“They didn’t waste time,” the defense told Fox News.
VIDEO OF USA U. S. IT SHOWS THE MOMENT A RUSSIAN FIGHTER JET COLLIDES WITH A US DRONE. U. S.
U. S. European Command The U. S. Air Force on Thursday released video of a Russian Su-27 fighter jet colliding with a U. S. MQ-9 Reaper drone. A screenshot of a plane spilling fuel. (U. S. European Command)
However, a separate U. S. official with knowledge of the scenario is not convinced that Russia will unload the drone’s debris.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said Wednesday that the Black Sea the drone landed on is between 4,000 and 5,000 feet deep.
RUSSIA TO TRY TO RECOVER DOWNED U. S. DRONE AS U. S. PLEDGES TO “PROTECT OUR ACTIONS”
U. S. European Command The U. S. Air Force on Thursday showed video of a Russian Su-27 fighter jet colliding with a U. S. MQ-9 Reaper drone. U. S. over the Black Sea. (U. S. European Command)
He made the comments at a Pentagon news conference alongside Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
Milley speculated that the drone’s debris has likely already sunk to “significant depths,” making recovery difficult.
A map shows the locations where a US MQ-9 Reaper drone intercepted and then passed through a Russian Su-27 fighter jet, and where the drone crashed on March 14, 2023 in the Black Sea. (US Air Forces Europe/Fox News)
National Security Council strategic communications coordinator John Kirby told CNN on Wednesday that the U. S. military is in the process of being able to do so. The U. S. has already taken steps to “protect our actions” and doesn’t need more to “get its hands on [the drone]. “
“Without going into too much detail, what I can say is that we have taken steps to protect our movements with respect to this specific drone, this specific aircraft and its assets in the United States,” Kirby said. to see someone put their hands on it outside our doors. “
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Later, Kirby took a decidedly less positive tone.
“He hasn’t recovered and I’m not sure we can get him back. I mean, where it fell into the Black Sea, in very, very deep waters,” Kirby told CNN. We are still comparing whether there may be any recovery effort there. Possibly there isn’t. “
The Navy of the EE. UU. no has ships in the Black Sea, a spokesman for the U. S. European Command told Fox News on Wednesday. U. S.
Liz Friden is a Pentagon manufacturer in Washington, D. C.