GA drones shot down in Black Sea
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ga planes suck haha
The air force cancelled the contract with GA bc the drones are consider cheap technology that was constantly being shot down in 3rd world countries (Iraq and Afghan). It just proves the points:
- why Ukraine didn’t want to buy the drones for 99 cents
- GA produces outdated technology that is. It competitive in modern warfare
This is bad news for business for GA.
"The Pentagon and U.S. European Command said that two Russian Su-27 aircraft dumped fuel on the MQ-9, which was conducting a routine surveillance mission over the Black Sea in international airspace. They said the Russian jets flew around and in front of the drone several times for 30 to 40 minutes, and then one of the Russian aircraft “struck the propeller of the MQ-9, causing U.S. forces to have to bring the MQ-9 down in international waters.”"
If Russian aircraft are so easily able to bully the MQ9 aircraft and cause it to crash. The implications of this are that it makes it very clear that these GA drones are not suitable for warfare in Ukraine.
What’s your point?