March 14, 2023
Brig Gen Pat Ryder of the US air force is speaking at a news conference after the collision of a Russian fighter jet with a US drone over the Black Sea.
He cites a US European Command statement that said Russian aircraft conducted an “unsafe and unprofessional” intercept with a US unmanned aircraft that was operating within international airspace.
He said:
"At approximately 7.03am CET, one of the Russian Su-27 aircraft struck the propeller of the MQ-9, causing US forces to have to bring the MQ-9 down in international waters. Several times before the collision, the Su-27s dumped fuel on and flew in front of the MQ-9 in a reckless and unprofessional manner.
This incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional.
He said such kinds of US aircraft had been flying over the Black Sea region for some time, adding that it was an “important and busy international waterway”.
You can watch his news conference live here:
https://www.theguardian.com
US should do the same and say, oh, we are ....sorry, that's incident!
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