Retired col. explains how US can prevent Russia from gathering intel from drone

Col. Cedric Leighton (Ret.) explains the capabilities of the MQ-9 Reaper drone and the importance of the recovery of the device after a Russian fighter jet forced down the US Air Force drone over the Black Sea.
#CNN #news

[@mathisyahu7945]

I have a suggestion: Keep your drones out of Europe.

[@arnemalte]

Why? The US supports it's Nato allies, against an aggressor. Russia even sends Fighters armed with nuclear Weapons into Swedens Airspace.

[@mathisyahu7945]

@@arnemalte Supporting their "allies" by blowing up their critical infrastructure? Ami, go home* *to hell

[@arnemalte]

@@mathisyahu7945 americans blow up allied critial infrastructure? okay... do you mean north stream 2? Yeah sure, the pipeline russia was contractual obligated to send gas through, but didn't wanted to and where its excuse was "technical difficulties" was completly destroyed, but one of the 2 pipelines of north stream 2, where russia wanted to sell gas to germany magically completly survived by US incompetence....sure

[@mathisyahu7945]

@@arnemalte Yeah. The Americans bombed us. Hersh provided the best theory yet.

[@midaspro7143]

Я тот самый русский пилот заявляю, что там было не топливо, а моя моча, после чего ваш беспилотник просто развалился! I am the same Russian pilot, I declare that there was not fuel, but my urine, after which your drone simply fell apart!

[@amarelk6451]

It seems like a Russian pilot leaned out the window and smacked the drone with a shovel. 😎

[@georgewhite2667]

I doubt russians can do much as they shit themselves over Ukraine

[@riche4you1975]

Copy cat fool get ur own lines bot boy

[@unoimright5153]

Everyone wants to live in America!! 😎 Imagine, a Russian needing to carry a shovel !! That’s sad !!

[@wuyaancientheylinwitch6938]

@@unoimright5153 no thank you , to much gun shootings , crime ghettos, and poverty . 😏.

[@realtalk-di-bawal-umaray]

the drone's down coz of inflation and bank crash

[@hypnoz7871]

It's not accident or "unprofessional" behavior. The pilot did exactly what was necessary to down the drone without destroying it so Russia can steal the technology.

[@couldnt_find_good_name2546]

That’s right. Unlike the US who blew up the Chinese balloon instead of sending a arrow through it.

[@morriszkivuva2569]

Yes! So say the arm chair general

[@jarrettbyrom2747]

The russian couldnt steal this technology if they wanted to but they could sell/give the drone to China.

[@Bitchslapper316]

Yeah I'm sure they have no idea what is in a 20 year old drone. It's not like Iran captured one 12 year ago.

[@hamzamahmood9565]

If Russia needs to steal a 20 year old drone from International Airspace, that says a lot about them

[@BellaPetrova]

Incompetent Russian pilots were so unprofessional that they shot down an American drone

[@Fightesst]

MQ-9 32 mil of taxpayer money wasted.

[@mrsheikh1355]

Two minutes silence for the balloon and the drone. Heartfelt condolences. Rest in piece wherever they are. 🦊

[@JBravo69]

You being silent for 2 min was a gift to mankind. Can you keep quiet for the rest of your life? That would be great!

[@User-jr7vf]

@@JBravo69 🤣

[@whogivesaflyingfock5401]

@@JBravo69 you savage soul.

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

Lol.

[@nawnaw4709]

@@JBravo69 salty

[@crushnevnikita8575]

The drone is too noisy so the russian pilot smack it with shovel..

[@Atlantafied]

Russki pilots are drunk and inept. 😄

[@luiscampos1164]

It took the US days to blew up a weather balloon using an expensive missile, unlike Russia, it took them minutes to bring down a very expensive spy craft using piss.

[@spcpitts]

What the us did was legal and safe. What the Russians did was illegal and suicidal

[@johnbui6530]

Should we be more ruthless?

[@peterhughs6255]

Joey, should not send dirty MQ's to Russia's borders, or make them with something better than scraped tin, they don't survive a wash in mid air! This is a risky business!

[@charlshenri4308]

Muy verdadero 🤣🤣🤣 ✈️ 🛬🔥

[@ТимофейТимофеев-т9м]

Yankees, go home! You have nothing to do in the Black Sea near the borders of Russia, thousands of miles from the USA!

[@objection_your_honor]

Russian pilots and soldiers, don't do anything without orders.

[@igorsmirnoff7640]

Sometimes we do😂. Sorry we don’t meet ur expectations

[@objection_your_honor]

@@igorsmirnoff7640 Keep dreaming Russian troll.

[@DulceDeLecheeee]

Good soldiers follow orders

[@igorsmirnoff7640]

@@DulceDeLecheeee u r right 😎 bro. Good soldiers run as fast as they can from Afghanistan left 4500 own lives and 4 trillion dollars

[@FollowerofJudah]

@@igorsmirnoff7640 I mean, wouldn’t Russia know about Afghanistan from personal experience?

[@ernestassam5419]

Americas response to Putin in most cases has been cowardly....

[@babadook-qr6pv]

Thanks to Biden. Weak president makes a weak country

[@deepblue-bz6qw]

Because Putin has got a Hard-on to Nuke USA with Hypersonic Nuclear Pointy Missiles "...

[@eugeneoreilly9356]

That drone went down faster than a US bank.

[@garychap8384]

Haha. Yep, it did ... almost as fast as Russian exports, imports and their economy. BTW, thanks Qatar, for stepping in to make Russian petro exports utterly irrelevant by 2026. Bye bye Gazprom. Bye bye Russian refined petrochemicals. What's Putin even done for Russia? The rouble was 27 to the dollar when Putin stepped in - right now, no-one knows where it's at, cus it's not being traded - but most agree it's almost certainly over 100 to the dollar... and it's value is falling fast, because most of the world is positioning to exclude Russian oil and gas. The main source of demand for the rouble was overseas petrochemical contracts, because Putin demanded they could only be paid in "Rubble" ... and now, it's irrelevant, and demand (and access) to the "rubble" is flatlining. Sure, Russia keeps pumping volume - but those who ARE increasing their purchases, are getting Russian crude for next to nothing, and refining it themselves. Russia can't stop selling... and every Barrel is killing them. So, no! Putin has ruined Russia, stolen its wealth and stolen the opportunities of its children... and, he cannot step down as it would be suicide. So, he may yet drag the world into a nuclear war just to avoid personal failure. But that's okay - he'll be the king of the Urals, whilst Moscow and New York turns to hot glass. BTW, US banks go down EVERY YEAR - even in boom years. It's barely even an issue. That's just what happens in open competitive markets. Want to see a REAL train wreck? Keep watching the Russian economy... cus right now, the figures being reported are coming from the Russian central bank and are just being repeated - they're nowhere close to being regarded as accurate. They even sold off all their foreign currency reserves to artificially inflate the rouble... leaving them in an even worse state as the currency collapses in on itself. It's literally circling the drain right now. The war in Ukraine isn't the big potential threat to world peace right now... ... the state Russia will have left itself in once this is over, is!

[@larsrons7937]

@@garychap8384 Yes, that's great. Also large gas fields in Europe will open/ re-open already this year. Putin can *sniff his gas* - we don't want it. Nobody wants it. *Business Basics* (channel) made a video about Qatar and LNG (and disaster for Russia) recently: " Qatar's Plan To Checkmate Russia, End of Russia Ukraine War "

[@SuperpowerBroadcasting]

Watch the response turn out to be NATO just sending Ukraine F16s - something that should have happened a year ago even without Russian attacks on NATO assets. Unbelievable.

[@dereksollows9783]

This may be one of those inevitabilities, for which the loss of the drone is going to be cited as causal.

[@backwardzman4849]

The fact the hardest thing we have to say is inappropriate is mind boggling

[@springbloom5940]

Probably because they got caught with their hand in the cookie jar and have nothing but indignation at getting the lid slammed on it.

[@FirasTeinz]

At a certain stage, you can lie so much, they got caught by the Russians for spying and Russians did the right thing.

[@Dushmann_]

​@@springbloom5940 Russia routinely flies military aircraft into British airspace. Why is Russia allowed to fly bombers and fighter jets into British airspace but the US isn't allowed to fly a drone in INTERNATIONAL airspace? Russians are absolutely pathetic. i hope you all know that you've permanently ruined your reputation on the world stage - and revealed how weak the Russian military is as well. Europe used to be afraid of Russia. We used to seriously believe that Russia could reach Germany if they ever invaded Westward into Europe. But Russia can't even take 1 small town in Ukraine barely a couple hundred miles from the Russian border lmao. pathetic.

[@VladimirTheInvincible]

About time you lot know your place .

[@angelamilton5134]

@@VladimirTheInvincible About time vlad leaves Russia

[@homelander653]

I feel sympathy for the drone

[@christophpaessler8444]

🤣, me too, but what I do not understand, why doesn t the drone have a self destruction mecanism. Payload 3750 pounds, so make 3730 pounds and put 20 pounds of an high explosive next to the computers, camaras, sensors! With 10 sec of warning for planes around like on starship enterprise. IMO quite stupid to do nothing like this! => 1 Mio less to pay to .... @generalatomics As I read: "As of March 2021, the US Air Force has stated that the unit cost of an MQ-9 Reaper is $56.5 million, for a package that includes......" 😂 = more than 2 M /meter => and it does not have basic security?

[@acungmalay2775]

@@christophpaessler8444 I think it may has, however maybe something happened that makes it didn't work

[@christophpaessler8444]

@@acungmalay2775 ahhh, oke, thank you very much!

[@matwinner9708]

It’s baffling these drones aren’t equipped with shrapnel bombs to self destruct in these situations ( and take down anything close)

[@Kermit_T_Frog]

That is a sure recipe for escalation. Not to mention, a waste of tax dollars.

[@sebastianwrites]

@@Kermit_T_Frog It isn't... better than the technology getting into Russians hands!

[@bug4099]

@@Kermit_T_Frog Now our tax dollars will be flying towards Russian pockets if we don’t do anything about recovering the drone :)

[@sergeygokun3245]

The drone is already in Russian hands ✋️ 🙄 lol

[@kdpowers]

Wouldn't take down a Su-57 and if it DID...that would be bad news Russian bear!

[@heidiweber2295]

It`s always a pleasure to listen to Col. Leighton`s expertise. He`s spot on. Appreciated!!! Thanks!!!!

[@sanjoblanko4086]

Nah listen To Col Mcgreggor Or Scott Ritter

[@sanjoblanko4086]

@@Spear_of_Horus dude that was a setup lmao he’s exonerated lol

[@fisheromen18]

Here is the real story: Russian jets pee on US drone and kick it out of the sky. US government calls them "unprofessional" to save face.

[@adalex87]

I think the lady messed up, she said the state department summoned the Russian ambassador and said "He said there was no collision and that the US has been been warned not to enter US airspace" think she meant "Russian airspace"

[@RobertsDigital]

Why doesn't the drone have a self destruct explosive?

[@kdpowers]

wwIII

[@sergeysergeev7564]

To clarify, a reconnaissance drone, with the transponder identification marks turned off, flew near the borders of Russia, and now the United States is outraged why it was shot down? Are you seriously?! Maybe there is no need to launch reconnaissance drones near the borders of Russia? Have you thought about it? I want to note that it was not Russia that launched drones near the US border, but, on the contrary, the US launched drones near the border with Russia! Tell me, does the United States border on Russia? No, there is an ocean between them. So then what did a reconnaissance drone do thousands of kilometers away from a foreign country, even with the identification marks turned off?

[@crtinde]

the Ambassador's excuse about the Reaper possibly being armed is stupid ... these drones don't have internal weapons bays like stealth aircraft, the Russian pilots could've very clearly seen that no bombs or missiles were mounted on the drone's hardpoints. It was just pure douchebaggery --- I'm sure those idiots were imagining themselves as Maverick in Top Gun as they attacked this unarmed drone.

[@gfrylives]

Release the transfer of f16 in retaliation

[@thomasjacques5286]

There should have been a “self destruct” function on board. The drone operator knew what was happening and it could have destroyed itself and possibly the attacking aircraft.

[@richardcowling7381]

Surprised if they didn't have a self destruct system built in just in case of situations like this.

[@franklin9400]

​@Richard Cowling They don't, or they would have. Instead of crashing it.

[@springbloom5940]

Well genius, that would be an act of war.

[@chris-hg3iv]

Even if the drone had missiles it cant fire at Russian fighter jets as it would be a declaration of war.Russia is simply calling your nuclear threats a bluff and this was the first test to see your response if they bombed or sabotaged your infrastructure.Apparently you just whine and do nothing so I'm sure they'll do it again.Lmao.

[@publicenemy9326]

then the Russians can say that their warplane was attacked by an American drone... if they blew it up in the air then consider it a kamikaze drone and then consider that the usa attacked russia.

[@michelmajor5251]

Don’t they have footage of the encounter from the drone?

[@jeffbridges6110]

yes

[@shawnmurray9964]

Yes, but that doesn’t mean WE get to see it 😂

[@Soberfuzz]

It's classified 😂

[@fbm9001]

They do but the real video wouldn’t serve their agenda.

[@richardfewer9348]

Yes Austin or the general did say they do.

[@craighaldane-gy3mk]

It's obvious the Russian pilot was told to bring it down.none of these pilots would do this without direct order's from above knowing how the Russian command and control works. I don't think it was a mistake these Russian's aren't idiots like we're told Especially not their pilots.

[@geraldthomas8948]

At least the Americans didn't throw the Russian ambassador out the window. Only putin does that.

[@cinmanmoo]

WOW the US even is in contact with Canada if one of your jets gets too close to us and we are allies lol The Russian ambassador says "It was very close", well close doesn't count to attack, the drone was in International air space! This be like my neighbor shooting my dog because it was running along the fence line.

[@ticiusarakan]

нее, ты не тот канал смотришь. дрон летел в зоне проведения операции с выключенными транспондерами а сломался уже в нейтральных водах)))

[@seushimarejikaze1337]

there is a no-fly zone declared around area of conflict regardles of "international waters/airspace" on not. neither foreign military or civilian aircraft have permission to fly into unless they risk getting shoot down for reason of participating in the war. its a known fact that civilian airlines dont even get close to ukrainian conflict zone for some time.

[@Leo-eh8hm]

@@ticiusarakan Какая операция? Там нет никакой операции. Или что чёрное море уже принадлежит россии? xD

[@cinmanmoo]

@@seushimarejikaze1337 AND please tell me "who" set this new "No fly zone" lmao Was it the country that attacked Russia hahahahaha

[@cinmanmoo]

Hope Putin is still paying you guys to troll! Like the sanctions are really going to hurt the longer his war goes on!

[@objection_your_honor]

They wanted to set it on fire using their afterburners after dumping fuel on it.

[@JohnDoe-vy5hh]

Terrorists. Russia owes America $32 million dollars and an apology.

[@DMZDMX1]

Not gonna work at those altitudes. So not even remotely likely.

[@LeviBulger]

That's not even possible. God so many idiots on YT

[@eliharp3576]

If that was not an "accident" it means the pilot is talented, very talented.

[@frankiewilliams4063]

That is no accident! I’m a veteran and know how military tactics work. How could it be an accident, when the Russian pilot deliberately dumped JP5 fuel on the drone? JP5 is what jet use or jet fuel. And it clipped it. Once it clipped it, the drone would loose control and whoever was controlling it would not have any command of it. But they are saying the drone pilot dumped it in the ocean. Which I definitely know it a lie. The Russians intended it to go down in the ocean that the fact. America downplay and lie on everything I don’t know why! And that flip on the Russian pilot side is not about talent. You just match the speed with the drone and slam the joy stick left or right depending on where you are position. Easy maneuver. But the the American pilot did not dump it. After that flip that drone would definitely go out of control…

[@frozenllama23]

He said the drone can carry bombs lmao it's a surveillance drone

[@hifinsword]

If it was not an accident, as that pilot's CO I would ground him for damaging a VERY EXPENSIVE fighter that are getting harder and harder to repair with a lack of supplies. The potential loss of a top of the line fighter for a much less expensive reconnaissance aircraft shows the pilot does not have good judgement!

[@hifinsword]

@@frozenllama23 Although it is a reconnaissance aircraft, it can carry weapons. It seems this one was not carrying them.

[@frozenllama23]

@@hifinsword yes some drones can but this one wasn't it was a spy drone

[@MrMelgibstein]

America has a right to fly drones in the Black Sea.

[@MethosTR]

It isn't "unprofessional", it was deliberate and planned.

[@chrisedwards2539]

Any video of the incident?

[@frozenllama23]

Not yet

[@Alexandr85]

​@@frozenllama23 и не будет!

[@richardfewer9348]

Because

[@KO-pk7df]

Putin may find out that our drones may very well be defended. The Reaper should defend itself in my opinion.

[@petermclelland278]

Don't be daft.

[@KO-pk7df]

@@petermclelland278 Oh no! Not the "daft" word. Sorry to offend the Military Aerospace Engineer and expert.

[@sergioguillen947]

Maybe is not too late for an US military drone powered by AI that defend itself

[@nikolozgabedava6934]

@@sergioguillen947 You are in Hollywood.

[@sergioguillen947]

@@nikolozgabedava6934 well actually the US military already has F-16 jet fighters flying autonomously using AI so I wouldn't be surprised if the United States already has at least one secret project of that kind. As always and as in all areas Russia lacking, Russia behind.

[@Ganiscol]

Typical ruski response there from that "ambassador" 🤣 First of all, russia doesnt have any drone technology worth mentioning - their best drones are flying lawnmowers made in Iran. Furthermore, the Black Sea isnt property of Russia. If anybody has a claim to stake over other nations bordering that water, its Turkey with the longest coast line and in control of access to the Black Sea.

[@koushik-eg8bg]

33 million dollars 🤣 Drone 👎🇺🇲👎

[@alexrockstone9035]

But the Black Sea is not Mexican Gulf and Crimea is not California. Keep your drone closer to US mainland.

[@shawnfromstatefarm8822]

@@alexrockstone9035And Ukraine isn’t Russia, neither is Crimea. With that logic, why are they even there.

[@musiconabudget3712]

It will be in Iran by next week lol

[@davemitchell6281]

Basically we are in the war and Russia responded. If we are there collecting information for Ukraine, no other reason.

[@jamesmichail]

HELLO... how are you doing, hope you're having a great day at home now?

[@gustijames]

Drone beaten by shovel 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@krishnaisaga4817]

Maybe we should take North stream pipeline serious like this

[@whogivesaflyingfock5401]

i dont see much of a problem with NS being knocked out. Europe would'nt use it much anyway after these last 12 months. Let us not forget who the aggressor is.

[@Thomas_Paine2U_fascinista]

Who is "We"?

[@penguinista]

The Russian Ambassador evidently misspoke at 1:00 with his analogy. He meant to say, "If Russian drone was very close to territory of a third nation from whom the US had _stolen the territory by force_ " then what would be the reaction. Of course he ought to consider what the reaction of Russia would be if the US knocked their aircraft out of the sky in international airspace.

[@frankb5953]

You have no right to be in the Black Sea. Get back to your wasteland imperialists.

[@Mr.Ramirez95]

Russia and Ukraine have borders that end at the Black Sea. Where this drone appeared to be.

[@khiem1939]

@@Mr.Ramirez95 It was OVER the Black Sea in International Air Space!

[@Daza-La]

@@khiem1939 can you remind me what happened when the Russians tried establishing a military presence in Cuba, a sovereign nation that the US has no authority over? 🤔

[@Ben-DPPU]

Pretty fair, accurate reporting (even the ambassador could say something). I'm surprised to see this on CNN.

[@donguello2281]

First of all…. As an American wtf are we doing? Why the F do we need our drones there .

[@pavelvasilevich2785]

It was pro Ukrainian group armed that rented a Sukhoi armed with shovels....Now US is crying they lost a toy

[@dre2407]

What basically happened here is that the pilot received orders to down the drone as gentle as possible and make it seem like an accident so they can recover and reverse engineer it. At the same time they didn’t blew it up and they didn’t started a war because it was just an accident

[@extremeedison]

Unfortunately for Russia the drone sends video evidence.

[@82boulou]

​@@extremeedison Wish the Nordstream pipelines had the same capability

[@alexrockstone9035]

@@extremeedison oh, really ? Show it, please.

[@jannovak7024]

It looks exactly like that. According to Ukrainian intercepts, the Russians managed to catch something from the sea. I think they will hand it over to Iran in exchange for supplies of missiles and munitions. I really wonder what the Americans will do. Are they just going to sit still and get their ankles kicked?

[@extremeedison]

@@jannovak7024 It was a dumb move by Russia to create a reason for a bigger presence of the US in the Black Sea.

[@kdpowers]

What would we do if a Russian drone was near NYC? Well we aren't invading Bermuda or Canada lol

[@mrfishypep]

Yeah- it's also in international airspace. So a better question would be, what if the US invaded Canada and Russia flew 201 miles offshore from NewFoundland

[@danijelmatic8441]

Ne ne samo ste napali desetine zemalja!!

[@texajp1946]

USA has invaded many neighbors, did you forget about Grenada war?

[@aatifrehman4150]

Yes u invade the whole world

[@buildindian8169]

Clear message….

[@СветланаПетрова-ы1л]

💔❤🇷🇺 What is an American plane doing near the Russian border ??? TERRORISM !!!

[@lamborules5124]

Russia incompetent, do you expect anything less over the last year.

[@matthewwolfe9417]

I would remind the world that 30-40 times a Year the Russians attempt to penetrate American airspace in Alaska…so, even though the drone (whose transponder was running until the moment it was downed) was in international waters and only entered Allied airspace, as well as Crimea not being recognized as Russian: there’s no doubt that they don’t have a leg to stand on if we downed their next two SU-27’s and the Tu-95’s they send to Alaska.

[@umbro12]

And you terrorists blew up Nord stream, which is an act of war

[@JohnDoe-vy5hh]

Russia owes America $32 million and an apology or every Russian plane that goes near an American drone gets shot down.

[@goodguysinc.]

🚽🇺🇦🪠

[@MrManny075]

She clearly calls it a SPY drone, Spying on who exactly? Are you trying to justify it? why do you have to be dishonest to yourself? what did you get to win? You just let your inner self know who you really are, you can't tell others you are an honest person because deep down you know you are not. to be honest you have nothing to lose. just tells it as it's, it's a SPY drone Spying on Russia.

[@LeviBulger]

They only did it because it was an unarmed and lightweight craft flying without an escort. No way in hell does that pilot try that with an F22 or an F15 nearby.

[@maitreya1906]

150 years from now, humans of the future, our great grand kids, will cringe at the notion that those of the past had fixed positions asserting that one group of humans from a different " country," bound by invisible lines are different and worthy of killing to secure resources that could easily be shared through the power of sentient cooperation for the survival and well being of all. They will wonder what the hell were we thinking.

[@wuling2646]

Conflict/contrast is inherent in this "uni/multiverse

[@maitreya1906]

@@wuling2646 only amongst the most primitive. Competition amongst billions upon billions of sentient beings within the Greater Community of Intelligent life forms of just this Universe is guaranteed. But it rarely breaks out in to conflict amongst older and wiser races. So say the The Angelic Presence, watching over earth

[@RAWGRIP54]

Three options. A. Do not touch it. B. Can't play with it. C. Just shoot it down.

[@user-jgfdds56iigv7]

Read between the lines it'll tell you. The old adage goes all commands come from the tower. I pray that no one makes a mistake.

[@AlanTheBeast100]

I suspect the fuel dumping was an attempt to flood and stall the engine. Could have worked - but if the fuel was dispersed (mixed with a lot of air) then the engine would have choked a bit while passing the fuel through and kept on going. Possibly the "ignitors" were on at the time which would help get through the event.

[@Victoratify]

Russian fighter jets do not have a fuel jettison system. It is only available on large aircraft.

[@AlanTheBeast100]

@@Victoratify Offhand I don't know if that is so. On the other hand, it would be trivial (at least for Russian aircraft engineers) to modify an external fuel tank or munition point to dump fuel (or other stuff) in flight. 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦

[@totalyep]

Doubt it would work with Russian fuel. Probably is barely liquid.

[@AlanTheBeast100]

@@totalyep Turbine engines are well suited to "oily" fuels such as kerosene and even diesel (in a pinch). Military versions are "tuned" for military performance but are not very different than commercial Jet A1.

[@buzz5969]

Yiu sure they wasnt just trying to clean the windshield lol

[@bexdkolimited1889]

The shovels are really working 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@briand3317]

I kinda agree with the Russian ambassador. That drone had no reason being there and US would have done the same if the role was reversed.

[@DMZDMX1]

Then you are a ruzzian troll or simple minded - actually, probably both!😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@frozenllama23]

The Russian spy ship has no reason being near Hawaii either

[@mattc300]

these drones have been flying the same black sea route 24/7 for many months. Just imagine how frustrated Russia must be with them gathering intelligence. On flight Radar tracker sites, the USAF drone has been the most tracked flight for a long time.

[@georgyjose7881]

This colonel is just a joke the real col is Douglas macgregor

[@beardless1902]

I'm surprised that U.S. made this publicly

[@J2540-]

That's because Russian reports come on the mornings and it has already came out with the report of a U.S drone downed near Sevastopol. Making this public fast was to avoid the embarrassment of Russia saying they downed a U.S drone.

[@eyaklen4804]

I thought the Drone is invisible

[@nicknamenick9448]

But not untouchable. by shovel

[@DMZDMX1]

No and it was trackable on Flightradar24 so its transponder was on.

[@namur-iq6ih]

The U.S. has flown drones and surveillance planes near the Russian border for over a year, providing intelligence and targeting information to the Ukrainian government - along with weapons, ammunition and money - while insisting it is not a party to the conflict. Could you imagine what the reaction of the U.S. media or the Pentagon would be, if such a drone would appear near New York or San Francisco?

[@SteveSmith-bc5gz]

But this was International airspace I saw you send a couple Raptors up there and see if these people want to mess with them Russian pilot crap their pants

[@arnemalte]

So what should europe do then? Russia regulary sends Bombers close to our borders and even nuclear armed fighters into european Airspace like in 2022 with sweden.

[@dereksollows9783]

Or Alaska?

[@PaulThompsonIV]

Russia disabled the aircraft ability to fly, but the US downed the aircraft. Why are they giving two opposing stories in the same sentence. Either Russia downed the aircraft or the US downed the aircraft it cannot be both. The Taliban is still in power but we didn’t lose that conflict Either did we.

[@sergeysergeev7564]

In other words. Russia shot down an unidentified drone because the drone's identification device was disabled and it was secretly flying along the borders of Russia, and now the US is outraged that Russia shot down an unidentified object alien to them? Are you seriously? Would the US have done otherwise? Another question, what did the reconnaissance drone do, away from the United States, right at the borders of Russia? You all say that you are not provoking Russia to aggression, and Russia itself is exactly like that, but you immediately launch a reconnaissance drone, turn off identification devices on it in the hope that maybe the Russians will not see it and you will be able to capture Russian military facilities, and when the Russians discover this drone and shoot it down, you are indignant "what did they dare to do?". .Are you seriously? Do not launch drones so that Russia does not shoot them down, it's simple. You yourself provoke Russia, and then you say that Russia is aggressive....L-Logic.

[@arnemalte]

"right at the borders of Russia?" you mean the borders of turkey, romania, bulgaria all Nato Countries? "You yourself provoke Russia" russia regulary sends nuclear capable bombers close to european Airspace like 2021 in the North Sea (Belgium/Netherlands) and in 2022 they even flew into Swedish airspace with Figthers which were armed with nuclear weapons.

[@sergeysergeev7564]

@@arnemalte The drone was not shot down off the coast of Turkey or Romania. the drone was shot down off the coast of Crimea, this is Russia. Secondly, the drone was flying with identification devices turned off, which is a violation of the UN charters on air flights, and Russia absolutely legally had the right to shoot it down, since it could legally consider an unknown object, for example, a missile. If a detection device worked for an unmanned vehicle, then Russia would ask the United States not to bring the device closer to the borders of Russia. Third. Recently, a US nuclear bomber conducted a mock launch of nuclear missiles at St. Petersburg. Russia may well regard this as an act of aggression, and an unidentified object near the Russian border in the air as a legitimate military target that could be a nuclear missile.

[@arnemalte]

@@sergeysergeev7564 "shot down off the coast of Crimea, this is Russia" - no it's not, it's ukraine territory. "US nuclear bomber conducted a mock launch of nuclear missiles at St. Petersburg" - nothing has been launched, it was just a B-52 who for a very short time flew in the direction of St. petersburg 40km off the estonian and finish coast, >100km of the russian coast. "Russia may well regard this as an act of aggression" a bomber that does nothing, not violating russian air space, not even doeing something that alarmed the Russian AirFoce is an aggression, what is the violation of swedish Air Space with nuclear armed Bombers then?

[@sergeysergeev7564]

@@arnemalte Firstly, Crimea is Russia, for 9 years now. Crimea has always been Russian, since in 1990 after the collapse of the USSR. Ukraine did NOT hold a referendum on the accession of the Republic of Crimea to another Republic of Ukraine, but simply brazenly cynically seized the peninsula and exploited it for 30 years. Secondly, the fact that the bomber did not launch a nuclear missile does not mean anything, it carried out a simulated launch, this is already aggression. Thirdly, if the detection devices are disabled at the aircraft, then this is a direct military threat, since the army on the radar cannot determine what it is and the air defense works on an undefined object, because no one will wait for a nuclear missile strike. If the United States had not behaved aggressively, turned on the identification of the object, then the army would have seen it on the radar as an unmanned vehicle and asked the United States for the coordinates of its borders. Since the device was unknown, then of course the army decided that it could very well be an enemy missile, God forbid, a nuclear one. Knowing that Russia is having a military operation, there is no need to provoke Russia.

[@arnemalte]

@@sergeysergeev7564 "Firstly, Crimea is Russia, for 9 years now." not according to international law. "Crimea has always been Russian" - no it was part of russia since the russian empire conquered it. There was a referendum in Crimea in 1991 when Ukraine become independent, 54% of the Population voted to become independent with Ukraine from the USSSR "Thirdly, if the detection devices are disabled at the aircraft, then this is a direct military threat" nearly every russian Bomber/Fighter that flies close to european borders like in 2021 in the North Sea close to Belgium has its detection device off.....so if that is a direct military threat, maybe we should shoot in down in the future? If europe would act like russia, we would be at war.... "it carried out a simulated launch, this is already aggression." which no one confirmed, US only spoke of a training mission, which didn't even alarm the Russian Air Foce. "Since the device was unknown, then of course the army decided that it could very well be an enemy missile," - really a Russian fighter Pilot can't differentiate between a US Drone with US markings and an enemy missile? suuuure "Knowing that Russia is having a military operation" you mean an illegal imperalistic war?

[@kimkristensen2816]

Lets see some drone footage. Next time if simular to happen, activate destruct button and take the fighters with it

[@arnemalte]

Russia regulary sends Bombers who can carry nuclear weapons close to the Borders of european States like the Netherlands and russia sees there no Poblem. So the russian embassador literally says, europe should react to that, like russia did to the US Drone?

[@alpheusnong3837]

You expect Russia to just accept US drones around Crimea ,to collect data and give it to Ukraine and after claim that Ukraine is winning,while they are involved.

[@couldnt_find_good_name2546]

The problem is the west and the US are too scared of Russia.

[@HenkBoshoff]

HIGHLY COMPETENT flying by the Russians! Don't want incidents like this, then go home.

[@DMZDMX1]

Competence is having a mid-air collision? God, only in the mind of ruzzians😂😂😂😂😂

[@HenkBoshoff]

@@DMZDMX1 A dDeliberate contact is different from an accident (collision).

[@poleshift2353]

Blackouts on Bank Collapse. Get your money quickly

[@Aerospace_Education]

The answer is you fly a bunch of fighter jets and flat out tell them if they go after it that we will fire on them. End of story.

[@andrewcrus]

That's what I love about CNN and MSNBC is the ability to make endless videos about the same thing and still not report any information at all. First, what are international waters? The Black Sea contains the waters of Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine. If the drone was over the waters of Russia or Ukraine - wasn't it a legal target? And if in other waters, then where is the statement of other countries about the violation of their air space by Russia? Next, I want to understand where the drone fell? Because from the height of his ceiling, he could probably turn around and glide into Turkish waters, and Turkey is a NATO country. A passenger plane, for example, can fly up to 60 miles without engines, and its ceiling is a third lower than the height available to Reaper. I especially like this constant intonational and mimic accent on dropping fuel onto the drone. It means something? Can you already invite an expert who can explain why you constantly focus on this? And finally, how can a plane flying at 1500 miles per hour come up behind and damage the propeller of a drone flying at 300 miles per hour? You don't have to thank CNN, I think I gave you topics for a couple dozen more videos. P.S. And there is still no "secret" drone footage.

[@SNOWDONTRYFAN]

And of course they also deny their relic Tupolev Tu-95s , aka bear bombers never fly close to the UK and other countries international airspaces with their transponders off

[@publicenemy9326]

You didn't blow up Nord Stream 2, did you? We didn't destroy your drone...

[@dark_master_Makei]

Just like the relict American b-52s fly along the border of Russia.

[@JohnDoe-vy5hh]

Russia claims there was no transponder but that's no verified. Regardless, flying in international air space without a transponder on a small aircraft is not illegal. Nothing justifies Russia to down the drone. Russia is a terrorist nation.

[@PavelAVasilevich]

@@dark_master_Makei I know right, US and their double standards.

[@Leo-eh8hm]

@@dark_master_Makei Б-52 пролетал над странами Балтии, это воздушное пространство НАТО.

[@warrenbuffett920]

Taking a dump from an enemy is damn shit!

[@duncanstewart6381]

What a tragedy! We lost a unit worth 32 million dollars. Okay every man, woman and child we need 9 cents each for another drone...OMG! Who cares it completed the mission and was not captured. Meanwhile Russia has lost 500 pilots........500. Task another drone with a second in high cover. Probably trying to scuttle the grain deal.

[@movie_scenes2023]

pff.. they make more pilots with new military experience🤷‍♂

[@mikethemechanic7395]

Anyone going to point out. Russia gave the drone a Golden shower 🚿

[@johndilivio2770]

Is a russian drone near usa

[@JohnDoe-vy5hh]

Yes

[@frozenllama23]

A Russian spy ship is near Hawaii

[@johnathancrook452]

International airspace is fine.

[@bookiii271]

A US drone got downed by a flying shovel...

[@70newlife]

Nah it was a shovel in a flying washing machine.

[@70newlife]

Nah it was a shovel in a flying washing machine.

[@Issavibe3]

When you oversell the capabilities of a drone than it gets shot down by a shovel 😂 that’s the joke?? 😂

[@Gemz0001]

Condolences to the drone family! Dronelives matter! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@1971VoiceoftheMummy]

🙏🕊🌻🔱 Excellent Update! Ukraine is Strong! Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes! The World Stands Committed with Ukraine! 🔱🌻🕊🙏

[@amandahsu1821]

America will abandon Ukraine soon, just wait and see. Don't rely on others, rely on oneself!

[@g40471]

Nobody with a sane mind would want to see any war escalate but the minds of dictators do, unfortunately. We must come to that realisation and not second guess their intent. I feel we must plan accordingly without delay. This means sacrifice even when we the people are facing struggles regards the cost of living we must urgently get our manufacturing of munitions and delivery systems ramped up now. The only way to achieve this is a massive increase in military budgets, unfortunately. Freedom doesn't come cheap when dictators are uniting and constantly ringing the doorbell of its existence. Sadly that's the reality of the situation whether we wish to hear it or not so we must be prepared as we won't get a second chance in the future we have to act now in the present.

[@ricosuave6503]

Get a sidewinder in the drone 😂😂😂

[@lskovly]

What Goes Up Must Come Down.....

[@firestarter8202]

My condolences to the drone’s remote operator and his family. 😥

[@biddyboy1570]

It's a secret but those drones are manned by a crew of 7 dwarves.

[@firestarter8202]

@@biddyboy1570 that’s sad😔

[@mikeblack6953]

If dumped fuel could be auto-ignited by the drone when sensed, might take out whatever is around it in addition to itself, acceptable collateral loss. I bet there wouldn’t be any more Russian mistakes.

[@votebrian66]

If

[@Victoratify]

Russian fighter jets do not have a fuel jettison system. It is only available on large aircraft.

[@totalyep]

Russian military being reckless? Not possible.

[@brianmilosevic8400]

USA bankster oligarchy being reckless? Not possible!

[@kerryGunvaldsen]

Calling this a spy drone is the equivalent of calling a sticks of dynamite and freaking sparklers 😂

[@miket8909]

Yeah they were flying outside Crimea just to get ice cream. War info=target

[@kathleenadams6421]

The Reaper can be fitted with up to 8 Hellfire missiles. This one wasn’t but they can carry other things as well.

[@DavidSmith-qo1se]

I was thinkin' we should have a pair of F-22s roll up on a Russian plane and then one of the pilots should piss out the window at them. Maybe toss a few tomatoes.

[@wthomas5697]

Well, he actually does have a point. If there were a russian drone flying over international waters but as close to SF as possible, the US would probably do something.

[@freefalling6960]

so the point is that it was flying in international waters? Totally legal

[@wthomas5697]

@@freefalling6960 Think about the point he's making and reverse the roles. "Legality" has nothing to do with it. Imagine we were at war with Canada and Russia was supplying them arms. Would we be cool with them buzzing SF, even if it's in "international waters"?

[@freefalling6960]

@@wthomas5697 probably not if your team was run by gangsters with no regard for rules and laws

[@wthomas5697]

@@freefalling6960 I'm guessing that's not how they perceive themselves.

[@freefalling6960]

@@wthomas5697 you think the germans in ww2 thought they were the bad guys?

[@shamjith51]

Well I never heard someone asking what the hell US doing there accept blaming Russia.

[@JohnDoe-vy5hh]

That's because the US was in international air space and it doesn't have to explain anything.

[@shamjith51]

@@JohnDoe-vy5hh may be only for the fools who believes they can do any kind of activities including spying on other countries using an international airspace but not for the people who have common sense.

[@ibraplanetlife07]

Would American accepted to found Russian drone flying around American airspace zone ?

[@arnemalte]

Yes, just like europeans accept it, when russian nuclear capable bombers fly near european borders.

[@ibraplanetlife07]

@@arnemalte some parts of Russia are in European zone .

[@BMrider75]

@@ibraplanetlife07 but not over Scotland ! Please note that at least NATO aircraft aren't so inept as to collide with the monitoring Russian ones.......

[@arnemalte]

@@ibraplanetlife07 Not in the North Sea and Swedish Air Space which was violated by russian fighters armed with nuclear weapons doesn't conflict with russia either and the Spy Ship russia send to hawaii wasn't sunk or captured by the US.

[@nikolozgabedava6934]

No matter what happens we get SOMEONE RETIRED to explain.

[@larsrons7937]

That's right. There are several reasons why. Two of them are: - Active personnel can't say nearly as much, they are often not allowed to say own opinions etc. Retired personnel are. - Retired personnel can be quite willing to speak as they get noticed again, it makes them feel important again. Now, whether active or retired doesn't mean that they are right. But "retired" means they probably had some expertise.

[@dfiniin6820]

What. No way, Russia denies this. Everyone is surprised.

[@maxwong6222]

Russkies brought it down just by dumping gas on it, wow...

[@Atlantafied]

Big whoop. Russian military hardware is woefully inferior as evidenced by their humiliating performance in Ukraine.

[@richardcowling7381]

Actually bought the drone down by colliding with its propeller...

[@franklin9400]

​​@Atlantafied We've never seen America fight a modern country. Receiving intelligence and weapons from 30+ counties. Imagine if NATO had standards to protect international law. Instead of its double standards for America. Then, it supplied Iraq like America is supplying Ukraine. In an illegal war of aggression by a superpower trying to spread its influence.

[@springbloom5940]

@@Atlantafied Funny thing to say as Ukraine is begging 24/7 for a world war to come save them from someone they outnumber 3:1

[@springbloom5940]

@@richardcowling7381 Actually, that's just the word from the people who brought you such classics as 'Righteous Strike' The prop is at the rear and it has a 20m wingspan. How, exactly, did a Su27 with a 14m wingspan hit the prop with its wing? How do they know the prop was hit?

[@hihai_TV]

its quite comical the russian ambassador is talking about countries rights to sovereignty

[@timslomkl]

As you do after NATO countries likes of Yugoslavia Cambodia Vietnam Iraq Afghanistan Syria Libya Somalia

[@theinfralink6598]

Russian ambassador is far more qualified than US ambassador talking about national sovereignty. I disagree with Russia’s approach in merging Ukrainian territories by the way

[@331SVTCobra]

Fun fact: the stall speed of a Reaper is around 60mph. When our elint aircraft are getting buzzed by adversary fighters, they typically slow down as much as possible because the stall speed of high performance aircraft is much higher. In the case of the 2001 Hainan Island incident, the US EP-3 had slowed to a speed where the Chinese J-8 fighter required a very high angle of attack, lacking control authority sufficient to overcome being ingested by the EP-3's propellers. In this incident the Russian pilots likely got sucked into the propeller again, though the Russian air force has a history of "Fox 4" tactics. Fox1 = long range missiles Fox2 = short range heat-seaking missiles Fox3 = guns Fox4 = ramming.

[@frenchonion4595]

Ramming in an aircraft seems mightly risky

[@lafosh7234]

@@frenchonion4595 it’s extremely dangerous for both parties.

[@ballaholla2811]

Fox 1 - Semi Active Radar Guided Missile* Fox 2 - Infrared Guided Missile* Fox 3 - Active Radar Guided Missile* Fox 4 - Guns*

[@syedaliwasifdaryakazmi787]

@@ballaholla2811 Fox 1 - Semi Active Radar Guided Missile* Fox 2 - Infrared Guided Missile* Fox 3 - Active Radar Guided Missile* Fox 4 - Shovels*

[@biglos9d]

I always wondered why the fighter pilots in Independence Day kept saying fox2

[@ronaldfharring7326]

Adm. Kirby is an excellent spokesman for the NSC, but I think he meant to refer to protection of our assets rather than our equity.

[@muhammedrezaei8346]

Do u know what sleepy joe told putin??

[@prodigalson1537]

2 year treasury yields just dropped and hopefully not a chain of more bank failures to come. Time to focus on problems back home.

[@zephyros3039]

✔️ The incident with the American Reaper drone has become yet another provocation by the US military against the Russian armed forces. Quite recently, an American bomber practiced a nuclear attack on St. Petersburg, and now it's another landmark incident. Faced with the prospect of a high-profile military defeat in Ukraine, without having overcome Russia with economic sanctions, the Americans are trying to intimidate and crush Russia with petty provocations, which may become more in the near future. Such provocations, fortunately, are meaningless, especially since Russia has something to answer with.

[@Lordnumptynous]

Putlerbot alert...

[@nicknamenick9448]

@@Lordnumptynous ukronazi bot

[@Lordnumptynous]

@@nicknamenick9448 your mum likes it like that..

[@nicknamenick9448]

@@Lordnumptynous brother is it you?

[@DMZDMX1]

@@nicknamenick9448 LOl desperate ruzzian troll-bot defends ruzzian troll-bot. News at 11!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@thattubesound2214]

Would be really cool if the Ukrainians could launch some long-range "unmanned projectiles" at Moscow. Maybe the orcs would scramble a couple of leftover P-39 or Yak-3 interceptors to try to knock them out of the sky.

[@amandahsu1821]

Ask American dad first if he will let you do it, and then think about whether you are capable 🤣

[@davidfinland00007]

Well America what are you doing flying a drone in foreign areas ? Smh 🤦‍♂️ America is just ready to start more problems for no reason. I hope Trump runs for president soon. We need more like him.

[@MrYuryZ]

They'll try to exploit at the maximum your fear of so called "escalation" and keep doing that. They don't care about your empty words of condemnations and concerns.

[@davlid100]

Damage control 😆 🤣

[@knowledge3563]

US $57 million drone

[@sebastiaanl9876]

@@knowledge3563 32m

[@sebastiaanl9876]

The USAF operated over 300 MQ-9 Reapers as of where?

[@andycooper7465]

Another ex/former/retired expert.

[@cc8751]

Retired and working for the military industrial complex.

[@anthonyarnold2514]

Who doesn't know what he's talking about!

[@drelephanttube]

None of the current ones would be allowed to talk about it.

[@perfectionist724]

Dang i didn't think those things were so big!