Archive Link: https://archive.is/87Od2
I hope everyone can agree on some face saving lie that doesn't require an escalation.
i doubt it was on purpose on the russian pilot's end
a reaper is a big bastard, hitting one would fuck your plane updumping fuel on it and then touching off the fuel with your exhaust sounds a) deliberate and b) rad as fuck
On a side note, try to search for the title of Top Gun in Russian on Google or Bing. Nearly impossible.
ya someone was talking about it in the news mega. apparently there were varying measures the russian plane took leading up to this, including dumping fuel on the drone.
yeah, buzzing it and dumping fuel on it makes sense
getting close enough to hit it would be very stupid, those things weigh over two tons
it'd be like hitting a family sedan at very high speedIt does happen now and then
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident
There was that pilot during the Korean War who used this tactic to lift his wingman's disabled jet: https://www.military.com/history/how-air-force-pilot-tried-save-his-wingman-pushing-his-plane-midair.html
I could see the drone takedown happening if they just barely nudged it in a sensitive place.
looking forward to the development of aerial caltrops, debris and particles the opposing aircraft can deploy into the engines of drones
