Russian jet forces down U.S. drone in “reckless” encounter

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🗓️ 15 March 2023

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The U.S. military says a Russian fighter jet forced down a U.S. Air Force drone over the Black Sea. The White House called Russia’s actions “unsafe, unprofessional and reckless” while Russia’s defense ministry denied its aircraft came into contact with the drone. Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling joins AC360 to discuss how big of a deal this is and if he thinks it’s a deliberate provocation by the Russian military.

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0:00.0	Good evening ever since the start of the Cold War, the US and Russia and before that the
0:04.4	Soviet Union have had confrontations in the air and its sea, and though dangerous for
0:08.6	all concerned and certainly nerve-wracking these encounters have only rarely blown up into
0:12.6	serious incidents.
0:13.8	That's because at least to some extent there are routines that are followed until at least
0:17.5	some degree, apparently less so for Russia, everyone involved acts professionally.
0:22.0	That was not the case however today, but the Black Sea.
0:24.6	An American reaper drone like this one was intercepted by two Russian fighters.
0:28.7	It was damaged and then forced down.
0:31.1	I mean, somebody could have gotten hurt.
0:35.2	Nobody wants to see that happen.
0:37.2	And it could lead to miscalculations between two militaries that are operating not obviously
0:43.5	in Ukraine together, but certainly in proximity in the region.
0:47.5	And we don't want to see this war escalate beyond what it already has done to the Ukrainian
0:51.6	people.
0:52.8	And so this is clearly this was inappropriate, unsafe, unprofessional conduct by the Russian
0:58.8	pilots.
1:00.1	Russia's ambassador to Washington was summoned to the State Department and will have more
1:04.3	and that shortly.
1:05.3	Also, we'll get a perspective from retired Army 3 star General Mark Hurling.
1:08.4	But first, the latest on the incidents or in the Liberland joins us from the Pentagon.
1:12.2	So it's clear what happened right now.
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