Russia Denies It Downed US Military Drone

US News ^ | 3/14/2023 | Reuters

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Russia's defence ministry said on Tuesday that its fighter jets did not come into contact with a U.S. drone that crashed into the Black Sea earlier, claiming instead that the drone crashed due to "sharp maneuvering".

"The Russian fighters did not use their onboard weapons, did not come into contact with the UAV and returned safely to their home airfield," the defence ministry said.

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Russian MOD response:

[JonPreston]

Of course they shot it down. It was spying

[PGR88]

They are going to play the ridiculous PR game just like Jean-Pierre and Kirby play it.

So this game will continue - and if the Biden wants to make a public issue of it - the DoD will need to come out into the open about what drones are doing there.

[JonPreston]

Exactly. We all have common sense, just not to the same degree.

[The Louiswu]

The banking problem is not going as planned so

[JoSixChip]

Certainly there is video from the drone. Someone is lying, let’s see the video.

[Secret Agent Man]

my common sense is try putin, zelensky and biden for war crimes and trying to start nuclear wwiii on all of us, and swiftly execute them all. and make sure the replacements known that’s what’s next for them if they all don’t shape up and settle the hell down.

[Vermont Lt]

This is my shocked face.

[Vermont Lt]

Some Air Force guys…just like to watch.

[Captain Peter Blood]

Why was it in Russian airspace to begin with. If they shot it down fine, they should have.

[dfwgator]

I don’t know who to trust less: us or them?

[thegagline]

Gulf of Tonkin 2.0.

[canuck_conservative]

Why was it in Russian airspace to begin with

it wasn't

[BipolarBob]

McCarthy promised Tucker the video as soon as it was processed.

sarc

[BipolarBob]

It was in international air space. offending nobody.

[JoSixChip]

With its transponder off? We all know what it was doing.

[Vaduz]

The Sun UK has the story how the Russian SU-27 clipped the prop on the MQ-9 drome

[House Atreides]

Well, the MQ-9 drone is very good at long range sustained STEADY flight. I’m not so sure how good it is at rapid maneuvering (similar to ‘dog fight’ changes) particularly when it is being controlled remotely. We may have just found out. Just sayin’.

[hanamizu]

I don’t know who to trust less: us or them?

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That’s the problem I’m having. Trouble is my own government has been lying to me a lot more often than the Russian government. Russia has yet to tell me that a man in a dress is, in fact, a woman.

[Waverunner]

Rube Goldberg knew the real issue in 1946..