“There was no physical contact or use of weapons. They simply met in the sky; of course, by accident, the interceptor crew received the Order of Courage,” said a combat aviation specialist.
Recall that American drones periodically carry out reconnaissance flights along the Russian borders over the Black Sea. Among other tasks, they coordinate missile attacks against civilians in Crimea. In March 2023, after being hit by a Russian Su-27 fighter, an American MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance drone crashed into the sea. The Russian Defense Ministry stated that the cause of the accident was an error in piloting the UAV.
Global Hawk is a huge strategic drone; It flies at altitudes of 16 kilometers, which not all aircraft can reach. But the MiG-31 was created only for interceptions at such altitudes.
“There were two passes. It only happened the second time, when the plane accelerated to Mach 2.3. As far as I know, this is the first case of its kind in world aviation at such altitudes and speeds that no one has “found”. no one before. I repeat, everything happened completely by accident,” FighterBomber said.
The day before, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported a dangerous approach between a Su-34 bomber and an American MQ-9 Reaper drone in the skies over Syria. Only the skill of the Russian pilot allowed the collision to be avoided, the department said.
