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MOSCOW, 17 Mar. The United States is using various incidents involving its military equipment to complicate the situation around states that Washington considers its adversaries, the author of the Chinese edition of the Global Times notes.
According to him, the crash of an American MQ-9 Reaper drone over The Black Sea is an example of such a provocation.
“Since the end of the Cold War, similar incidents of military aircraft collisions, occasional air crashes, and even downing of aircraft have occurred many times, some of which seriously exacerbated regional tensions, and most of them were associated with the US military. And the targets were often countries that Washington publicly considers imaginary enemies. This is very revealing,» the journalist is sure.
In his opinion, the huge world attention to what happened with the American drone underlines the disinterest in aggravating the crisis relations between Moscow and Washington.
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“As the US conducts more and more military operations abroad, so does the frequency of their provocations. Meanwhile, relations between the major powers have seriously deteriorated, and bilateral communication mechanisms have been seriously affected,” the author of the article complained. temporary regime for the use of airspace over the Black Sea. As explained in the department, the drone was moving towards the Russian border in Crimea, so fighter jets were lifted into the air to identify the intruder.
Due to sharp maneuvering, the drone went into an uncontrolled flight with a loss of altitude and fell into the water. The Russian fighters did not come into contact with the MQ-9, did not use airborne weapons, and returned safely to their base airfield, the Ministry of Defense stressed.