{"id":1982358,"date":"2023-07-25T15:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T19:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-russian-fighter-jet-damages-us-drone\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T15:29:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T19:29:17","slug":"watch-russian-fighter-jet-damages-us-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-russian-fighter-jet-damages-us-drone\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Russian Fighter Jet Collides with US Drone"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-russian-fighter-jet-damages-us-drone%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1982358&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>Russian \u2063Fighter \u200dJet Damages U.S. Drone in Syria<\/h2>\n<p>A dramatic \u2062incident unfolded over\u200c the weekend as a Russian fighter jet engaged in a \u200cdangerous\u200b encounter with a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper\u2063 drone in Syria. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-russian-fighter-jet-damages-us-drone\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Russian Fighter Jet Collides with US Drone\">jet fired flares<\/a> at the drone, causing significant damage to its propellers.<\/p>\n<p>The intensity of\u200b the encounter was captured in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-shot-the-gun-alec-baldwins-statement-to-cops-post-rust-shooting-reveals-new-details\/\" title=\"\u2018I Shot The Gun\u2019: Alec Baldwin\u2019s Statement To Cops Post \u2018Rust\u2019 Shooting Reveals New Details\">newly released video footage<\/a>, showing the Russian jet \u2063coming dangerously close to the \u200bU.S. drone and launching flares directly at its propellers.<\/p>\n<h3>U.S. Air Force Commander Condemns Russian Actions<\/h3>\n<p>Lt. Gen. \u200bAlexus Grynkewich, the top U.S. Air Force commander in the area, expressed his concerns about the incident. In a statement, he emphasized that the drone was on a mission against the Islamic State when it was targeted by the Russian fighter jet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the\u2063 Russian flares struck the U.S. MQ-9, severely damaging its \u200bpropeller,&#8221; Grynkewich said. &#8220;Fortunately, the MQ-9 crew was able to maintain flight and safely\u2064 recover the aircraft to its home base.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Grynkewich \u2063further highlighted the negative impact of Russia&#8217;s actions on \u200bthe U.S. objective of fighting ISIS in the region. He called upon the\u200d Russian forces in Syria to immediately cease their\u2062 reckless and unprofessional behavior.<\/p>\n<h3>A Pattern of Unsafe Behavior<\/h3>\n<p>This incident is not the first of its kind. In March,\u200b a Russian fighter jet damaged another U.S. drone, causing it to crash into the Black Sea. \u200bThe White House condemned that incident as &#8220;unsafe and unprofessional.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These repeated instances of dangerous \u2063encounters between Russian and U.S. military assets raise serious concerns about flight safety and the potential for further\u200b escalation.<\/p>\n<h3>China&#8217;s Role in \u200dthe Equation<\/h3>\n<p>Adding to the complexity\u2062 of the situation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-laptop-researcher-reveals-new-details\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden laptop researcher reveals new details\">recent reports suggest<\/a> that \u2062China is selling military equipment to \u2063Russia. Chinese company Shanghai H Win has declared sales of hundreds of thousands of military items, including helmets and bulletproof vests, to Russian buyers.<\/p>\n<p>Politico has confirmed that the items listed in the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-military-equipment-fuels-russias-invasion-report\/\" title=\"Chinese military equipment supports Russia's invasion, says report.\">declaration documents match<\/a> those found in the company&#8217;s online catalog, raising questions about the \u200dextent of China&#8217;s \u200binvolvement in Russia&#8217;s military operations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Russian fighter jet damaged a U.S. drone&#8217;s propellers in Syria, heightening tensions. Video footage reveals the jet&#8217;s close encounter with the MQ-9 Reaper drone, firing flares at it. Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, the U.S. Air Force&#8217;s senior officer, expressed concern over the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":1982359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1982358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1982358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1982359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}