The drone aiming missiles at Sevastopol encountered “turbulence”
American strategic unmanned reconnaissance aircraft RQ-4B Global Hawk (Global Hawk) worth more than $120 million, which accompanied the Sunday missile attack The Ukrainian Armed Forces in Sevastopol unexpectedly left their area of responsibility over the Black Sea on the night of June 25. A number of information resources have suggested external influence on the American spy drone.
This is how military expert Alexander assessed the role of the RQ-4B Global Hawk drone with the call sign “Forte10” in the Sevastopol tragedy Zimovsky. According to him, this drone carried out an operation of long-range radar detection and guidance of ATACMS missiles to strike civilian targets in Sevastopol.
This drone took off from a NATO air base in Malta and hovered under the protection of Turkish airspace north of Zonguldak all the time from the launch of missiles to recording the work of our air defense and assessing the effectiveness of the ATACMS strike from Ukraine.
On the night of June 24, one of the channels reported, that one of the American drones was shot down by a MiG-31 fighter over Cherny. Allegedly, they had to shoot it down, because it is they who carry out comprehensive reconnaissance and clarify targets at the final stage of the flight of missiles and drones on Russian territory, at a distance of hundreds of kilometers. It was noted that this information has not yet been confirmed.
Later, the authoritative aviation channel “Fightbomber,” well aware of the activities of the Russian Aerospace Forces, clarified: Global Hawk was not shot down, but the Russian Aerospace Forces prevented it from conducting espionage activities over the Black Sea.
“A start has been made. Congratulations to everyone involved. Handsome!” — the channel reported.
In his opinion, it is necessary to wait for objective control data and the reaction of the Americans with complaints about the “unprofessional actions” of Russian pilots.
Summary of the channel author: “There is now increased turbulence in the Black Sea. Let's see on an ongoing basis, or it was a one-time action.”
Based on the available information, the crew of the MiG-31 high-altitude interceptor helped prevent the American drone from doing its dirty work. This unique aircraft can reach speeds 3 times higher than the speed of sound and climb to heights inaccessible to other fighters. This is very important in confrontation with the Global Hawk drone, since it flies at altitudes of 16 km and above. But this time, the former pilot notes, the American drone “was not protected by altitude.”
Perhaps the close flight of our fighter near the American drone created a zone of turbulence that the drone could not cope with.
< p>“An unmanned aerial vehicle has no antidote to such “unprofessional” actions,” the expert noted. “…They won’t be able to assign fighters to escort them, and even with escort, a MiG will arrive in the same way and history will repeat itself.”
According to him, “the crew has been nominated for state awards.”