An American UAV flying over the Black Sea signaled that it had lost contact and began to move away towards the US base in Italy

Today, the reconnaissance UAV RQ-4B Global Hawk of the US Armed Forces, constantly flying near the borders of Crimea, suddenly began to sound an alarm about loss of communication. This was reported by a number of Telegram channels, citing data from the flight monitoring resource FlightRadar24.

After sending a signal about the loss of communication, the unmanned aerial vehicle hastily began to move away from the coast of Crimea and from the Black Sea in general towards the American military base in Italy, from where the UAVs and reconnaissance aircraft fly to the Russian borders.

It is not very clear why exactly the drone sounded an alarm about loss of communication. This could have been an identified technical malfunction, but it cannot be ruled out that the American UAV was impacted by electronic warfare forces of the Russian Armed Forces.

Yesterday it was reported that there was unprecedented activity by reconnaissance aircraft and drones NATO near the Crimean Peninsula. American reconnaissance aircraft and drones regularly fly near the borders of Crimea, but yesterday there were four aircraft in the air at the same time - a high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle RQ-4 Global Hawk, a Bombardier Challenger 650 Artemis electronic reconnaissance aircraft, two P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine aircraft of the US Navy .

What was the reason for the increased activity of American intelligence? aviation, it’s not very clear, but just yesterday Ukraine fired two S-200 anti-aircraft missiles converted for strike purposes at Sevastopol, but the missiles were shot down by Russian air defense systems, and another provocation of the Kiev regime ended in failure.

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[TermNachTer]

Maybe the MiG-31 passed nearby, in afterburner, and shook a little?

[igorbrsv]

Or someone tampered with the flytradar. They also recently wrote about our passenger planes with distress signals. True, ours didn’t turn anywhere

[Andrey Yuryevich]

This could have been an identified technical malfunction, but it cannot be ruled out that the American UAV was impacted by electronic warfare forces of the Russian Armed Forces.

If it were electronic warfare, then I would not have been buried in Italy, but in Crimea.

[Boa kaa]

Quote: Andrey Yurievich

If it were electronic warfare, then I would not have been buried in Italy, but in Crimea.

Do you think that our RTut can “persuad” a UAV with an autonomous system for monitoring the parameters of the CS?
Or do you think that Krasukha invited Hook to visit her for a cup of tea (or chacha!)
I don’t see any other reasons for Kryuk to fly into our Crimea!

[alex neym_2]

It has long been noticed that if there is activity near the coast of Crimea, then expect a raid, as they say, on a tip from her house manager...

[Berkut752]

Andrey, you know a lot about electronic warfare. Everyone has their own tasks, although there are also “related” ones.

[rotmistr60]

After sending a signal about the loss of communication, the unmanned aerial vehicle hastily began to move away from the coast of Crimea and from the Black Sea in general towards the American military base in Italy

It’s a pity that I flew “home” on my own and didn’t fall into the sea. We will still have to decide something with these helpers of striking our territory.

[Lech from Android.]

What a pity that he was not planted in our waters... the trophy would have been significant.

[Rumata]

Quote: Lech from Android.

What a pity that he was not planted in our waters... the trophy would have been significant.

To do this, it would be necessary to direct it into our waters if we could use electronic warfare.

[igorbrsv]

It's one thing to deprive someone of control, another thing to intercept control and communication. Interception of control is almost impossible.

[Prisoner]

There is an old Soviet joke about this.
“Two nuclear ballistic missiles are flying out from America and the USSR.
They meet. Russian:
- Well, come on for a meeting in a glass!
American:
- Come on!
They drank.
Russian:
- You see, but we will fly further and explode!
We’ll kill so many people! Let's take another glass so it’s not so sad.
American:
- Come on!
Russian:
“And if we explode, we will perish ourselves!” Come on for peace!
American:
- Come on.
We drank it.
American:
- Well, I flew!
Russian:
- And on the road ?!
We drank it.
American:
- Oh, something is bad for me ...
Russian:
“Let me walk you home!” (c)

[tralflot1832]

So let's check the automatic mode of returning to the base of this flyer!

[Neo-9947]

Returned.
What's next?
.......................................

[rus-5819]

They're feeling you, you bastards! Oh, and someday they will finish the game and be offended by the stink that Russia is the aggressor!
But why are these devices based in Sicily flying over an inland sea to which the United States has absolutely nothing to do? And who is the aggressor after this???

[DymOk_v_dYmke]

Quote: rus-5819

But why are these devices based in Sicily flying over an inland sea to which the United States has absolutely nothing to do?

Unfortunately, it is not internal yet.

[dump22]

But why are these devices based in Sicily flying over an inland sea to which the United States has absolutely nothing to do?

Most of the Black Sea coast is either NATO countries (Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey) or US-friendly countries (Ukraine, Georgia) joining NATO.

[bear cub]

What kind of news is this? Does it have any value or significance? You report on unimportant things, and Western sources scream with delight after analyzing the attack on airports with "obsolete and expired" ATACMS missiles. Several helicopters were destroyed. Start telling people the truth instead of writing nonsense.

[ALCA056000]

For some, “truth” is when it’s bad about Russia, and “nonsense” is when it’s bad about its enemies.

[Axon]

Don't piss.............

[Xnumx vis]

Quote: Little Bear

"obsolete and expired" ATACMS missiles. Several helicopters were destroyed. Start telling people the truth instead of writing nonsense.

Do suckers publish a lot of truth? Yes, in order to capture photos and videos and upload them to the network, they sit you down on the concrete from a decent height. And then he was sent to prison for five years. And they do it right.

[KCA]

A lovely throw-in, some spots in the picture are labeled as helicopters, I’m a complete zero in Photoshop, but even I can draw something like this, tell me, was the shooting taken from geostationary orbit, at an altitude of 38 km? Because from the orbital altitude of optical observation satellites of a maximum of 000 km, it has been possible to distinguish a matchbox for about 400 years, and how is it that the helicopters were destroyed, but not one caught fire, all the fuel was drained from them, the tanks were purged with nitrogen, the ammunition was removed and all flammable materials too? The tsipso is getting smaller, the tsipso is getting smaller, have they stopped paying money?

[Foul skeptic]

from the height of the orbit of optical observation satellites maximum 400 km for about 40 years it is possible to distinguish a matchbox

The resolution of the best modern US reconnaissance satellites is 0,3 meters per pixel. This big matchbox comes out

[bk316]

This big matchbox comes out

Do not quibble.
There is such an expression as “I went on a hike through a pack of Belomor”....
No one is trying to understand literally.

[KCA]

An object of 31 cm is the official permission of civilian satellites, no one will talk about the military, but any civilian satellite takes pictures, well, they are not at all of the same quality as in this stuff, there are millions of examples, the Internet is full, if only so many had actually been shot down, the cypsos could - to order a photo, it’s not that expensive, at the same time they also provide a link to the order and the company that took the photo

[Foul skeptic]

An object of 31 cm is the official permission of civil satellites

Commercial satellites generally have a resolution of 0,7-1 meter per pixel in PANCHROMATIC mode. There are single copies, like "Pleiad" or "SuperView", with 0,5 m. And a very single, not entirely commercial WorldView-3 with technical 0,3 m. Surprise, surprise, which on a commercial basis provides images only with 0,5 m since it is LEGISLATIVE in the USA that photographs with a resolution higher than 0,5 m are prohibited for commercial purposes.

no one will talk about the military

It’s an open secret if the US Department of Defense officially orders the same satellites, which are known as WorldView-3 for reconnaissance purposes (read in one of the issues of the Western Military District, either last year or this year).

[KCA]

Well, I’m actually not an expert on satellite imaging of the Earth, I just wanted to point out that the quality of the above image is much lower than even footage from Google and makes me confident that it’s a fake

[Foul skeptic]

The quality of the above image is much lower than even those taken from Google

What you see in Google and other Yandex maps is a symbiosis of satellite and aerial photography (in urban areas). Open some bear corner in the taiga and a metropolitan metropolis in these services and you will see the difference in detail in the same map service.

[-Paul-]

I opened such a "bearish angle". Right above the "object" the resolution suddenly improved. About aerial photography of this place, definitely - no, they would have been shot down instantly.

[Boa kaa]

Quote: Nefarious skeptic

The resolution of the best modern US reconnaissance satellites is 0,3 meters per pixel.

KN-8, developed by Lockheed, was intended for surveying strategic objects with high resolution (up to 0,2 m - the best indicator achieved by 1985 by American detailed reconnaissance satellites).

High resolution was achieved by installing a long-focus optical system on the satellite and reducing the altitude of the orbital perigee to 120 km.

This was back in 1984.
And now KN-11 has 0,1 m per pixel.

High resolution (about 10-15 cm) from an altitude of 270 km was achieved thanks to the installation on board KN-11 of a long-focus optical telescope and a photodetector based on charge-coupled devices (CCD). So-called CCD matrices...With the help of the KN-11, for the first time, it was possible to obtain images of the new strategic bomber Tu-160, the reusable spacecraft "Buran" (one could even distinguish its name written on board), the aircraft-carrying ship "Admiral of the Fleet N" .A. Kuznetsov" and other military installations. Photographs of the most important objects were provided personally to the US President 40 - 50 minutes after the satellite flew over the reconnaissance area.
The progress achieved in the field of creating multi-element CCD matrices makes it possible to increase the resolution of the KN-11 on-board telescope to 7 - 10 cm, as well as to install advanced infrared imaging equipment on board. Currently, the resolution of satellites for species reconnaissance is about 7 cm from an altitude of 275 km.

Digital processing and OLS can stretch the detail even higher, and the X-37B generally dives down to 80 km...
So, you are wrong.

[Foul skeptic]

Leave these stories about the capabilities of the satellites of the KeyHole program for cinema, where they belong.
The breakthrough of this program was in the digitalization of the image, that is, in direct transmission (and not, as before, films in drop-off capsules). The rest is speculation by journalists and other publicists (even in high ranks).

So, you are wrong.

In general, I don’t insist.

[ALCA056000]

Quite possible. I noticed this thing - I’m writing here in approximately the same vein, before the “rating” was minus one and a half thousand, a lot of minuses, but over the last month it has grown to plus 1200 (he even rose to the rank of sergeant major ). The ranks of suckers thinned out and they sang along....

[astepanov]

Quote: KCA

For from the orbital altitude of optical observation satellites of a maximum of 400 km, for about 40 years it has been possible to distinguish a matchbox

Uncle, do you know anything about the basics of optics, or is it just to talk? Here's a problem for you: what diameter should a telescope lens be in order for an object 5 cm in size to be visible from a distance of 400 km? Wavelength 0,6 µm, Rayleigh coefficient 1,22. If you can’t do it yourself, then I’ll tell you: more than 5 m in diameter. The Hubble telescope has a lens diameter of 3 m. Only the James Webb telescope, worth more than 11 billion dollars, has a suitable lens diameter - 6 meters, but you can’t see a matchbox through it, firstly, because it works in IR -range (and the resolution decreases with increasing wavelength), and, secondly, due to atmospheric turbulence. And one more thing: no matter what the resolution of the CCD matrix is, if the lens does not allow it, then even the best matrix will not save you.

[bk316]

Start telling people the truth instead of writing nonsense.

Little bear, you're confused. This is Military Review, not the TsIPSO order desk and not a jellyfish.
It’s not for you to decide what is essential and what is not. The editors decide based on the opinions of users.
And your opinion can be seen by your minuses.
Previously, people like this were given SS stripes here.

[radeon5000]

Are you saying that two missiles destroyed so many helicopters located at a considerable distance from each other?

[Boa kaa]

Quote from radeon5000

two missiles destroyed so many helicopters located at a considerable distance from each other?

Our Ministry of Defense announced the “damage” of two aircraft and the death of a military personnel.
In fact, each ATAKMS in cluster ammunition carries 950 (!) combat elements with shrapnel... So, damage and death of military personnel is quite possible. The cars, apparently, were left out in the open again...And when will these “sixanthropes” have their minds cleared and realize that the equipment and personnel in the database area need to be covered!?

[ALCA056000]

"....Our Ministry of Defense announced the "damage" of two aircraft and the death of a military personnel....." - can you link to where you can look and read this "statement"? I didn't find anything myself...

[APASUS]

Quote: Little Bear

Western sources are screaming with delight after analyzing the attack on airports with "outdated and expired" ATACMS missiles. Several helicopters were destroyed.

I think it won’t be difficult for you to explain what damage the helicopters received?

[rocket757]

An American UAV flying over the Black Sea signaled that it had lost contact and began to move away towards the US base in Italy

. If/when this happens regularly, it will be possible to discuss it, put forward your own versions, explanations, and so....???

[dnestr74]

It’s time to shoot down the drones, they won’t fight over them, look at their red lines.

[Lech from Android.]

Start telling people the truth instead of writing nonsense.

Calm down, little bear... the forum members on our forum know perfectly well what happened... no need to tear your vest on your chest.

[Nexcom]

Doesn't Chuprina slip through from under his helmet by any chance?

[Repellent]

Quote: Nexcom

Doesn't Chuprina slip through from under his helmet by any chance?

Not. Judging by the announcement, this one will be one of the Zmagars.

[ALCA056000]

uh.... "from under the pan" did you mean?

[kakvastam]

They are preparing for a massive attack on Crimea, apparently...

[Skobaristan]

With what and by whom can Crimea be massively attacked at the moment?

[APASUS]

It is not very clear what the increased activity of American reconnaissance aircraft was connected with.

From the experience of attacks on our bases, the Crimean bridge always appeared on the horizon within a couple of days of the RQ-4 Global Hawk.

[Abrosimov Sergey Olegovich]

Quote: igorbrsv

It's one thing to deprive someone of control, another thing to intercept control and communication. Interception of control is almost impossible.

How did the Iranians take over control and land a top-secret American drone on their territory a few years ago?
Why were the Iranians able to do it then, but now it’s “virtually impossible” for us?

[Boa kaa]

Quote: Abrosimov Sergey Olegovich

Why were the Iranians able to do it then, but now it’s “virtually impossible” for us?

The question is, of course, interesting ... (c)
1. The Yankees then drew conclusions
2. control and communication with Hook goes through the CS via Link-16. I don’t know how you can interfere with “space” without being illuminated. If you know, please tell me!
3. Suppressing the control of a military aircraft using electronic warfare is an act of aggression and can serve as an incident belli... Do you need this now?

[Xnumx vis]

Quote: Boa constrictor KAA

The question is, of course, interesting ... (c)

I'm wondering, is it possible to just fly nearby and interfere with this very global? Well, let out some kind of smoke, oily, metallized. Is the sky neutral, like a training exercise, or is there a problem with our aircraft? You need to interfere somehow, you need to push it out. How can I do that ?

[-Paul-]

How can I do that ?

Just like with Reaper.

[svp67]

Quote: Boa constrictor KAA

suppressing the control of a military aircraft using electronic warfare is an act of aggression and can serve as an incident belli... Do you need this now?

Wait, who said we need this now? What is needed is to counteract its technical reconnaissance means, jam its locators and direction finders with interference, this will not lead to war, since it is not an act of aggression

[ALCA056000]

There is one nuance here. If we start doing this en masse now, then they too will begin to take their own countermeasures. And so - who knows what we have there in case of emergency. They used it once, looked at what and how and again “hidden”, you can’t highlight all your capabilities. Of course, purely my speculation.

[svp67]

It’s high time to jam them, how many lives would they save their people...

[ABC-schutze]

“American reconnaissance aircraft and drones regularly fly near the borders of Crimea, but yesterday there were four aircraft in the air at the same time - a high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle RQ-4 Global Hawk, a Bombardier Challenger 650 Artemis electronic reconnaissance aircraft, two P-8A Poseidon Navy anti-submarine aircraft USA."
************************************************** ***************************************
Well, with the Poseidons, perhaps everything is more or less clear...

Uncle Sam brought two AUGs to the Eastern Mediterranean, and from this side, it is logical to assume that in order to monitor their activity, the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy will, without much delay, “detach” its submarines...

Well, for the rest, it must be assumed that Global Hawk additionally reconnoitered the objects before launching a missile strike on them by the Kyiv banderos - the Nazis.

And the RTR platform monitored the operation of Russian radio equipment (including air defense/missile defense systems) during the period of “massive” presence of US and NATO air platforms near the Russian borders...

[Murphy]

It is necessary to counteract NATO reconnaissance flights near Crimea. Electronic warfare is better, but it can be dropped. Shoot down and apologize, shoot down again and apologize.

[Dimy4]

...another provocation of the Kyiv regime ended in failure.

Why provocation? Natural attack! Although, the attack is responded to or prevented, and provocation is steadfastly tolerated.

[Fonmeg]

It looks like another strike is being prepared on the Crimean bridge or Sevastopol.

[Thumbs]

History teaches nothing.....

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-There should have been a picture here...






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[Elena Bashkatova]

They should have cut off its tail with a laser and let it fly.

[musorg]

For what exact reason did the drone sound an alarm about loss of communication? This could have been our influence, and if we can, then why did he return and not sit down with us? Can someone answer? Satellites work in the same way for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and will they continue to work like that? We are afraid of tension, but the USA is not afraid, so we are afraid!