Planes avoiding the South Carolina Coast today, kinda looks like planes avoiding Ukraine...lol

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On 1/26/2023 at 12:33 PM, Jumper_Dad said:

Where ever you listen to podcast, give this one a listen. This guy gives some strong takes on what is going on in Russia. 

Listened to it last week.  It was very interesting. 

American's warned to leave Russia as soon as possible and to cancel trips there. 

As Russia becomes more desperate, it is increasingly dangerous for citizens from countries aiding Ukraine. 

 

Ukrainian land mines doing work.

 

 

From WLWT.com and pretty much every news outlet:

The U.S. military said a Russian fighter jet on Tuesday struck the propeller of a U.S. drone over the Black Sea, causing U.S. forces to bring it down in international waters.

The brief article also said:

Several times before the collision, the Su-27s dumped fuel on and flew in front of the MQ-9 in "a reckless, environmentally unsound and unprofessional manner.

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We just keep moving closer and closer to a hot war with Russia. 

Russians getting more desperate as another offensive effort fails and Ukraine gets closer to adding more fighter jets.

I also have read stories about in fighting among the inner circle in Russia.

2 hours ago, theguru said:

From WLWT.com and pretty much every news outlet:

The U.S. military said a Russian fighter jet on Tuesday struck the propeller of a U.S. drone over the Black Sea, causing U.S. forces to bring it down in international waters.

The brief article also said:

Several times before the collision, the Su-27s dumped fuel on and flew in front of the MQ-9 in "a reckless, environmentally unsound and unprofessional manner.

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We just keep moving closer and closer to a hot war with Russia. 

This is the path the drone has been flying. Even had transponders turned on to show that it was international waters. They have patrolled that area for months. The area just above the track taken is Crimea and Ukraine above that.

2 minutes ago, Jumper_Dad said:

This is the path the drone has been flying. Even had transponders turned on to show that it was international waters. They have patrolled that area for months.

Right, Russian aggression. 

The photo I posted is of a Global Hawk drone on patrol, not a Reaper...my mistake. 

Reapers do not appear on the App I follow. So I'm not sure exactly where the drone was shot down in relation to the border.

3 hours ago, theguru said:

From WLWT.com and pretty much every news outlet:

The U.S. military said a Russian fighter jet on Tuesday struck the propeller of a U.S. drone over the Black Sea, causing U.S. forces to bring it down in international waters.

The brief article also said:

Several times before the collision, the Su-27s dumped fuel on and flew in front of the MQ-9 in "a reckless, environmentally unsound and unprofessional manner.

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We just keep moving closer and closer to a hot war with Russia. 

And China.  Although the Chinese may be hoping they can slip into Taiwan without repercussions while the US is tied up with Russia.  

Looks like they made two passes at the Reaper Drone dumping Jet Fuel on it. If you look closely at the propeller after the second pass by the Russian Fighter, you can see that one is severely bent.

Russian ships rushed to the area trying to recover the drone. It reportedly went down in water around 4,000 feet deep. A US spokesman said that procedures were inacted that would endure no classified material could be recovered. I'm assuming some kind of self destruct explosion was set off.

 

US put the Global Hawk back up over the Black Sea today. From that track it can pretty much track the entire Russian Navy in the Black Sea.

It will be interesting to see if the Russians will go after this one.

Finland has officially joined NATO, the Russians won't like this one bit.