USA relocates MQ-9 Reaper drones to Estonia

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USA relocates MQ-9 Reaper drones to Estonia

US to host drums Drones on the territory of Estonia. According to the press service of the Estonian military department, the MQ-9 Reaper UAVs will be moved to Estonia from Poland.

According to the data provided by the Ministry of Defense of Estonia, the American MQ-9 Reaper drones, performing both reconnaissance and strike functions, for the first time in stories will be placed at the Estonian military base Emari. Relocation of drones from Poland should take place in the near future.



We are happy to welcome our allies to Emari. Drones is a hot topic in today's world, and implementing them in aviation culture lays a new foundation

- declared in the Ministry of Defense of the country.

According to the explanations provided by the Estonian military, drones will be relocated along with personnel and auxiliary equipment and will remain in Estonia until the end of July. The decision to relocate was taken jointly by the US and Estonian military.

This decision was made by the US Air Force along with the Estonian Defense Forces. The equipment, together with the personnel, is relocated in connection with the repair at the airbase in the Polish Miroslawiec, where drones are permanently located

- said in a statement.

It is possible that drones will remain in Estonia for a longer time, and it is possible that UAVs will be deployed in Estonia on an ongoing basis.
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    1. +1
      16 June 2020 17: 54
      And who constantly threatens whom? I would understand if Russia placed something like that in Cuba or Venezuela ..
      Although in fact in the United States riots and countries of China, Russia, etc. We should have adapted our squadrons to the shores of the United States in case the situation gets out of control (as the United States usually does) .. Well, let's see and check our air defense system ..
      1. -3
        16 June 2020 18: 47
        Quote: Ugnetenni
        Well, let's see and check our air defense system.
        Rather, we will simply once again express our strong concern, and the drones will continue to stand where they stood, like THAAD in Korea or Aegis Ashore in Romania.
        1. -1
          16 June 2020 18: 56
          Quote: military_cat
          Rather, we will simply once again express our strong concern, and the drones will continue to stand where they stood, like THAAD in Korea or Aegis Ashore in Romania.

          We express our concern, of course, but we won’t be in any ceremony.
          There is something to answer and Russia will not be particularly promoted to the arms race this time ..
          These UAVs, in principle, are not as scary as they are painted here and in the west .. hi
          1. +4
            16 June 2020 19: 24
            Quote: Ugnetenni
            There is something to answer and Russia will not be particularly promoted to the arms race this time

            It’s even good that in Emari. I lived there. 40 km from Tallinn. Iskander reach out - that of Kaliningrad, while from Peter. And without a UAV control center - scrap. This is in case of a small mess. Yes, attention is required. Ears on top, EW ready. You look, and they get what ... laughing
            1. +4
              16 June 2020 19: 28
              Quote: Mountain Shooter
              Quote: Ugnetenni
              There is something to answer and Russia will not be particularly promoted to the arms race this time

              It’s even good that in Emari. I lived there. 40 km from Tallinn. Iskander reach out - that of Kaliningrad, while from Peter. And without a UAV control center - scrap. This is in case of a small mess. Yes, attention is required. Ears on top, EW ready. You look, and they get what ... laughing

              Correctly think Eugene .. hi Russia is not the same as in the early 2000s
              There is something to snap back and even more .. It's not evening yet!
              1. -3
                16 June 2020 22: 26
                Quote: Ugnetenni
                There is something to snap back and even more

                There is something, but no one else. Our generals and senior officials will not shoot at their mansions.
            2. +2
              16 June 2020 19: 35
              Quote: Mountain Shooter
              It’s even good that in Emari. I lived there. 40 km from Tallinn.

              Here are bastards, I have a cottage of 8 km. from Emari.
      2. -4
        16 June 2020 19: 18
        What squadrons? In what ways.
        The continental United States is beyond the reach of other fleets.
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    2. +11
      16 June 2020 17: 54
      So in Cuba, there must be Iskanders! To protect Russia from Lithuania.
      1. +4
        16 June 2020 18: 53
        And to Venezuela "Kolibra". Maduro will be glad Guaido will "precipitate." At the same time, Americans will no longer divide society in Nigeria and white and so on. Shameful cops will rise from his knees. This is what the life-giving hand of the Kremlin is capable of! laughing
        1. +2
          16 June 2020 23: 41
          Beautiful, but useless. Venezuela is 4000 km from the United States. Gauges don't fly that far. Something else is needed. )))
          1. 0
            16 June 2020 23: 56
            And the other will be too much, from the word "too much". Kuzi mother? Is the whole world in dust? laughing But no one knows the real performance characteristics of "Caliber".
          2. 0
            17 June 2020 06: 35
            dsdelta (Dmitry) "Something else is needed".

            I suppose "something else" is already there! And the states know about it!
      2. 0
        16 June 2020 19: 00
        Quote: Theodore
        So in Cuba, there must be Iskanders! To protect Russia from Lithuania.

        Or maybe there are ... Now it is easier to do secretly! To Cuba and Venezuela, the United States is not letting the dogs go ... Polite steel))))
    3. -6
      16 June 2020 17: 55
      Well, urya-patriots, the enemy is already the devil, how many at the gate, but where can we "repeat"?
      1. 0
        16 June 2020 18: 06
        We will have to repeat it. Relax. There are already a lot of such drones in Syria and Libya. So it's all cheap Ponte Uncle Sam.
        1. -8
          16 June 2020 18: 12
          It will be necessary to repeat

          When they come to the house and take by the throat "wow, will we show them"? We are not "you", I want to note.
          1. +5
            16 June 2020 18: 35
            Quote: lexus
            It will be necessary to repeat

            When they come to the house and take by the throat "wow, will we show them"? We are not "you", I want to note.

            Do you think Estonia is our home? For 30 years now, no.
            We are not on "you", I want to note.

            Notice.
        2. 0
          16 June 2020 19: 05
          Quote: Sky Strike fighter
          We will have to repeat it. Relax. There are already a lot of such drones in Syria and Libya. So it's all cheap Ponte Uncle Sam.

          In this matter, Maxim, the main calm and delicate calculation .. Russia is being promoted to an inadequate and arms race .. What is the Baltic States (NATO member) are just targets for missiles, not necessarily with nuclear weapons .. So everything is fine men
          Enough for everyone and even stay .. hi
          1. +2
            16 June 2020 19: 10
            2020 is really some special year. Events are one after another: either the pandemic, America is shaking, or Gazprom has begun to dismantle the GTS pipes. What will happen next?
            Gazprom has begun dismantling pipes for gas transit through Ukraine, said the head of the Ukrainian GTS operator, Sergey Makogon.
            In an interview with OilPoint, Makogon agreed that “the revenue line called transit completely disappears.”
            “The fact that Gazprom began to dismantle pipes on its territory through which gas is delivered to the border with Ukraine is a problem, but we cannot particularly influence it,” he said.

            https://russian.rt.com/business/news/755739-ukraina-truby-tranzit
      2. +8
        16 June 2020 18: 09
        All of your waiting.
        To stop mowing down from the army under the pretext "I do not want to fight for the oligarchs," and underwent minimal military training.
        1. +1
          16 June 2020 19: 08
          Quote: Spade
          All of your waiting.
          To stop mowing down from the army under the pretext "I do not want to fight for the oligarchs," and underwent minimal military training.

          Will pass kudy get to ... laughing And there will be "warm" places of service for them ..Stroybat in the Caucasus))))
      3. +2
        16 June 2020 18: 25
        the thicker the grass, the better it is to mow ...
        1. +1
          16 June 2020 19: 32
          Quote: antivirus
          the thicker the grass, the better it is to mow ...

          How beautiful you said .. hi At once and bang, if that .. And what to do "gentlemen"?
    4. +3
      16 June 2020 18: 01
      Let the Baltic Tits jump for joy, but what do we want?
      1. +2
        16 June 2020 18: 08
        According to the explanations provided by the Estonian military, drones will be relocated along with personnel and auxiliary equipment and will remain in Estonia until the end of July.

        They’ll be jumping, for a whole month.
      2. +3
        16 June 2020 18: 18
        Quote: rocket757
        What do we want?

        We are very bad.
        The likelihood of an avalanche-like escalation of the situation increases.
        1. +2
          16 June 2020 18: 33
          Quote: Spade
          We are very bad.

          On the contrary, I think it’s good - having them at our side will quickly reveal many of their weaknesses, train electronic warfare forces, track their radio control lines from stationary positions, etc.
          But most importantly, they can fly up to our borders, and "accidentally" collide with our some cheap drone, which can be targeted from the ground by our operators. So two or three expensive UAV crashes and the concert will be over - I think so.
          1. +1
            16 June 2020 18: 36
            Quote: ccsr
            I think the opposite is good - having them at your side

            As far as I remember, their control center is located in the USA.
            So we have no profit
            1. +4
              16 June 2020 18: 45
              Quote: Spade
              As far as I remember, their control center is located in the USA.
              So we have no profit

              Nothing of the kind - it will take off from airfields near our territory, and if it conducts radio communications, then we don’t care where the control center for these UAVs is. The main thing is to understand how they are managed, to reveal teams and their actions in a critical situation. This will facilitate the fight with the American UAV in other regions of the world. Judge for yourself, it is one thing to study their work in Syria, and another thing is at hand.
              1. +1
                16 June 2020 19: 17
                Quote: ccsr
                if it will conduct radio communications, then we don’t care where the control center for these UAVs is.

                Do not care.
                The "head" of this "tadpole" covers the satellite dish
                1. +1
                  17 June 2020 11: 41
                  Quote: Spade
                  Do not care.
                  The "head" of this "tadpole" covers the satellite dish

                  And so what? Satellite radio at a higher level was opened in Lourdes, but here is some kind of drone. In general, it’s all muddy, it’s enough to open the frequency of work and then the EW technique is a matter of course.
        2. +2
          16 June 2020 18: 36
          Seriously? A few drones can warm up a situation that is already not cold?
          Okay, hot Estonian warriors get excited, but consider ours as a routine ... although some will expect to whisper TsIPA-TsIPA-TSIPA with their lips ... what if they manage to lure and shoot !!! Then they’ll get them good buns!
          1. +1
            16 June 2020 18: 38
            Quote: rocket757
            Several drones can warm up the situation

            Easily.
            For example, we can take their actions as the beginning of a disarming strike
            1. +2
              16 June 2020 18: 41
              To do this, they need to cross or shoot across the border ... then the guys anti-aircraft gunners and earn their buns.
              1. +3
                16 June 2020 18: 42
                Quote: rocket757
                To do this, they need to cross

                The fact of the matter is that the probability of this is great.
                1. +1
                  16 June 2020 18: 53
                  They will knock down all business .... this is not even a provocation, it will be utter nonsense.
                  They’ll think about it the same way at headquarters, and I’ll achieve it ... maybe the Foreign Ministry may declare a concern.
                  This is not the class of threat; Schaub should spend more effort on it.
            2. +3
              16 June 2020 18: 48
              Quote: Spade
              Easily.
              For example, we can take their actions as the beginning of a disarming strike

              Do not scare people with such ideas - the third world will not start with drones, so their solo flights are unlikely to be considered an intelligence sign to determine the start of a nuclear war.
              1. +1
                16 June 2020 19: 20
                Quote: ccsr
                the third world with drones will not start

                Several of these drones may well disable the Iskander installations in the RPM
      3. +2
        16 June 2020 19: 33
        Quote: rocket757
        Let the Baltic Tits jump for joy, but what do we want?

        Our business Victor to qualitatively aim and adjust the electronic warfare to the desired wave .. and EVERYTHING! soldier
        1. +1
          16 June 2020 20: 33
          These dragonflies, without serious support, are just a target.
          Maybe somewhere, in the distance, this is a problem, but here, at hand, just a target.
    5. +3
      16 June 2020 18: 07
      The decision to relocate was made jointly by the American and Estonian military. Well, yes, who else would ask
    6. +1
      16 June 2020 18: 11
      What will be the Kremlin's response, or is there one answer to everything - remove the sanctions from Russia, the whole world is brothers? Even the Turks have given us without any idiology about the need to release massively shock drones! We are shouting that these drones are old and junk, and we ourselves are not able to set up a mass production of the like! "Old stuff and rubbish" in Syria, equipment is massively destroyed, showing that the approach of our bureaucrats to shock drones as an unnecessary toy is criminally wrong! !!
    7. 0
      16 June 2020 18: 21
      it dawned on the Estonians what "happiness" came to them? recourse
    8. 0
      16 June 2020 19: 10
      Jumped, jumped? Thirty years ago, the MiG-27K was based in Emari and the US ships did not enter the Baltic Sea. To Peter and to Pskov about three hundred kilometers.
    9. +1
      16 June 2020 19: 17
      The Americans will wait for the Whites to place calibers, S-400s and nuclear submarines on the territory of these states in order to protect Cuba and Venezuela from the flow of "repented" before the blacks (namely by them, not African Americans).
    10. +2
      16 June 2020 19: 20
      And if there are still blacks in the contingent (God forgive me), then at the same time you can kneel down. No, well, cho
      1. +1
        16 June 2020 19: 36
        Quote: Gray-haired Zinnik
        And if there are still blacks in the contingent (God forgive me), then at the same time you can kneel down. No, well, cho

        Defectors (with blocks of their own)))))), you are hinting at it lol
    11. -1
      16 June 2020 19: 40
      when our already hunter finish. It will be necessary to place them on the border with the Baltic states, constantly carry out reconnaissance flights and practice bombing in the Baltic states.
    12. -1
      16 June 2020 21: 10
      Once again, perverts will be spying on grandmothers in the Pskov forests.
    13. 0
      16 June 2020 21: 26
      It’s time that something has appeared in Korea too, or maybe the Cubans?
    14. 0
      17 June 2020 13: 16
      Americans are not occupiers; they are not developing the Baltic industry.

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