surveillance drone was downed early on Tuesday following an 'unsafe and unprofessional intercept' in international airspace by two Russian Su-27 fighter jets. 

Pentagon officials said the Russian fighters harassed the drone by dumping fuel on it and flying in front of it, before one Su-27 clipped the propeller of the $32 million drone, forcing it down over the Black Sea in a total loss of the unmanned aircraft.  

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WNU Editor: Here is the Pentagon briefing on this incident .... WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing after reports Russian war plane hits U.S. drone over Black Sea (PBS/AP). This pretty well sums up how the Pentagon is responding to this "incident" .... Russia Goes Kinetic With U.S. in Skies Over the Black Sea, and the USAF Response Is Unbelievable (PJ Media). 

Russian Su-27 Fighter Jet Fforces Down US drone Over Black Sea 

US military drone crashes into Black Sea after Russian intercept -- Reuters  

Russian fighter jet forces down US drone over Black Sea -- CNN  

U.S. had to crash drone in Black Sea after damage from Russian jet -Pentagon -- Reuters  

Russia claims US drone maneuvered sharply, crashed into water -- The Hill  

US surveillance drone conducting 'routine operations' struck down by Russian fighter jet over Black Sea -- ABC News Australia

Mutual accusations after Russia downs US drone over Black Sea -- France 24  

White House's spokesman: drone incident was unsafe, unprofessional, reckless -- Reuters 

Russia pilots reckless in drone collision - US -- BBC  

Russian jet’s collision with U.S. drone sparks diplomatic flurry -- Politico  

What’s known and not about US drone-Russian jet encounter -- AP  

US accuses Russia of downing drone over Black Sea: What we know -- Al Jazeera  

Factbox: What happened to the U.S. drone downed near Ukraine? -- Reuters  

MQ-9 Reaper: what is the US drone that collided with a Russian jet and how is it used? -- The Guardian  

The $32million Reaper drone taken out of the sky by Russia: Unmanned aircraft is fitted with Hellfire missiles, can fly for 20 hours at 300 mph - and was used by the CIA to kill Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri -- Daily Mail



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