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There are major Nato intelligence gathering air assets currently focusing on the Kaliningrad and Baltic areas at the moment. Before I break it down, take a look at all the military ( Note, these are just military aircraft) currently in the air over Europe as of this moment. Its an incredible sight and obviously daunting to any Russian strategist. Also the majority of these aircraft are only Logistical or Intel aircraft.
Over the Baltic, we see a Swedish AF G4 SIGNIT asset...
Joined by an RAF RC-135W SIGNIT asset
Also in the area, an E8 JSTARS asset
And a Swedish AF Saab SIGNIT
Clearly an intel-hoovering/ "we won't be intimidated" exercise or a prerequisite to a push by Ukraine.
Bearing in mind, these are aircraft with transponders on. There are many, many aircraft with transponders off flying in the theatre of operations.
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I've been trying to figure out where the drone went down, taking into account marine activity on the Black Sea today.
The US mention that it went down 75 miles southwest of Crimea.
Here is this rough area:
But here is where I've noticed some unusual activity on Marine Traffic:
It's quite a distance away. If you zoom into the highlighted area, you can see a cluster of marine vessels, positioned by satellite around a half hour ago, away from shipping lanes and designated as " tugs".
Someone is looking for something in this region!
Could be nothing, seems odd though.
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The recovery of the MQ-9 wreckage could be difficult. Estimated water depth by the US is 1.2 - 1.5 km
The orcs have this based in Sevastapol:
Would you look at how old that thing is; 1912! Anyway, if that submersible is all it has available, it might not be very useful as it is rated for 1,000m depth.
However, Orcs are claiming to have found the wreckage at 'only' 850-900m depth.
Specialists from the Russian military were able to locate the downed US MQ-9 Reaper drone in the Black Sea on the day of the incident on 14 March. The drone was found on the seabed 60 kilometres from Sevastopol at a depth of 850-900 metres. ForPost was told this by its own source close to the Russian Defence Ministry and familiar with the details of the operation.
"An underwater robot has descended to the seabed and detected the MQ-9 Reaper at a depth of about 850-900 metres. The deep-sea branch of the South Stream gas pipeline runs close to this area," the source told ForPost.
According to him, a Russian warship is currently on duty on the surface of the water in the area of the fall of the US aircraft. The perimeter area of the drone crash site is also guarded. The source said that experts are now working out a decision on further actions to lift the drone from the seabed.
"The depth where the drone is buried is quite considerable. To carry out the ascent, one should use the means used in the lifting of sunken deep-sea submarines," the source told ForPost.
Such means, ForPost's qualified interlocutor notes, are available to the army and navy, and a plan is being developed to use them effectively in the fall zone of the MQ-9 Reaper.
The specialist told ForPost that the Russian Defense Ministry is interested in the drone's internal electronics, as well as its engine. In turn, he noted, a scenario is not ruled out in which US forces would try to destroy the drone using their own means before it rises to the surface.
On Wednesday, March 15, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev said on the air of the television channel "Russia-1" that the work to lift the fallen drone from the seabed is necessary, and it will be carried out.
Recall that the American drone MQ-9 Reaper fell into the Black Sea in the morning of March 14 as a result of sharp manoeuvring. At around 9:30 (Moscow time), as confirmed by the Russian Defense Ministry, the MQ-9 drone went into unguided flight with loss of altitude and collided with the water surface. It was noted that the US drone flew with its transponders turned off and violated the boundaries of the area of temporary airspace use, which had been established for the duration of the airspace defense.
As ForPost wrote, the US military reconnaissance drone MQ-9 Reaper crashed as a result of approaching a Russian Su-27 fighter jet, which was going at supersonic speed.
Sergey Abramov
Orc source so dose of salt may be required,: https://sevastopol.su/news/bespilotnik-ssha-mq-9-reaper-nayden-u-sevastopolya-na-glubine-okolo-900-metrov
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For me it was the idea of aircraft which has a fairly large internal tank and doesn't carry any external tanks not being able to dump fuel in an emergency couldn't be right,
It's possible something got lost in translation ,or the General quoted has zero experience with the Su27 which the Romanian airforce never operated
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