Hear what US did to drone before it crashed into Black Sea

The United States erased sensitive software on the MQ-9 Reaper drone remotely before it crashed into the Black Sea to prevent Russia from collecting secret information, according to two US officials. #CNN #News

[@pontificusvascillious5287]

the first rule in security protocol ... is to NOT talk about security protocol

[@AlexanderBorovtsov]

It's very difficult for Americans

[@k311ydcart3r]

Erasing sensitive data is a basic security requirement for any such system. Revealing that just confirms the US military or intelligence isn't stupid. No harm done. As explained in the video

[@seashackf1]

Or it’s a tactic to convince them it’s a waste of time recovering it.

[@m-cw7er]

@@AlexanderBorovtsov Unlike the sneaky communists 😂

[@ChristoRJ876]

@@seashackf1 it's not a tactics

[@ryansaper]

You'd think it would have a self destruct mechanism too, just incase.

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

Yeah they might thing it would make it look to much Taliban like,

[@religionisapoison2413]

​@@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723 it wouldn't get shot down by the Russians if it looked like the Taliban 🤣

[@oracleofdelphi4533]

Bet it does. Chances are they were saving that button in case the Russians were to get to the hardware first.

[@user-gu2vn8zr2f]

@@religionisapoison2413 The important thing is that Americans are now afraid to fly over the Black Sea...😉

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

@@oracleofdelphi4533 Perhaps they put some Covid20 in it,

[@usmilitarysummary]

My condolences to the Drone families that are affected for the loss.

[@joshuarose9596]

🍺 rip

[@rukus9585]

Sista, this comment was aged and moldy the day the incident happened. Try harder. Try some original thinking, you know, not just repeating what you read.

[@timetothink6150]

@@rukus9585 yawn, go ahead, skippy, show us something more original and funnier then! You know, instead of acting like a hemorrhoid!

[@Vince-jv7tf]

Cringe

[@dylldobaggins4594]

If you like I can give you some free English lessons.

[@87mini]

I'm surprised that they don't have a loop of det cord through the computers, electronic surveillance and imaging equipment as a fail safe and a final trashing of the system after the erase procedure was run. Kind of a final command line that would turn the drone into a quick scrap pile

[@ishure8849]

what about the ability to self destruct with a shrapnel explosive that can also eliminate the aggressor within a thousand feet instantly.

[@stevehines]

Which part of the tard?

[@spvillano]

Det cord won't erase flash, heat would. But, thermite won't ignite very well if the drone is badly physically damaged.

[@nickphillips7319]

Not only that. When the jet clipped It, perfectly reasonable to detonate, and take the f**Ker with it. Now that certainly would be a video to share.

[@87mini]

@@nickphillips7319 My thoughts exactly, a little FOD for the belligerent pricks.

[@SilentSeventh]

Funny how many people all of sudden think they’re General Atomics Reaper drone engineers lol

[@teamtransition9679]

Listen. We are the experts on everything. Get back to work!

[@allaboutperspective650]

@@teamtransition9679 Yeah, we have all the knowledge in the world at our fingertips.

[@barbaradascalos4411]

2023 people have access to AI and Drones.

[@rikudouray]

Welcome to university of KZbin comment section 😂

[@jerryrichardson2799]

Love these comments, voted up!

[@Randy-jz9ox]

It took a selfie and posted it on instagram?

[@Ankit___7]

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[@AnchorsAweighNarooma]

Would have thought it would (drone) have a self destruct system of sentive parts. So if not, I assume that once the data is purged the data storage module does not allow a "undelete" option to the information.

[@bman6502]

Thoughts and prayers to all the drone families.. when will this madness end???

[@Mark-uh7cr]

@Grunion When AI takes over, retribution for the robots will be the priority.

[@athanatic]

This is one of the first times I have seen this critical and standard step covered.

[@markgrudzinski914]

Personally I believe even the hardware recovery would be challenging if not impossible. The drone was at a pretty high altitude when it was damaged and then nose dived into the sea. There's also the corrosive nature of sea water on computer chips and the like. There would also probably be a fairly wide debris field.

[@yesiamarussianbot3076]

So do you believe the FBI could recover the hardware from the Chinese weather balloon, oh sorry I mean the spy balloon which was flying much higher.

[@amzarnacht6710]

The drive and solid state storage devices can handle a bit of salt water. If they were not physically destroyed by impact the data on them can easily be recovered.

[@aaronseet2738]

Eagerly waiting for the second episode. What an exciting cliffhanger!

[@sparkyohms4206]

Show the drone video so there can be no denial

[@FortitudineVincimus]

That might give away the capability of the drone.

[@FortitudineVincimus]

@@bluedragon13063 If I knew then it would be classified, and I couldn't tell you.

[@yonduintiaz5315]

You too idiots don't come and lie 🤣🤣😂🤣 here... Where is hardware

[@SystemKrusher]

It is the bare minimum that I expect from the US military and intelligence services to design systems that erase sensitive data before it falls into enemy hands. From a programmer's point of view it's not hard to code software or firmware that erases itself once a certain trigger occurs. In the drone's case when it self-detects that it's crashing down from the sky. For example, when the altitude during flight suddenly and abruptly drops and the AI decides that it is due to an attack.

[@michaelwachendorf2096]

Right. This is basic and should be a more common sense thing. Honestly if they had a self-destruct on board would be more ideal. For situations exactly like this. Would take down the jet trying to bring it down exactly like this. They the military could say well equipment on the drones a very sensitive so hitting them is going to cause the missles to go off. Then I could be like oh shit that's cool military checking all the boxes. About time. Now I feel like I was robbed for a basic drone.

[@AlexanderBorovtsov]

Все секреты у Байдена в гараже. ALL YOUR SECRETS IN BYDEN GARAGE

[@moorefacts6605]

@@AlexanderBorovtsov Biden=Putin failure, Ivan

[@religionisapoison2413]

​@@AlexanderBorovtsov lmao 🤣

[@ticiusarakan]

@@AlexanderBorovtsov да, и на ноутбуке сына))) ан нет, там только кокс и проституки)))

[@Yavor54]

Other than the mechanical optical systems, the rest of it compiled computer code and chips with no markings on them. Some generalizations could be drawn, but nothing specific.

[@ericwelsh4853]

Maybe they could also add a small EMP device to these drones that can be triggered remotely? It would just need to be large enough to fry the electronics onboard, but small enough so it doesn't cause problems for anyone else.

[@stephen7701]

If they tell you they erased it, it means they didn’t!

[@JohnDoe-vy5hh]

That's a stupid thing to say.

[@buzz5969]

So If they call you dumb does that mean you’re smart?😊

[@RamzDesigh]

​@@buzz5969yeah kinda like when they call you crazy and ur not!! U get it!!!

[@brettdemauna9994]

You will definitely be rewarded 500 Rubles... Goodluck

[@DarkRoomAmbience]

If Stephen says something, it means its wrong

[@M.V.G.SS98]

Everyone know it's never all erased.

[@jf8643]

Nobody asked you

[@alphainfinitum3445]

@@jf8643 You hate to hear the truth because you are of your father the devil.

[@muadhib001]

It's not the entry level Walmart PC you know

[@TwstedTV]

@@muadhib001 EXACTLY !! 😂😂😂 These people think the US Military have Toys R Us gadgets 😂 US Military has the highest if not the best encryption in the world. As well as contingency after contingency after contingency. Lockheed Martin and Skunkworks are NOT stupid, they do know what they are doing. And people need to realize that.

[@inakielguezabal440]

@@TwstedTV bro really said lockhead💀💀

[@eddierada6048]

depending on the drive type on the drone, they can recover the erased data. they should of done a reformat drive with a yes response.

[@truckerjay]

circuit boards will be lined with fosforus in edition to software wipe.

[@knightoftheonedotcom]

never before in history has the United States military been so laughed at

[@BigDsGaming2022]

maga monkey alert

[@eternalskeptic]

LOL by who?

[@floh440]

I think the Russians are pretty laughable!

[@331SVTCobra]

I think Russia is the one getting laughed at. 1. Losing to Ukraine. 2. Economy is in the tank. 3. Bumbling pilots collide with a drone that's flying straight and level.

[@elgentleman6259]

It's one unmanned drone. Not quite the same as, i dunno, half of all your MBTs. And they had aeroplanes. If they hadn't that would be like losing ships to a country without a navy.

[@chrisfehr8403]

Doesn't that just make you feel sooooo safe

[@Julius1225]

Not at all....and btw what the F..k are you doing there? safety? You might have a fast answer...very easy !

[@JimHeil-sf8dc]

this is standard procurer with all electronic equipment , back in 1961 when I was in Navy electronic.

[@flydieselair]

Along with wiping the software it should also have a destruct system available.

[@MartinBrenner]

"This is stolen property" ✔

[@josiahwanjiku9187]

Spoils of war.... 😂

[@skreety0455]

Luxury goods . Rich Man"sToy.

[@ticiusarakan]

что упало то пропало)))

[@user-gu2vn8zr2f]

Je suis un habitant de Crimée et je peux vous dire avec certitude que nous, les habitants de Crimée, avons "volé" nos maisons et nos terres à l'Ukraine ... Vous voulez dire que nos maisons et nos terres ne nous appartiennent pas, mais à ces gens de Kiev et d'Ukraine occidentale qui ont mené un coup d'État anticonstitutionnel en 2014...?😉

[@Gemz0001]

Dronelives matter 🤣🤣🤣

[@greenspointtx5656]

Glad that they were able to erase the sensitive software, but they should've partnered with an ally to recover the hardware!! 👀💯

[@shirajpatel3029]

Data was already collected by Russia when the drone was taken down.

[@cindybraun371]

I use to see these drones over mountains in NC. It was always followed by a fighter jet. Where was the protector jet?

[@Muskiehunter92]

probably over the mountains in NC ;)

[@cindybraun371]

@@Muskiehunter92 ha ha!

[@rasheedh7043]

2 years later: Iran showcases their new drone. 😂

[@discovernow1015]

It was Iran who intercepted a Reaper, took control of it, and then landed it at THEIR air base. Their not as stupid as we’re led to believe. Happened about 5 years ago.

[@sridhar4502]

🤣🤣🤣

[@steeveepee33]

Kind of how the world works. New technologies are developed based on old/existing technology.

[@ProfessorJayTee]

...now only 20 years out-of-date.

[@douglasbrannon6525]

It only takes Iran 6 months to back engineer stuff

[@mydixierekt8431]

Crimea isnt stollen property. Its been Russian since Catherine the Great.

[@theoDSP]

Get lost thief.

[@FanEAW]

to recover the drone underwater at that depth requires heavy duty and special equipment just because of the water pressure down there

[@andymartinez767]

Strange they dont have an incendiary devise on-board for such situations to fry all the hardware as well, especially the sensative stuff

[@creoleboy911]

awww poor drone, i feel so bad for it ...

[@babboon5764]

I WON'T feel bad for the Russian Agressors if the next drone sent out is packed with explosives & a *Proximity Fuse*

[@RaZvAL26]

The United States and their entire unipolar world open your ears and pull the strapons of the State Department out of your ears.for the last time they offer you to solve everything humanly 30 years since we believed you about the non-expansion of NATO to the East, we were white and fluffy, we gave you everything turned into a raw material appendage you did not appreciate our sacrifice and peacefulness, it is a pity that you crossed all the red lines now you have woken up the Russian bear and will be torn apart by 6000 nuclear charges that were saved.we have nothing to lose, you have taken everything from us.poseidons are already waiting you can't get them hypersonic at a speed of 20 mach you have nothing to stop so before it's too late, stop the war, it's you aggressors who have woven an anaconda ring around our neck. Just go away, we don't need someone else.there are legitimate borders following the results of the last World War in 1945, otherwise there will be no winners amen.

[@nueat6]

@cREOLE bOY Most played out comment.

[@criticalbiker1273]

Drones have feelings too. 🤷‍♂️

[@tp-mh2ji]

Look up... There's a drone watching us.

[@YSColin]

No dash cam vid? That'd be hard for the Insurance claim..

[@nevindumandith]

😂

[@mikhaelshadow]

For those who do not know this YOU CAN NEVER delete stuff from your disks which is why the drives with sensitive data are always pulverized to prevent the data from being recovered.

[@infiniterer287]

I don't think they are using "disks"

[@lawrencemitchell5983]

Turkey definitely has naval surface assets that could get there relatively quickly....but underwater salvage would be another matter. I would think we would ask Turkey to get surface ships to the splash down location until we can get underwater salvage resources there which depend on Turkey's control of The Bosphorus Strait anyway.

[@istvanglock7445]

As I understand it, it's only military vessels that aren't currently allowed through the Bosphorus. You would think a salvage ship would be OK - though given its intention, perhaps not.

[@Black-kn9gt]

We already collect that wreck. Our Navy SOF (SEALs) were stationed in there.

[@cleelub]

Turkey just had 2 massive earthquakes. Don’t think they’re doing anything but clean up for awhile.

[@Black-kn9gt]

@@cleelub navy has nothing to do with earthquakes. Army, air force and police units are working in there. We are still living a normal life

[@hapemokenela7388]

Turkey can tell where the winds are blowing, and it's not in the direction of continued American global hegemony.

[@ShR1000]

"Stolen property". Best description ever

[@mathssrilanka]

😂

[@MrG3ST]

“But if I don't steal it, someone else is gonna steal it” - famous fat guy

[@bui3415]

technically

[@curtissartor9500]

Historically ironic

[@Rogerholberg]

Because we all know that nothing remains on a hard drive when you erase material.

[@GodzillaMane]

When they install software factory reset but don’t have a self-destruct feature in case of compromise from foreign possession.

[@davidv.2050]

We could be in the midst of a nuclear attack and KZbin would still run an ad for The Farmers’s Dog Dog Food. 😊

[@SpinDoc420]

why do you hate dogs?

[@SpinDoc420]

lol.. had to

[@ticiusarakan]

youtube have ads?

[@maysville3815]

Iran: "Get us a US MQ-9 Reaper drone we can reverse engineer and we'll give you 50 Shahed-131s for free." Putin: "Deal!"

[@UthpalaBandaradoor]

hahaha good one

[@martinmaina9184]

China is the highest bidder

[@fishyfool]

Iran already got one. they used a man in the middle attack to bring it down during the Afghanistan conflict.

[@russellhamner5150]

Even if it was automatic you can’t wipe a terabyte of information in the amount of time it took to crash

[@bannerman6000]

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

[@tomproctor.archive]

This video isn't complete. It cuts out very inappropriately.

[@generalvc]

Imagine Russia sending drones in the Gulf of Mexico. 🤔 🤔 😮

[@tannerhuxtable6118]

Imagine Russia sending a troll army to KZbin and they all make this same stupid comment.

[@hughjaanus6680]

The russians send fighter jets into UK and others airspace to check reaction times, for years.

[@kennethedwards3095]

There's always useful information to be gathered from an enemy's captured intact recon. Especially one valued in tens of millions $USD$.

[@C4H6As]

I would have expexted a self destruct charge on the drone. An incident like this is always to be expected. Drones by defenition fly near the enemy lines and can get captured. Remember the one that was brought down in perfect shape in Iran some years ago?

[@WorksOnMyComputer]

Why do you think this stuff is so secret? If you cant fab the chips in the thing, you can study it all day.

[@michaelwayne7887]

"You mean wipe, like with a cloth?" _(roaring laughter)_

[@stefanth8596]

Having a self destruct could be a problem when maintaining the air plane.

[@QuietJagung]

USA jet fighter used two missiles that cost USD 400,000 each to shoot down a USD 12 civilian hobby balloon while Russia jet fighter bring down a USD 32 millions military drone without firing a single shot.

[@CONTACTLIGHTTOMMY]

Putin will be paying the 50 million. Frozen Russian assets...thank you.

[@AncientShinrinYoku]

This is because the Russians have run out of ammunition😂

[@rialbanim2001]

@@AncientShinrinYoku vecause they are not as idiot as d american did to send a fucking jet ovver a 12 dollar donuts flying over police cars

[@stargazer7644]

I suspect the damage done to that SU-27 from that collision likely isn't going to be fixable.

[@onlytruthwins-id2pc]

Some reports online say that some helicopters were sent from Romania towards the downing site but were chased away. Some other surveillance aircraft of NATO hovered around the Romanian coastline and tried to monitor the crash site from a distance.

[@SHARKCAT23]

Romanian coastline?its fallen near Crimea, flying in restricted airspace with transmitter turned off, when u people going to realise ur media is feeding u crap, and u have the US shooting down weather baloons, talk about threats lol

[@Ankit___7]

Review my video 😎 smart person

[@VladislavDoroshuk]

Откуда у цыган вертолёт?

[@shamahconstantine9860]

When NATO will provoke Russia ,we will be expecting these kinds of comments.its high time to speak truth and stop taking sides.the NATO's assistance to Ukraine might result to confrontation with Russia. Let's give peace a chance

[@stargazer7644]

"Chased away?" That's international airspace.

[@silvertongue3003]

So if they wiped the software how did they bring it down into the sea, knowing that it actually went down into the sea.

[@indigobluu]

They should have a small detonation device on it also to comprise the structure of the craft.

[@_chaingang_bunkoski]

I want a reaper drone, for home defense

[@user-vj4ih9pp9z]

Until it crashes over your head.

[@SpinDoc420]

you have them.. for HOMEland defense.. and you helped pay for it...

[@_chaingang_bunkoski]

@@SpinDoc420 i know i should be able to take one home to my house to use on my neighbors..😁

[@lawrenceleverton7426]

Why didnt the drone have a self destruct mechanism. You would think for 30 million dollars they would have something.

[@terransunited]

Just get a heavy duty regular drone, and use the propellers to aim for arteries. It's easier to argue in court you lost control of the drone than I didn't weaponize that drone Plus multiple governments are working on small regular drones with shaped charges to attach to helmets/heads and scramble your brain, because it's hard to stop 1000 flies than 1 large condor. Soon a plane or enemy drone like yours could be intercepted by mini drones your scanners aren't designed to detect You are not outcompeting the government funded AI robot swarms

[@LiveMedia123]

I dont get why they dont have a self destruct mechanism on board? you only need 2 parameters to have a trigger like that 1. connection closed 2. altitude rapidly changing if true > self destruct

[@stargazer7644]

They flew the drone into the water. The altitude wasn't rapidly changing. And putting explosives in aircraft that are around personnel and other aircraft is generally rather dangerous.

[@tannerhuxtable6118]

To translate: the drone was not crashing and putting remotely controlled explosives in something is risky. What if your enemy gets his hands on a remote controller? What if your fat uncle sits on the remote controller and accidentally presses the "Detonate" button?

[@sherry8444]

Looking at the terrain in the video, I think drone was a few miles off the southern-most coast of Crimea. And definitely within the ADIZ, and near the limit of international waters.

[@michaelpiscopo3199]

Geez, you'd think we were doing recon for the Ukes or something....

[@robertrichard6107]

The Romanians were sent to get it, but it was out of their territory, I think you're right.

[@joebledsoe257]

They also start a fire using the standard aircraft decoy flares to burn the componentry of all electronics on board. Then ignite explosive devices to further destroy this part of it. This destroys the airframe ability to fly and causes the crash. There is no flash override, once the destruct sequence is initiated. It can be self initated onboard by the craft if it observed damage to itself and can’t talk to Mama at home.

[@jNeal-gj9iu]

Sure...

[@kaxar6954]

Lets tell the truth. That Russian pilot made an expert maneuver and tap that drone sending it into the Black Sea. Only a few pilots have that skill.

[@arthurhenare3016]

The flying tank bumped in it, what a laugh hehehe.

[@stargazer7644]

He blundered blindly into it belly first and got a sliced up aircraft for his trouble. There was no skill displayed in this.

[@daryldaryl913]

He misjudged badly.

[@Smannellites]

Very bad flying. The pilot completely misjudged his approach and was fortunate that his aircraft survived. He may mysteriously fall from a 4th floor window.

[@kaxar6954]

@@Smannellites An American drone crashes in the Black Sea. Russian teams launched a recovery attempt. ICC announced the arrest of Putin. Coincidence?

[@kevinschultz1024]

The drone has remote self destruct capabilities as well. I am guessing that was also engaged.

[@tannerhuxtable6118]

Do you know that for a fact?

[@bannerman6000]

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

[@jimwinchester339]

I very much doubt that's all they did. Modern processors can not only burn EEPROMS (static memory) with programs: they can similarly program addressable programmable gate-arrays - - literally building the peripheral devices around them just prior to booting up their conventional software. Some of these peripherals are standard devices such as I2C,SPI,CANbus or Ethernet interfaces, but many others are custom devices which are the interfaces to Radar devices, the flight control surfaces, the big "gumbal" in the front [camera systems], etc. Such a surveilance aircraft needs to not only erase the software, they need to also destroy all the means by which the processor talks to all the hardware devices connected to it.

[@duncanscott3369]

I agree

[@lokivato]

Yesterday: we need to recover this drone because we don't want it falling into the wrong hands Today: no worries. We ctrl alt del it

[@davec5153]

I wonder how America would react if Russia was flying a drone near America, which was giving targeting information to mexico, if they were at war and Mexico was supplied with modern missiles like Brimstone or Harpoon from Russia?

[@dwmcever]

Russians park Nuclear powered Submarines loaded with Missiles tipped with nuclear warheads 15 minutes off the Coast of the United States. Not quite the same thing.

[@evgeniybastrykov]

But America has not started a war with Mexico, everything is decided at the diplomatic level, isn’t it, unlike Russia, which attacks peaceful cities of Ukraine every day.

[@thorfinsky1427]

War?.......I thought this was a "special military operation"??? 🤔

[@ayoungmanofintrest6763]

US is every where in the world as.we speak...syria..iraq..africa ukraine...us needs to chill and mind their own

[@michaelfranklin4276]

@@dwmcever Do you know what a sphere of influence is? I suppose we're the only power allowed to exercise one.

[@hypersonichobo4263]

I've heard that crashing from 30,000 feet into freezing waters and then being submerged for days at 5,000 feet is something that delicate hardware can totally handle /s

[@Strider9655]

Electronics wise, with power removed and the hardware completely powered down, yes it could last a significant time. Else even just a few millivolts would cause irreversible corrosion damage in a matter of minutes.

[@hypersonichobo4263]

@@Strider9655 follow up, would collision with the water at a few hundred miles per hour likely cause enough damage that subsequent cold water damage would only further exacerbate?

[@Strider9655]

@@hypersonichobo4263 it would depend on construction when it comes to physical impact damage. Water ingress unlikely, I would imagine everything electronic would be inside a hermetically sealed enclosure with external mil grade waterproof connectors, they might even fill the enclosure with some sort of potting compound to make a) completely sealed b) make it near on impossible to disassemble or reverse engineer and c) provide thermal management at an individual component level. I think that's why they didn't care about the actual hardware. I do wonder how long it would take to run a several pass wipe on whatever storage medium it uses, I think it would have to survive a crash in order to have time to finish that process, it's probably running an embedded custom made MS windows platform, XP would be the most stable around the time it was first used in 2001, that or an upgrade to Win 7 embedded, certainly nothing newer than that. Contrary to myth, military hardware is usually decades behind civilian, because stability is the most important factor.

[@MrWoodshoes]

"They wiped it, like with a cloth", where have I heard that before ?

[@drewr2047]

Crimea isn't stolen property LOL, Crimea has been and always will be Russian

[@ms7703]

Don't drink and write.

[@drewr2047]

@@ms7703 Glooks for giving yourself a daily reminder

[@abie4557]

Just checked a map. Cremia is listed as territory of Ukraine.

[@drewr2047]

@@abie4557 LOL wrong map buddy

[@alexbuckle1085]

Still, the radios and sensors can be problematic for foreign intelligence. Good thing we're moving on from that platform.

[@wallyw4965]

Few have been lost in the past, they know what's on them already and best russia can do is desperately buy moped drones from Iran ...best thing was just clearing the software and OS

[@stargazer7644]

All the most advanced ELINT sensors are software defined - all the fancy stuff is now done in software. Wipe the software and if adversaries get the hardware, all they get is an expensive A/D converter.

[@edc1569]

its not the first downed reaper.

[@Ca7iburn]

Who ever decided to cut in the middle of a word should rethink how cuts work... if the next part is not for this video, it could have been cut a few seconds earlier

[@manuelsebastiao4529]

Why not install a selfdistruct system

[@amyochoa1030]

I hope there's something top secret they're not telling us. Because what they're saying is just a slap on the hand. I would think that they would be more intelligent. 😮

[@musicmikeish]

Next time they should make a drone that swims, duh, "spy drone", just in case it gets whacked from the sky with a shovel.

[@franco7928]

"a shovel" lmfao 🤣🤣🤣

[@fintan9218]

Surprised theres not some self destruct type system built into these considering what they do.

[@jonelliott4985]

Erasing it remotely like a mobile phone is standard protocol with such sensitive equipment and data on board such a drone...

[@williamlloyd3769]

Blancolirio KZbin channel posted a video on the Botched Russian Interception of MQ-9 Drone with an interesting pilot perspective. PS - There are several “comments” posted on video by mechanics who worked on MQ-9 that went over what would happen when the prop gets hit and impacted to the power train of the drone. Worth a read.

[@donalbershardt9290]

The Engine Would be Trigured to Shut Off.

[@seanfallon9008]

It’s a prop strike, so the engine is fucked, unless there was a shear shaft, then the prop is disconnected either no more thrust so it’s gonna drop like a rock

[@tyronetrump1612]

@@seanfallon9008 10,000 pound max takeoff weight with wings as long as a 737 - no it's not going to drop like a rock. Prop was feathered and windmilling so the gearbox module and engine were more than likely fine - The q tipped blade prob the only thing preventing it from continuing it's flight unless flight control surfaces on tail were damaged.

[@seanfallon9008]

Feathering a prop and windmilling are not the same thing, so either zero thrust or a fraction of normal rated power equals rapid descent if it has max useful load

[@raygale4198]

@@tyronetrump1612 The blade opposite the pretzel one was out of pitch with the others by near 90 deg. it would have had a very limited flight life.

[@Macfierce1]

These really ought to have self-destruct functionality in them. Not only to get rid of everything, but also to potentially use them as kamikaze drones in the event that you know you won't be able to recover it.

[@stargazer7644]

Putting explosives in aircraft is generally a bad idea.

[@babboon5764]

@@stargazer7644 Tell that to the Bomber Wing As I suggested above - *Pack a few with Explosives & a Proximity Fuse* - Its a *great* idea if criminals are going to inerfere with aircraft in international airspace.

[@johnpyle8027]

@@stargazer7644 Why do we FILL war planes with missiles and bombs then? Meat head!

[@sleepytrucker3454]

Ok, call up the airforce and let them know.

[@stargazer7644]

@@babboon5764 I used to think that people couldn't be this brainless.

[@user-cm6ku6gc2w]

Shock cord wrapped around the circuit boards probably destroyed even the smallest chips on board as the last act before splashing.

[@attica7980]

Removing software may be a lengthy process. When you delete a computer file on a disk, the information stays there, only the links to it are removed. Unless the software was designed in such a way that the removal of a small number of links makes it impossible to restore it, it would seem hopeless to remove the sofware in the short time it took for the drone's computer to lose electrical support due to the crash.

[@alexanderahman4884]

I think your knowledge is a bit dated. This is indeed true for spinning (mechanical) hard drives but not for flash drives. For flash drives it is very much possible to erase all data immediately.

[@maianoguillaume]

@@alexanderahman4884 I'm curious if there are any sort of ghost images though. Data forensics are a really tricky domain. Of course, the little knowledge I have is over 15 years old, hence hopelessly outdated.

[@rmendoza5953]

Not only can the military delete what's on the memory it can fry the electronics before crashing the drone. I use to work for a semiconductor company and even when inspecting the microchips the employees are grounded with a wire so a static spark won't destroy the microchips. Microchips are also brittle and break easily.

[@kukuipupule4415]

u break my pipeline i break your plane

[@sebastiaanl9876]

Pipeline you still crying about a few tubes? Oh wait russia flattened 20% of Ukraine with the people living inside these homes.. but wait Russian people and folks can’t think normally

[@olereidar]

Should have had a couple of AIM-9Xs on that drone.

[@scratchanitch]

Shoulda hit the brakes, he'll fly right by.

[@oracleofdelphi4533]

Russians downing our drone is a much better scenario than if a U.S. drone shot down a Russian fighter. I'm really glad the drone wasn't armed.

[@filibustergaming3848]

@@oracleofdelphi4533 Russians should know their place.

[@alexanderpepkin4110]

Americans should know their place … that’s why the jet literally took a dump on this drone lol

[@user-gu2vn8zr2f]

@@filibustergaming3848 the Americans are already afraid to fly over the Black Sea...😉

[@kollaidloco]

0:54 lol just hear that and that’s all you need to know about this situation 😊

[@NORCALBIKEVLOGS]

should have a self destruct feature blow it up instead of falling into the wrong hands.

[@dvsfreek]

That`s a total crock of shit.. The camera has a hard drive fitted to it to transmit info. that hard drive much like any hard drive. .has a hard disc. .and as such when you delete something you only remove the access link to the file, however its hard encrypted into the hard disk. in effect its still there only the link to it is deleted. .to actually remove the hard copy you would have to physically take the drive and destroy it.. period.. this is simply propaganda to cover up the fact you cant recover the reaper.. SHOULD Russia recover it it can re re-engineered for weak points in its software leaving all of your allies vulnerable to having their reapers taken and dropped from the sky.. plummeting the sales of QR-9 reapers across the world.

[@SilentSeventh]

Move aside everyone, we have a General Atomics engineer among us…

[@jdanon203]

lol ... this fucking guy ... there's always one ... thousand of these guys in every story like this.

[@simonr6793]

Good to hear that you deleted the software from the drone, just a pity you didn't have a small charge within the drone so it could self-destruct rendering it completely useless to the Russians or anyone else!!!

[@ragnar010162]

or self-destruct mechanism (with a large explosion) upon contact with anything while air born, i.e. Russian aircraft. This might deter any hostile air craft from harassing it.

[@allenlovell1604]

Very dangerous thing for Russia to do ! What's next 🤔 playing " Chicken " or "Tag You're It " in the sky ? There will be repercussions from this incident that nobody expects. One thing I think immediately needs to be done is to equip all drones with a self-destructive device , which would blow a drone to smithereens! With only metal confetti to collect ; Russia doesn't get our sensitive information!

[@oracleofdelphi4533]

It's the encryption keys that need to be wiped. We don't want to hand over what would essentially be an Enigma device over to Russia. The hardware means nothing compared to that.

[@deanromanado5850]

If it crashes into the black sea, it is completely broken.

[@blooky102]

@@deanromanado5850 from that height its like hitting concrete, but still the Russians might recover some of it and try to reverse engineer the body portion of the drone and add their own program into it for it to function... but I really hope they wont.

[@1066gaz]

I would imagine sensitive information could still be retrieved with special recovery software.

[@BlazinNSoul]

Depends on how many time it's overwritten!! It's technically possible but i would be surprised if the Military didn't have contingency plans in just such an event of this happening.

[@thomasmaughan4798]

So many people thinking magnetic spin disks. Flash memory is erased all at once ("pages" at a time) and is not recoverable.

[@Davedavinch]

Any tech nerd can tell you that even an erased hard drive or hard disk can be retrieved by a good expert in IT can you reset and it’s still on there it doesn’t get totally erased

[@juliaweber7941]

It seems like the Russia 🇷🇺 pilot 🛩️ leaned out the window and smacked the drone 🚁 with a shovel 🗿....

[@stephenoneill245]

Nah, he was the one that didn't manage to bale out when he got shot down over Bahkmut yesterday. The other one took his shovel with him, but his parachute got stuck in a tree. Must have been the Tularemia (rabbit fever) that's starting to kill more orcs than the Ukies. Sad.

[@lvanvan]

@@stephenoneill245 surely you deserve a shovel sir...

[@josephjuno9555]

They still have the hardware technology and will take it apart to study it?

[@Sebastian-gj9tc]

How do they not have coordinates if it was on flight radar

[@knightoftheonedotcom]

Good Job Pantygon🤣

[@mazitovaliliya1408]

More like PantsGone 😅

[@jrangel118]

Good editing in the end there.

[@D70Dug]

that and the explosive charges in the drone

[@pjdee5879]

A self destruct mode might be an even better option.

[@EppingBlogger]

It is not (just_ sensitive information but the tech inside. A destructive explosive device onboard would be a good idea, I think.

[@edwardweeden8837]

I recommended this several years ago after the Iranians ‘forced down’ a U.S. drone. HOWEVER, any materials recovered could be back engineered and analysed.

[@ssn608]

@@edwardweeden8837 including the Russian jet destroyed when the drone exploded on impact

[@Sohailali1]

The real question is where did the drone take off from?

[@danielmartin7838]

Why is that the real question?

[@ataxpayer723]

It took off from my back yard in Kentucky.

[@farmerdave7965]

@@ataxpayer723 Kentucky ? I hope you never need medical care.

[@ad3mn]

@@ataxpayer723 so the drone has a KFC logo on it.

[@alnwill]

It's a pity that the drone doesn't have a remotely -controlled self destruct (explosive) mode. Even better, a sensor that can be activated to detonate on contact so that it can damage the attacker.

[@jacobgoodstone7572]

Good luck remotely steering a drone into a fighter jet though

[@ishanchopra9827]

Their must be a self distruction mode in the drone.

[@siggifreud812]

If the US can "wipe it clean", remotely, then the Intel / SIGINT collected during the mission can be sent, real-time, via satellite up-link. no need to wait for it to land. the reporter got it wrong.

[@Nick_Jarrett]

"Russias very combative and what they have is pffst" End of video

[@kensmechanicalaffair]

Beautiful.

[@nikobelic4251]

Did people seriously believe there was nothing in place to erase data from its aircraft?

[@bofty]

It probably knows if it’s underwater and will erase itself then too, this is the bare minimum I would expect

[@Bigerockn]

Why can't turkey get the drone?

[@Gemz0001]

Turkey doesn't give a fk about the US!

[@timmy-wj2hc]

Because it is in Russian water.

[@pigloo147]

​@@timmy-wj2hc russia doesnt have water, only vodka

[@stargazer7644]

@@timmy-wj2hc It's over 300 miles from Russian waters. Turkey doesn't have the equipment to do a salvage like that, and even if they did, they're too busy kissing Putin's posterior to do it.

[@WalkOverHotCoal]

The two wise men said : "Russians are becoming more combative". I believe that there is a war happening between Russia and America, despite the fact that the latter is trying its best to deny it. If the US provides real time battlefield intelligence to Ukraine, then it is a participant in the war. Blinken often asserted that "We provide them with sensitive intelligence...but we don't expect them to use it." OK.

[@sunstar1630]

Bravo! Russia and China are showing the Teenagers in Washington how restraint and discipline are the best lessons in life.

[@hifinsword]

@@sunstar1630 If bringing down a unmanned drone by crashing into it is showing restraint and discipline, no wonder the Russians are losing PUTIN'S WAR so badly! They might as well throw human unarmed soldiers on the front lines as a tactic to win. OH, I forgot. That's exactly what they are doing!

[@bui3415]

It's called Hegemony. They're fighting for that.

[@IAMGiftbearer]

And most of the rest of the world. Do you actually think other countries aren't also providing intelligence to Ukraine? And what kind of world would we live in if such terrorism Russia has committed against its neighbors were just glossed over and ignored? A bully cannot be rewarded for their rogue behavior. There must be some order enforced within the international community. The US and other countries have shown alot of restraint in the kinds of assistance they're providing. They could just send troops in to liquidate all of Russia's military, but so far they haven't done that. What Blinken meant is that the US does not demand that our intel is used by Ukraine. We simply provide it and let Ukraine make their own decision on if or how it is going to be used. This is not the tail wagging the dog. We are in a supportive role. Ukraine is calling the shots.

[@mzliz1249]

Ok China. 🙄

[@terryhollands2794]

I would think that there would be a self destruct.

[@fiftydoggy9829]

This is not even the model of drone in question