MQ-9 Sensor Video Showing Collision With Russian Su-27 Released
March 16th, 2023Via: The Warzone:
The U.S. Department of Defense has released a video showing part of the encounter between a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper and two Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter jets over the Black Sea on March 14 that resulted in the drone being lost. This seems to confirm that one of the Su-27s struck the drone’s propeller, although it remains unclear to what degree that action was deliberate or a misjudgment.
Scott Ritter has a pretty thorough take on what happened–the russians made 19 warning passes on the drone before dumping fuel on it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K6zKkxzioU