Shogu wants to reward the Su-27 pilots for a knocked American drone-the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
" The press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation wrote about it. The Defense Ministry claim that all users of international airspace have been informed that a certain area was "installed for their own". The American drone allegedly flew in the direction of the border of the Russian Federation with switched transponders, so to identify it in the sky raised aircraft of enemy air defense. "As a result of sharp maneuvering in the area of 9.
30 (MSC), the MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle went into an unmanaged flight with height loss and collided with a water surface. Russian fighter jets were not used, with unmanned aircraft of contact did not return to the base. , - the Ministry of the Russian Federation reported. Recall that American UAV MQ-9 Reaper collided with the Russian Su-27 aircraft in the air above the Black Sea on March 14. On March 16, the media reported that the Russians were able to get the wreckage of the drone from the sea.
However, in the United States, they assured that no secret data from it in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation would not work. Also on March 16, the US military published personnel where Russian fighter jets come to the UAV and dump part of the fuel. Today, March 17, the incident was commented by the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. In his opinion, the Americans were smiled, so you should not ceremony with them. US senator called UBL *** ko.