Russian fighter jet collides with U.S.........
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I'll bet tom cruise could do it.......
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It was a weather drone.
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Okie743: 30333704828187/comments/30333748462235
It was a weather drone.
😁 Yeah Yeah, thats it...
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Rear mounted camera view?
I'm surprised dumping fuel on it did not result in an explosion.
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@...: 30333704828187/comments/30333794266907
Rear mounted camera view?
I'm surprised dumping fuel on it did not result in an explosion.
Or Greta complaining about the fuel dump
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The camera is mounted under the nose in a "ball" turret that allows 360 pan and 180 tilt. In the video, it was pointing back and slightly to the drone's starboard.
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Hey Win/Win, maybe we can strap "Greta," on an American drone and submit it for elimination, or an at Sea planned downing.
She was just arrested in Norway (?) Protesting against Wind Energy.
(Because) The poor Reindeer. 🙄
She (apparently,) believes in the Perpetual Motion Free Energy Machine. 🤔
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Yah Hey, Dem dar vindmills can be hard on da reindeers.. just ask da Santer klase
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Too bad it is not hard on the Biden/Harris combo.
They need to have AV gas dumped on them, harassed by Russian Jets, clipped in flight, have their Software deleted, downed at Sea, in 4-5K' of water.
Another Win/Win. 🤔👍😁
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Rocky Raab: 30333704828187/comments/30333728506139
It is abundantly clear that they wanted to down the drone. Else they wouldn't have tried dumping jet fuel on it to affect the engine, and maneuvering near it to try to upset it. It was just bad luck and poor flying that they had a mid-air with it.
The drone is pretty fragile and the SU-27 is incredibly maneuverable. Not out of the question that the impact was deliberate.
A good kill, IMO.
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Was listening to Senator Kelly tonight. Claims he has first hand experience with Russian pilots. Says they are more incompetent than their Army. He should know, He was a fighter pilot. Could have been accident? I would say at the least, dumping the fuel was deliberate. What the heck do I know?------Ray
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Based on the videos I saw, and because the propeller is lower than the stabilizer, I can only assume that the jet overtook the drone an an angle that allowed the wing tip to hit the propeller blade without hitting the stabilizer.
Either damn good piloting or dumb luck that didn’t result in much more catastrophic damage.
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Don, any pilot will tell you that the Roosky phooked up big time. The intercept path he chose left the drone completely out of sight once he started his pullup - which came too late. Or way too soon.
The best and safest path would have been to pass right under the drone, keeping it in sight above you until you'd passed under, then climb slightly. That would have left a tunnel of jet fuel for the drone to fly through. Look at the curtain of fuel the first path left, as seen in the video.
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Some talking head this morning said Putin was giving accolades to the pilots ,,,,,,,
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-awards-fighter-pilots-us-drone-crash-incident/
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Russia to award pilots involved in US drone incident
Russia's Defense Ministry says fighter pilots involved in an incident with a U.S. drone that resulted in its crash will be given state awards
ByThe Associated PressMarch 17, 2023, 7:46 AM ET
• 3 min read
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Any stats on the propeller material? I saw the video, STILL do not believe the idiot in chief or the media.
MOST props would explode with that type of impact. Maybe the predator has a prop made of solid aluminum?
Inquiring minds wanna know, what's the prop made out of that would allow it to only bend the tip over and not break!?
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Metal prop.
In our AF, if you screwed up bad enough to have a midair, you'd be going before a board to have your wings pulled. At least in my day, you would.
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Rocky Raab: 30333704828187/comments/
Metal prop.
In our AF, if you screwed up bad enough to have a midair, you'd be going before a board to have your wings pulled. At least in my day, you would.
Yeah, but today you'd get an extra beret.🤤
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Most likely aluminum. They can bend a long way without breaking.
Don’t ask me how I know.
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Rocky Raab: 30333704828187/comments/
Metal prop.
In our AF, if you screwed up bad enough to have a midair, you'd be going before a board to have your wings pulled. At least in my day, you would.
Was that back in the '50's?
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4205raymond: 30333704828187/comments/30333750816795
Was listening to Senator Kelly tonight. Claims he has first hand experience with Russian pilots. Says they are more incompetent than their Army. He should know, He was a fighter pilot. Could have been accident? I would say at the least, dumping the fuel was deliberate. What the heck do I know?------Ray
Kelly is a first rate asshat. I’m sick of this globalist push for us to be perpetually involved in Ukraine and anything he’s selling I’m not buying Lol he turned in his guns to be destroyed when his wife disapproved
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Rocky Raab: 30333704828187/comments/30333764240027
Don, any pilot will tell you that the Roosky phooked up big time. The intercept path he chose left the drone completely out of sight once he started his pullup - which came too late. Or way too soon.
The best and safest path would have been to pass right under the drone, keeping it in sight above you until you'd passed under, then climb slightly. That would have left a tunnel of jet fuel for the drone to fly through. Look at the curtain of fuel the first path left, as seen in the video.
Makes sense. Thanks, Rocky.
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