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OH NOES! Not a sharply worded letter!!! 😩
John Kirby sounds like Jim Carey in Liar, Liar... when speaking to the Russians.
Just like everyone else in this clown show of a regime, Kirby’s a lying idiot. I hope getting involved with these charlatans teaches him a lesson and destroys his career.
Hahaha. Just what I think Putin was looking for. They down a US Air Force plane in international waters and get a stern lecture. Pathetic.
He’s in a catch-22
The entire apparatus of US electronic and satellite intelligence are being used to give Ukraine direct, immediate, targeting and war-fighting ability. the USA is effectively running the Ukraine war.
Is that what the Deep State wants to tell Americans when they ask what this innocent and friendly Reaper drone was doing over Crimea?
That is not international airspace, and the USA knows it.
How many more $40 million dollar reapers does the US want to lose over this?
Maybe an AWACS is next?
Swedish AWACS have been flying crazy close to the line
Our government will send them more money with an apology note of not sending enough money....
The drone is driven by a two-blade, variable-pitch pusher propeller. Pusher-propeller means it’s located on the rear of the craft and is flanked on 3 sides by the stabilizers and rudder. Max speed is around 140mph. Russkie fighter jets, just a bit faster.
US claims the prop was ‘broken off’ by a russkie jet. Using a wing? The electronics filled nose-cone? If hit from behind as it must have been for this story to make sense, how did the rest of the jet not fly right through the much slower moving drone?
No jet pilot would intentionally collide with a propeller on a craft flying at 1/5 the jet’s speed, unless he was suicidal.
Russkie jet apparently did piss all over the drone.
Funny, no video from the drone which uses video for navigation, targeting, observation...
All happened over the Black Sea - russkie’s back yard, btw, also bordered by Uke, Rom, Georgia, Turkey. Like having russkies flying drones off 12 miles off NYC.
I believe a drone crashed and two russkie jets were in the area. The rest of the details make no sense and are a cover story. Did drone take a shot? Fly into the much, much faster moving jet’s path?
Kirby is the prototype of a wuss.
IOW, diddly....................
Kirby? Where is the lesbo press secretary. Were the ruskie planes driven by women pilots during out woman’s month??
OH NOES not a strongly written letter..this time use all capitol letters that outta scare the hell outta Putin LOL LOL
Good story about the Russia SU-27 clipped the prop on the MQ-9 drone dumped fuel on it first
The Sun UK
Think, this guy was actually a Rear Admiral, who held a lieutenant’s job as the Pentagon’s paid liar.
Trade a reaper for a jet? That is a good trade.
The most laughable response was from EUCOM who was concerned of the environmental impact.
Yes, we are on the verge of nuclear war with a degenerate chomo leading the “free world” and the biggest concern is the environmental impact.
The dreaded sternly worded letter?