A fully armed MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle taxis down the runway at an air base in Afghanistan on its way to another wartime mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson).
An MQ-9 combat drone of the United States-led coalition had buzzed dangerously close to an An-30 plane of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria, announced on September 7.
“At 9:37 a.m. Moscow time, at an altitude of around 6,200 meters, in the Tell Rifaat city area, an MQ-9 reconnaissance and strike drone of the coalition dangerously approached an An-30 plane of the Russian Aerospace Forces that was performing a scheduled flight along Syria’s northern border,” Kulit said in a briefing.
The commander added that “Russian pilots demonstrated a high degree of professionalism, promptly taking the necessary measures to avert a collision.
Kulit also noted that U.S.-led coalition warplanes continue to create dangerous situations in the Syrian airspace, flying in breach of deconfliction protocols and violating the country’s aerial borders.
Coalition drones violated deconfliction protocols by carrying 13 flights over Syria over the past day without coordinating with the Russian military group in the country, the commander revealed during his briefing.
“Eight violations committed by a pair of F-16 fighter jets, two pairs of Typhoon fighter jets and two MQ-1C multirole unmanned aerial vehicles of the coalition were registered in the al-Tanf zone over the past 24 hours,” he added.
The coalition maintains a garrison in the southeastern area of al-Tanf with a 55-kilometer no-fly zone. In addition, it keeps a network of bases at key oil and gas fields in the northeastern governorates of Deir Ezzor and al-Hasakah. This presence, who is allegedly directed against ISIS, is not approved by the Syrian government who considers it to be an occupation.
On the other hand, the Russian military operates against ISIS and other terrorist groups in Syria under an agreement with the government.
The U.S.-led coalition attempts to expand its aerial operations over Syria will not likely lead to a confrontation with the Russian military. Nevertheless, these attempts are generating much tension and could eventually cause a serious incident..
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find 4 helpers and have them lift you while you duct tape it to the existing sidewinder
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russia should shoot the fucking drones down, the nazi usa are in syria illegally and therefore are legitimate targets so no more warnings to nazi usa just shoot them down. =z=