US military drone RQ-4 GLOBAL HAWK again follows the Russian Federation from the Black Sea (map)
According to the service, on September 4, the UAV with the call sign Forte10 flew from NATO NATO at Sicily at 5:00 and was flying over the Black Sea for about 12 hours. At 5:00 pm he flew into Bulgaria's airspace and returned to neutral waters. The drone approached about 140 kilometers from the Crimea. It should be noted that this year RQ-4 Global Hawk does not first fly into the airspace over the Black Sea.
On August 18, at 04:13, the Forte10 call sign flew from Sigonell's aircraft on Sicily and conducted exploration over the Black Sea at a distance of 120-150 km from the coast of Crimea. On August 28, Global Hawk, which was heading towards the border of the Russian Federation, was again recorded over the southwestern part of the Black Sea. Then the Russians raised two fighters from the regular air defense forces.
As a result of the US Air Force changed the flight direction and left the areas of air intelligence. RQ-4 Global Hawk is a US strategic reconnaissance UAV. It can fly up to 18 thousand meters high and has a flight range of more than 12,300 nautical miles (about 23 thousand kilometers). The task of such UAV is to disclose the areas of air defense and collecting data on how Russia's Armed Forces respond to combat situations.
The drone is able to monitor day and night with the help of optical-electronic, infrared, radar and radio electronic sensors. During the day, it can inspect the area up to 100 thousand square meters. km, flying at speeds up to 575 km/h, and the total duration of operation of the device without planting is 30 hours. Recall that March 17, 2023, the United States launched a drone RQ-4 Global Hawk over the Black Sea after an incident with MQ-9.