“He destroyed US property”: a Russian pilot who drowned an MQ-9 Reaper drone in the Black Sea was scolded at the White House

The official representative of the US military department, John Kirby, commenting on the information about the award of a Russian pilot who "dropped" a US Army reconnaissance drone into the Black Sea, scolded the Russian pilot, calling him an "idiot".

According to the American official, the actions of Russian pilots are dictated not by courage, but by unprofessionalism and even a low level of intelligence. Another hint that the American nation is exceptionally smart...

Kirby lamented that the maneuvers by the Russian fighter jet destroyed US property, which he said was "idiocy."

Russian fighter jets made several passes over the American reconnaissance droneby dropping on it aviation fuel, causing the drone to malfunction and crash into the sea.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu awarded the Order of Courage to Su-27 pilots who successfully intercepted an American MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea and stopped violating the boundaries of an airspace area in which a temporary special regime is in place in connection with a special operation in Ukraine.

On March 14 of this year, Russian fighters were launched into the air to identify an American MQ-9 drone that was moving over the Black Sea with transponders turned off. Russian planes did not come into direct contact with the intruder, and also did not use the weapons on board. After the crash of an American drone, the Russian fighters returned safely to their base airfield.

Comments

[voice of reason]

Well done pilot! It was not so easy to find the Reaper and perform the maneuver. No worse than Vasya Tsymbal himself. So the award is well deserved. But it's still more of a Cold War game. All this here is "they did not use weapons, they did not succumb to provocations." I have bad associations here with June 22, 41 - "do not be the first to open fire on provocations, do not succumb." And why, actually play around? Well, since he went into that air zone, which we consider our own and where we notified that access is limited, so why breed turuses on wheels? Shoot down to the mother of Zelensky everything and business! In all available ways! And to admit, they shot down! And we’ll shoot down because there’s nothing to fly here! At the official diplomatic level. And let THEY already express their concerns and scratch their heads how to react!

[The black]

fighter jets made several passes over an American reconnaissance drone, dropping aviation fuel on it, causing the drone to malfunction and fall into the sea.

Our pilots did not destroy anything. Well, they saw the drone, well, they decided to refuel. Well, the Russian diesel fuel is under sanctions, so the drone fainted and fell.

[marchcat]

destroyed US property

And there is nothing to scatter your "property" anywhere. The Russian pilot carefully cleared the sky of debris.

[Argon]

And I have a guess. Why did the signal from the drone immediately disappear after the "shower"? Was it really kerosene? Or did they turn on electronic warfare along with kerosene ?!

[Xnumx vis]

Quote: Argon

Why did the signal from the drone immediately disappear after the "shower"? Was it really kerosene?

Instead of aviation kerosene, they urinated with Novichok. They have, a little, that they poisoned the Novichok! So they gave Kirby's favorite brainchild down the drain with this Newbie ... .

[terms]

It was necessary to wash the antennas with alcohol, and they with kerosene =)) So they died)

[tralflot1832]

Kirby, like an admiral, is hysterical. Only Russia can get the wreckage. Erdogan cannot, if the Americans did not supply him with something, at an expensive price for themselves - F 35.

[The black]

Kirby, like an admiral, is hysterical

This is how kirby should be given appropriate answers ... in the spirit of kirby himself ... For example, one could say that the fishermen shot down the drone, well, the ones that blew up the streams

[private person]

.Only Russia can get the wreckage

The wreckage has already gotten to the Russian Navy and now they are just playing for time, waiting, so to speak, for what the Americans will do.

[Xnumx vis]

Quote: private person

.Only Russia can get the wreckage

The wreckage has already gotten to the Russian Navy and now they are just playing for time, waiting, so to speak, for what the Americans will do.

Well, got it. Why yell about it to the whole world? Good deeds are done quietly... Without howls in the style of kirby - mirby - shmyrli ...

[terms]

It seems that today they said that the wreckage is still at the bottom =)

[Argon]

Kirby Admiral!!! He mustn't talk like an idiot! Or still not an admiral?

[Roman RUS]

American admiral is a synonym for the word idiot. So it's all right with kirby

[Lt. Air Force stock]

Quote: voice of reason

It's not so easy to find the Reaper

It flies high, there is nothing difficult in its detection by radar systems.

[DymOk_v_dYmke]

Quote: Lt. air force reserve

It flies high, there is nothing difficult in its detection by radar systems.

Yes, and they were looking for him, judging by the flyradar, for almost an hour.
Or almost an hour he could not decide whether to fall on the boss or not.

[Argon]

Thought about it too. To hell with fighter radars in the nose?

[DymOk_v_dYmke]

Quote: voice of reason

Well done pilot! It was not so easy to find the Reaper and perform the maneuver. No worse than Vasya Tsymbal himself. So the award is well deserved. But it's still more of a Cold War game. All this here is "they did not use weapons, they did not succumb to provocations." I have bad associations here with June 22, 41 - "do not be the first to open fire on provocations, do not succumb." And why, actually play around? Well, since he went into that air zone, which we consider our own and where we notified that access is limited, so why breed turuses on wheels? Shoot down to the mother of Zelensky everything and business! In all available ways! And to admit, they shot down! And we’ll shoot down because there’s nothing to fly here! At the official diplomatic level. And let THEY already express their concerns and scratch their heads how to react!

In general, I agree, but bold "-" to you.
It is unrealistic to read and write a long comment in a minute.
Were you ready in advance?
If they had explained something, they would not have had to downvote once again.

[Maz]

In addition to the award from the sailor who shot down the reaper, they handed over a people's award collected by ordinary people in a cart and, by voting on the Elder Edda channel, transferred to him - 1,2 million people's rubles. Thanks to the guys for the fate of the Motherland. Fedorov handed over. Video in the cart.

[Ohsetin]

And what is the final official position of the Russian Defense Ministry? The UAV violated the no-fly zone and was shot down or not, and they simply watched it and it fell by itself, otherwise it got a little confused.

[Volodin]

Quote: Ohsetin

and then already slightly confused.

And don't get confused. It's simple: the drone fell, the pilots were awarded.

Need details and details - submit a request to the information department of the Ministry of Defense

[The black]

According to an American official, the actions of Russian pilots are dictated not by courage, but by unprofessionalism ...

Well, shit, you have to admit it and warn the amers that these pilots will still fly there, because there are no professional ones

[Andrey Moskvin]

In the spirit of Stalin, it is necessary to answer the commander-in-chief - I have no other pilots for you.

[DymOk_v_dYmke]

Quote: Volodin

And don't get confused. It's simple: the drone fell, the pilots were awarded.

Even shorter: "he drowned."
Pilots awarded!

[K-36]

Quote: Volodin

Need details and details - submit a request to the information department of the Ministry of Defense

Alexey, good day! I would like to share some personal information with you.
My family and the Popov family received the apartment almost simultaneously. They turned out to be neighbors (from door to door no more than 1,5 meters. Seryozhka Popov was the youngest in the Popov family and went to the 6th grade of high school. His father was a p / p-k at that time, and I was a major. The characters agreed very close (yes, this is not surprising, for his father was a kind man, and an extremely hospitable and hospitable host) How many meetings at one table for all Soviet holidays! But there were also washings of the next titles, "was idle" for returning from Chechnya, and the birthdays of his subordinates!
When the bare walls of the apartments were furnished a little, I came to him to consult about the erection of a brick partition that would separate our "nook" from the landing. Well, you could take off your shoes in front of the door of the apartment (and no one stole these shoes). Or, for example, take off clothes that are wet after rain and hang them next to the front door. Senior Popov supported and offered Seryoga as an assistant. He responded with enthusiasm. And really helped! Then he called me "uncle Vit" and I was for him a major of the same aviation in which his father served.
Now he is a major. And he receives an award from the hands of the Minister of Defense. To be honest, I knew about this award the day before yesterday. His mother called back "in secret" to trusted people. I didn’t post it on the site, because it’s better to be silent than to harm. And when the officialdom was posted on VO yesterday, I drank two cups: 1) For Seryoga Popov; 2) For his father, who has already passed away and did not wait for such joy for his Seryozhka.
I, in fact, what all this is for: When he comes home on vacation, we will definitely meet, we will remember his father, and we will talk about his current service. So the Department of Information of the Ministry of Defense will be of no use to us at all.
Always with personal respect,

[DymOk_v_dYmke]

For a personal (excuse me!) there is a personal.

[Denis812]

Legally, of course, the pilot shot down the Reaper. It's 100%.
It doesn't matter if he used a weapon or rammed or poured fuel on the Reaper.
The pilot made an impact on the Reaper, after which he fell.

Of course, it looks completely different to the public to drain fuel and shoot an UAV from a cannon, which is why the United States is only gnashing its teeth. But from a legal, from a formal point of view, the drone was shot down by the RF Armed Forces.
Because the pilot has something to reward.

[DymOk_v_dYmke]

Let him not be beaten.
Well, I "accidentally" got into a turbulent jet of an "accidentally" approaching fighter .. which "accidentally" does not happen.
But the rewards are not random, they are correct.

[Argon]

Unlike the United States, we reward the heroes in public, and do not hide them, as they hide the destroyers of Russian property, which simply lies at the bottom of the sea and does not follow anyone or transmit coordinates for attacks!

[Fitter65]

Quote: Ohsetin

And what is the final official position of the Russian Defense Ministry? The UAV violated the no-fly zone and was shot down or not, and they simply watched it and it fell by itself, otherwise it got a little confused.

It was unprofessionally and environmentally dangerously watched as he, professionally and environmentally safe, fell into the sea.

[Leonidych]

Keep it up guys, take them all down. They have nothing to do in our Black Sea. We do not climb into their seas. Zadornov said everything correctly about the Amers. One hundred percent agree with him.

[Al manah]

We do not climb into their seas.

But this is very useless...

[Old_wars]

Next time, the interception team should be supplemented with a BE-200 aircraft.

If we say anything, we saw smoke coming from a drone and were forced to put it out!

[Menshoff_D_V]

A clear thought))) only not with water, but with foam, preferably assembly foam. What would later surface, and not anchor it from the bottom.

[DymOk_v_dYmke]

Quote: Old_war

were forced to put out!

The correct term is "repay".

[Trapp1st]

Why was it necessary to change the dress uniform to this one?

[Cat Alexandrovich]

Yes, the parades have become very wrong! Especially figovinki on the collars. It would be nice if they looked like the GDR ones, because they look like the Wehrmacht ...

[Pete mitchell]

Quote: Trapp1st

Why was it necessary to change the dress uniform to this one?

To quickly and easily report and cut down a little. These are drones for a long time and they may not show a picture on TV, but the form is simple and fast. In addition, it can disappear in warehouses.

[Yura]

Traditions that have meaning. Military uniform of the Red Army -

[Aerodrome]

where it looks like except for the "rack"?

[Pete mitchell]

And patent leather shoes revolt me. In what part of Russian history did designers dig them up?

[DymOk_v_dYmke]

Quote: Trapp1st

Why was it necessary to change the dress uniform to this one?

I studied in elementary school, a tunic, a belt and a cap were uniform.
The uniform evoked pride among the boys.
Then they changed to a gray bag ..
That was Khrushchev's first denial / censure.
A harbinger of Gorbachev's plum.

[RuAbel]

It must have been Kirby's own reaper. He did not seem to have worried about other US property (on the outskirts) before.

[rocket757]

The official representative of the US military department, John Kirby, commenting on the information about the award of a Russian pilot who "dropped" a US Army reconnaissance drone into the Black Sea, scolded the Russian pilot, calling him an "idiot".

. Yes, do not care that they are clucking there in the stripes ... adjust the next target.

[Andrea]

If we talk about intelligence ... it would be better to take care of your own. The whole world despises arrogant fools. Why is the sad macho so sorry, as if they themselves do not ruin the equipment for no reason. Just a great mind. Some destroyers were killed by three pieces, the rest are seeds and not worth mentioning.

[Boniface]

Sweet like Pinocchio, Yankees cry
Hush Yanochka don't cry we will get
From the bottom of the ball

[HAM]

You will still answer the Chinese for the ball ........ The world has never seen more idiocy like hitting the ball with rockets for lemon bucks ...... and in general - does it hurt when they beat?

[oleg-nekrasov-19]

It would not be bad for Kirby to remember the pilot of the Ukrainian Air Force, who wanted to shoot down the Geran drone with his MIG -29 and then ejected, losing the plane and, by the way, having received the high award "Hero of Ukraine" after that, well, he probably was all the same "ace", not an idiot. It happened in the sky over Vinnitsa in October 2022

[Rage66]

And the honored test pilot Magomed Tolboev said that our fighters do not have a fuel dump mechanism
The Americans posted the recording with a delay of a day or two ... Maybe they were finishing this reset?

[vvvjak]

Quote: Rage66

And Magomed Tolboev said that our fighters do not have a fuel dump mechanism

Provided

(C) Fighterbomber

[SincerityX]

There is an opinion that he either confused it with a flashlight, or he was told that it was supposedly a flashlight, or there was no drain on the test versions. He also worked with kb, not with regular parts.

[Lelik76]

Magomed has become old, apparently he is already forgetting the mat part, he hasn’t been flying for 30 years.

[Mavrikiy]

Quote: Rage66

And Magomed Tolboev said that our fighters do not have a fuel dump mechanism

Listened to him. He probably just doesn't know how. V. Tsymbal still watered the inquisitive with kerosene in the North.

[DymOk_v_dYmke]

Quote: Mavrikiy

Listened to him. He probably just doesn't know how.

Tolboev is probably right.
Only strategists have a drain. I myself saw how they merge.

[Horon]

According to the American official, the actions of Russian pilots are dictated not by courage, but by unprofessionalism and even a low level of intelligence.

Kirby lamented that the maneuvers by the Russian fighter jet destroyed US property, which he said was "idiocy."

Just a few words: balloon from China...

[Menshoff_D_V]

I would like all Russia to be such "idiots". Maybe a vigorous bomb would not be needed. Although without a nuclear club in any way. I wish a white, maybe a blue house to recruit ignoramuses, kleptomaniacs, housing. Maybe he could not stand his own and melt this scum.

[PVV66]

Now Bastrykin is simply obliged to open a criminal case for discrediting a member of the SVO and put Kirby on the international wanted list. And our most humane court should solder an American a strict cutter.

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

According to an American official, the actions of Russian pilots are dictated not by courage, but by unprofessionalism and even a low level of intelligence.

well, let this alternatively gifted one sit at the helm and try to repeat

[senima56]

"He destroyed US property" Ah ah ah!

[16112014nk]

Quote: Trapp1st

Why was it necessary to change the dress uniform to this one?

Didn't the firm "Gardarika" sew this masterpiece by chance?

[Ave_patriam]

I see a drone in the sky
Nearby I fly to SU.
But I won't beat him
Better just piss)))

[Mavrikiy]

«He destroyed US property.": a Russian pilot was scolded in the White House for drowning an MQ-9 drone in the Black Sea

He didn't know that. The transponder has been turned off. You never know what kind of garbage the wind carries, just watched the environment.

[macgyver]

It was necessary to tell the Foreign Ministry that they had discovered a UFO ... they flew out to establish contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, and here it is. And demand compensation for moral damages.

[Oleg812spb]

Let him better watch his property so that it does not give a reason for retaliatory actions. For a public insult for the first time, for a warning, you can get by with the administration. Or immediately file a lawsuit for the protection of honor and dignity?

[patxi46]

José Cuzo, a Spanish operator, was killed in Iraq by a cannon shot at the Palestine Hotel where they were staying, from an American tank. No one has been brought to justice. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Couso

[Dizel200]

Isn't this swineherd swollen? Isn't it time for these exceptional ones to shove them into one.

[macgyver]

"Property of the United States" - fell on its own, falling into turbulence from a drying jet. Flimsy, it hurts, who prevented the United States from making screws stronger?

[Ovsigovets]

"He destroyed US property" Kirby comments like it's a bad thing

[AG-76]

The hint is clear - an idiot, because he didn’t knock him down, but dumped him. And if he shot down, as a pilot should do, then he would no longer be an idiot.
But then they would call it something else.
But also with unpleasant words.
They are such arrogant...

[carpenter]

Kirby lamented that the maneuvers by the Russian fighter jet destroyed US property, which he said was "idiocy."

The destruction of Russian property by American weapons must also be recognized as "idiocy." "John, filter the market!"

[Aaleks1974]

I don’t understand, Kirby’s tantrums, our pilot, while flying, destroyed their drone, which is his profession and direct task! And by no means the preservation of their property! Now, if he had lost the plane, like a Ukrainian chasing Geranium, then yes ... Epithets would be out of place!

[sgr291158]

Everyone can't get used to being nobody.

[Jsem_CZEKO68]

Ať si USA ty drony pouští u břehů USA a neotravují s nimi zbytek světa, který není na špiclování od USA zvědaví!

[Jsem_CZEKO68]

Let the US send these drones to the shores of the US and not irritate the rest of the world with them, which is not curious about spying from the US!

[Petr_Koldunov]

Idiocy is to launch your property with the transponder turned off to where flights are officially restricted by the belligerent.

However, US property is already destroyed every day in huge quantities in Ukraine. If the States consider the destruction of their property to be idiotic, then why do they continue to drive more and more batches of their property there?

[lopuhan2006]

Let's look at the facts: 1. The Su-27 deliberately passed over the Americans several times. 2. At the end of the video, after an interruption from interference as a result of a close flyby of Sukhoi, a damaged propeller blade on the drone is visible. 3. Collision, if this is not an installation, most likely was. 4. Is there any damage on the Dry? Unknown. 5. Our pilot would not have done this without an order, so the order was. 5. If the order was, then therefore the reward for the downing. If there was no order, then there was no reward. 6. This is at least a demonstrative spanking. The drone most likely interfered. There really was a restricted flight zone and MQ went there.

[Oleg Apushkin]

Well done! They fly in the right direction. You still need to land the RQ-4 Global Hawk for disassembly.

[Metallurg_2]

I wonder what US property is doing thousands of kilometers from US borders?

[dimbasic]

who is really idiot is kirby and his boss is crazy joe

[Oleg Fomin]

The drone was "collapsed" two days before the President's arrival in Sevastopol, it was this visit that forced ours to drown "American property", not even shoot down (this is a fact of using weapons against the United States - if shot down), namely to create "natural" conditions under which, without the use of weapons, the apparatus will collapse into the sea. Therefore, such actions of our pilots (and, no doubt, who is behind them) the Americans can only regard as "unprofessionalism" and "do" only blablabla and nothing more serious.