US Drone Downed

[sherpa]

Well, this was bound to happen.

A US MQ-9 drone was downed by a Russian airplane in international waters over the Black Sea.

 

Per US claims, the Russians attempted to dump fuel on it, then eventually struck it, causing the Reaper to crash.

 

Let's hope this doesn't escalate to more common confrontations between UA and Russian aircraft, but this is not good

 

Reaper Downed

[Coffeesforclosers]

*shrugs*

 

I'll be worried about it when there's more to worry about. 

 

 

[Doc]

Thankfully it was unmanned.  But fair game to do the same to their drones.

[Tiberius]

21 hours ago, Doc said:

Thankfully it was unmanned.  But fair game to do the same to their drones.

And their planes attacking our drones. Knock them out of the sky! 

 

[Tiberius]

 

[Tiberius]

 

[Irv]

Another sign of Demented Biden or whoever is running the Executive Branch's weakness.  We've become the laughingstock of the world.  Dems too busy aborting babies in the third trimester, destroying the US economy, and encouraging males to participate in female sports.  What a mess.  

[K D]

Possible retaliation for this?

[Joe Ferguson forever]

Romney is absolutely right.  It was provocation.  Russia is now a paper tiger. Putin is losing badly. They'll growl and we'll growl back proportionally.

Edited March 16, 2023 by redtail hawk

[SoCal Deek]

9 minutes ago, redtail hawk said:

Romney is absolutely right.  It was provocation.  Russia is now a paper tiger. Putin is losing badly. They'll growl and we'll growl back proportionally.

If Romney right, it’s purely accidental. 😂 But even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. 

[The Frankish Reich]

1 hour ago, SoCal Deek said:

If Romney right, it’s purely accidental. 😂 But even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. 

Romney WAS right, c. 2012 when he called Russia our #1 geopolitical rival, only to be mocked by Obama (he of the "I'll have more flexibility" to give Russia what it wanted after the election). 

Being right -- foreseeing future events if we continue down the wrong foreign policy path -- used to count for something. Maybe it still should.

[Tommy Callahan]

1 hour ago, The Frankish Reich said:

Romney WAS right, c. 2012 when he called Russia our #1 geopolitical rival, only to be mocked by Obama (he of the "I'll have more flexibility" to give Russia what it wanted after the election). 

Being right -- foreseeing future events if we continue down the wrong foreign policy path -- used to count for something. Maybe it still should.

Welp. come on. in 2012 we were very busy with a color revolution in Ukraine. our assets were tied up.  Nulan was doing her cookie thing.

 

and looking back it sure seems that Pierre Delecto was correct as many say that revolution is what spurred putin to annex those regions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Tiberius]

51 minutes ago, Chris farley said:

Welp. come on. in 2012 we were very busy with a color revolution in Ukraine. our assets were tied up.  Nulan was doing her cookie thing.

 

and looking back it sure seems that Pierre Delecto was correct as many say that revolution is what spurred putin to annex those regions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ya, Putin sure hates it when people throw out his puppets

[SoCal Deek]

3 hours ago, The Frankish Reich said:

Romney WAS right, c. 2012 when he called Russia our #1 geopolitical rival, only to be mocked by Obama (he of the "I'll have more flexibility" to give Russia what it wanted after the election). 

Being right -- foreseeing future events if we continue down the wrong foreign policy path -- used to count for something. Maybe it still should.

No he wasn’t. Obama said so. And I always believe Obama. He was never wrong. 😉

[All_Pro_Bills]

3 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

No he wasn’t. Obama said so. And I always believe Obama. He was never wrong. 😉

Not wrong until he bought a $20 million dollar estate on Martha's Vineyard that will be under water in just a few years because of climate change.  Why didn't he listen to what Greta and Al Gore said and instead buy property in the Rockies well above rising sea levels?  It's inconceivable the omnipotent ex-President could be a science denier!  

[B-Man]

 

 

 

[B-Man]

 

 

Joe Biden is taking another long weekend at home in Delaware. But before he left, he made time to do nothing about Russia intentionally downing an unmanned U.S. military aircraft in international air space over international waters.

 

Clearly, the Chinese and North Koreans and, now the Russians, are testing the old guy. And once again the 80-year-old American commander in chief flunked.

 

 

[Biden is Mentally Fit]

10 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

Joe Biden is taking another long weekend at home in Delaware. But before he left, he made time to do nothing about Russia intentionally downing an unmanned U.S. military aircraft in international air space over international waters.

 

Clearly, the Chinese and North Koreans and, now the Russians, are testing the old guy. And once again the 80-year-old American commander in chief flunked.

 

 

 

No. This gentleman let the Russians know of their unacceptable behavior in no uncertain terms. 

[Irv]

18 hours ago, B-Man said:

 

 

Joe Biden is taking another long weekend at home in Delaware. But before he left, he made time to do nothing about Russia intentionally downing an unmanned U.S. military aircraft in international air space over international waters.

 

Clearly, the Chinese and North Koreans and, now the Russians, are testing the old guy. And once again the 80-year-old American commander in chief flunked.

 

 

 

Days later Demented Biden still cowering in his basement trying not to soil himself again today.  What a coward.  Too busy destroying the banking industry and telling everyone they're racist.  What a mess.