American drone MQ-9 reaper in Poland "put" Russian Reb "Krasukha": how did it happen

Probably the drone "planted" the systems of EWS located near Kaliningrad. However, Russian sources say this, which told the details of the operation. The American reconnaissance unmanned aircraft MQ-9 Reaper, which on March 18, carried out an emergency landing in the northwest of Poland, was probably suppressed by the Russian systems of electronic struggle "Krasuukha-2O" and "Krasukha-4". About it reports the website of Defense Mirror.

The incident happened on the night of March 18, according to the Main Command of the Armed Forces of Poland: "After 23:00 there was an emergency landing of unmanned aircraft of the USA Armed Forces. It happened in the vicinity of Miroslavets during a flight in Poland's airspace.

" The aviation base in Miroslavka, where the drone was landed, is located approximately 250 km from the Kaliningrad region of Russia, and, according to Russian sources, is within the reach of the means of radio electronic suppression of the systems of the EW "Krasukha".

The Telegram-channel "Russian ORUZHE" reported that MQ-9 Reaper conducted exploration of areas of deployment of the anti-aircraft missile complex "Iskander-M", as well as artillery and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation near Kaliningrad, Husevsk and Chernyakhovsk.

For this purpose, MQ-9a operators used the MX-20HD tower-9As, medium- and long-wave IR channels that were to ensure the detection of Russian thermal contrast equipment and staff in IR-band, as well as radar An/Apy Apy-8 in the mode of synthesized aperture mode and detection of movable equipment. As a result, the radar of APY-8 MQ-9a operating in the X-band, satellite satellite canal antenna Satcom and communication antenna and data exchange antenna in the C-band were exposed 4 ".

In addition, the system of electronic wrestling L/s-band "Krasukha-2O" inhibited GPS navigation modules, as well as the Iridium-Data Link antenna located on the glider. Then the MQ-9a drone was forced to return to its base with the help of an autopilot, as well as backup team and telemetry channels. Also, on March 14, the royal Air Force plane, which was on board by the UK Minister of Defense Grant Shappps, suffered a loss of communication, flying near the Russian territory of Kaliningrad.

The Minister of Defense returned from a trip to Poland. At that time, the Russian social networks attributed the failure of the electronic struggle "Krasukha-2O" and "Krasukha-4". Russia has intensified the measures of electronic suppression after the Ukrainian Kamikadze boats were destroyed by the Russian patrol ship "Sergei Kotov" near the coast of the annexed Crimea. According to the Russian media, the MQ-9 drone was discovered along the borders of Russia with Ukraine.

At the time of the impact that handed over to the operators of Ukrainian drones, the coordinates of the Russian guard ship. The US military is improving the MQ-9 Reaper drone model. In July 2023, it was reported that the Special Special Operations of the US Air Force planted the MQ-9 Reaper drone on the runway covered with soil.