Russo Ukrainian War
A Russian Su-27 caused an American drone to crash in the Black Sea yesterday. The two aircraft may have collided.
Russia, which tends to be as dense as a box of rocks about the capabilities of Western equipment, lied and said the drone just suddenly veered off and fell in the sea, apparently wholly unaware that the drone photographed the SU-27 and we'd have the film footage.
D'uh.
Russia is trying to recover the drone presently.
An interesting aspect of this is the release of jet fuel by the Su-27 near the drone. It may be just me, but I'd fear that the drone's engine would ignite the fuel and send the Su-27 up in a big ball of flame, but apparently not.
