Morning Jolt: U.S. Drone Becomes a Casualty in the Proxy War with Russia

On the menu today: Beware the Ides of March. That U.S. Air Force MQ-9 drone that Russia downed in the Black Sea yesterday was gathering intelligence on the locations and movements of Russian troops, intelligence that would be passed along to Ukrainians for targeting those forces. We may not like Russian fighter jets downing our surveillance drones over international waters, but we should not be surprised that they are doing so. This is a natural and perhaps inevitable consequence of being in a proxy war with Russia.

To Paraphrase Blue Oyster Cult, Russia Don't Fear the Reaper

Yesterday, a Russian fighter jet struck and forced down a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone in international airspace over the Black Sea, south of Ukraine — the first confirmed time that Russian military forces and a U.S. military craft have deliberately clashed since the invasion of Ukraine began.

U.S. Air Force general James B. Hecker, the commander of U.S. Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa, declared in a released statement ...

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WITH JIM GERAGHTY March 15 2023
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WITH JIM GERAGHTY March 15 2023
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U.S. Drone Becomes a Casualty in the Proxy War with Russia

On the menu today: Beware the Ides of March. That U.S. Air Force MQ-9 drone that Russia downed in the Black Sea yesterday was gathering intelligence on the locations and movements of Russian troops, intelligence that would be passed along to Ukrainians for targeting those forces. We may not like Russian fighter jets downing our surveillance drones over international waters, but we should not be surprised that they are doing so. This is a natural and perhaps inevitable consequence of being in a proxy war with Russia.

To Paraphrase Blue Oyster Cult, Russia Don't Fear the Reaper

Yesterday, a Russian fighter jet struck and forced down a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone in international airspace over the Black Sea, south of Ukraine — the first confirmed time that Russian military forces and a U.S. military craft have deliberately clashed since the invasion of Ukraine began.

U.S. Air Force general James B. Hecker, the commander of U.S. Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa, declared in a released statement ...   READ MORE

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