“US drone crashes in Black Sea, and US-Russia open confrontation escalates?” The US MQ-9 Reaper drone crash in the Black Sea continues to spread. The defense ministers and military senior officials of the US and Russia held urgent telephone talks on March 15, but it seemed helpless for both sides. The situation calmed down, and the United States and Russia made contradictory statements about the cause of the drone crash. are: the United States said the drone was damagedRussiaThe Sukai 27 (Su-27) fighter plane crashed, and the Russian side said that the MQ-9 drone fell on its own.
Russia reported on the 15th that it would begin salvaging the wreckage of the MQ-9 drone, causing concern in the international communityRussiaIs it possible to use it to obtain classified information from the United States? In addition, Russia accused the drones in the Black Sea of ”confirming” that the United States was directly involved in the Ukrainian–Russian War. Will it develop into a military confrontation between the United States and Russia?
The crash site of the MQ-9 Reaper UAV is located 112 kilometers southwest of Crimea. There are conflicting statements from the United States and Russia regarding the cause of the UAV crash. According to the US military and European command, the accident occurred on the morning of March 14. At 7:03 am, when a US Army MQ-9 Reaper UAV was conducting a reconnaissance mission in the Black Sea, it was attacked by two Russian Sukai 27 fighters. Had to face The flying around and in front went on for about 30 to 40 minutes, and then one of the fighters rammed the propeller of the MQ-9 drone. The propeller was damaged and the MQ-9 drone crashed into the Black Sea.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that the MQ-9 drone was flying close to the Russian border (i.e., off the coast of Crimea) and entered the restricted area set by Russia, so Russia immediately sent fighter jets to intercept it, And the reason for the crash of the drone was “operational it was so violent that it lost control and fell into the sea.”
The Russian Defense Ministry denied that Russian warplanes had used weapons against American drones or that airframes from both sides had come into contact. However, a Pentagon spokesman said that the US Department of Defense could make public and release video of the collision. between two planes.
Regarding Russia’s allegation that the crashed MQ-9 Reaper drone entered Russian restricted airspace, the United States said the drone’s flight limits were related to international airspace. Vast swathes of territory around Asia have been declared no-fly zones, and as early as February 24, 2022, before Russia invaded Ukraine and started the Ukrainian–Russian War, Russian officials fired their weapons at American reconnaissance aircraft. Was accused of being too close to the border. However, countries all too often operate in international airspace and maritime zones, and no country can impose restrictions on areas outside its airspace and territorial waters.
In fact, interception operations in the air or at sea are not uncommon among countries around the world, and most of them are routine. For example, Russian military aircraft have also been intercepted by the US military several times in the Pacific. Therein lies the difference. In the behavior of the Su Kai 27 military aircraft – the Su Kai 27 military aircraft itself was likely seriously damaged in the collision, and its actions were denounced as “reckless” by the White House. White House National Security Spokesmankirby(John Kirby) said President Biden has been briefed by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (Jake Sullivan), and US State Department officials will also directly express to Russia “our concerns about this unsafe, unprofessional intercept operation “
US State Department spokesman Ned Price said Russia’s actions were a “gross violation of international law”.
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