US releases footage of Russian jet crashing into American drone over Black Sea
by Dan Sabbagh and Martin Belam from on (#69W0D)
Pentagon says video has been edited for length but shows events in sequential order
A remarkable video released by the Pentagon shows the moments before a Russian fighter crashed into a $32m US Reaper drone after spraying it with jet fuel on Tuesday morning over the Black Sea.
The declassified footage shows an Su-27 Flanker jet making two exceptionally close passes of the uncrewed drone, spraying fuel in front of it, a harassment tactic that US experts say has not been seen before.
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