Howard Altman – Military Times Aug 18, 2020
Defense official says two U.S. drones collided and crashed in Syria. Click to enlarge
The U.S. lost two drones over Syria Tuesday after a midair collision, a defense official tells Military Times.
Images of burning aircraft crashing to the ground were posted on Twitter Tuesday. There was speculation that the aircraft were MQ-9 Reapers — a remotely piloted aircraft used predominately as an armed hunter-killer drone, but also capable of surveillance and intelligence collection — and were shot down.
However, the defense official could not confirm the type of drone involved.
Reports indicate there was a collision, the defense official said, but whether they were shot at afterwards — and whether that caused the crash — is unclear.
BTW it seems there two big UAVs were shot down. As we can see above, one is MQ-9, second possible also MQ-9 or another big UAV. pic.twitter.com/f09EVMTyPL
— Yuri Lyamin (@imp_navigator) August 18, 2020
In short, tonight, the #Turkish Soldiers or supported militants from MANPADS shot down an #American (strike) UAV MQ-9.#Americans will not forgive, so we are waiting for the strikes of the Coalition Air Force on Idlib.#Syria pic.twitter.com/mkahU9UmIz
— Sukhoi Su-57 Felon ???? (@I30mki) August 18, 2020
A shootdown of a Reaper is not without precedent.
Houthi rebels in Yemen shot down a Reaper in June of 2019, according to a CENTCOM statement at the time
CENTCOM said the MQ-9 Reaper was shot down by Houthi rebels with a SA-6 surface-to-air missile that was enabled with Iranian assistance, according that release.
The slow-moving aircraft, with a cruising speed of 230 miles per hour, according to the Air Force, costs about $64 million for a unit of four aircraft plus sensors.
It is mainly armed with munitions like AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, GBU-12 Paveway II and GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions.
The Reaper has also been reportedly deploying a “flying Ginsu” weapon.
The weapon has been in use for some time, while its existence has been kept under wraps by the Central Intelligence Agency and the Pentagon, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Spawned from the widely-used Hellfire missile, the R9X — also known as “the flying Ginsu” or “ninja bomb” — is equipped with a non-explosive warhead capable of pummeling its target with over 100 pounds of screaming metal.
The precision ninja bomb is also kitted out with six internal blades that can cut through buildings or cars with ease. These long blades deploy in the shape of a halo around the missile moments before it pulverizes its target like a heaven-sent anvil cheese grater, officials told the WSJ.
Now the US mainland is beginning to burn, if I was America’s chosen enemies Russia, China and Iran, I would do to America what America does to the countries it wants to ruin. I’d take the captured armies of ISIS, Al Queda etc, and say to those baboons you either invade the US mainland for us, or you die. America managed it all across the Middle East so they can manage it into the US mainland. Then resupply them by air and sea.
Get them into South and Central America with a lot of materiel and get them to move north overland and up both coasts in boats. Then disrupt. Start firefights against the US military, police, Homeland Security and militias. Start a civil war on US soil. Make US politicians the ultimate targets, hitting all the places your intelligence services know they move between.
@Michael McNulty Yes because we all know these Satanic worshipers are not in the whole play together right? They genuinely hate each other and want to rid the world of the other…
I was being sarcastic BTW!
If you seriously belive that anyone will attack the USofA other than when the plan of the globalists dictates it is necessary to further that plan, then you will be in for a long wait.
Hahahaha too bad the burning wreckages didn’t crash directly onto the evil xxxx-stains who have no business being there in the first place.