According to some reports, the drone took off from an air base in Sigonella on the Italian island of Sicily. He passed along the southern coast of the Crimea and the Krasnodar territory. Then in the airspace of Georgia conducted a reconnaissance of the border areas of Russia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
On the way back to lenses RQ-4A got the Kuban and the Crimea again. To the Russian Peninsula he came from the Black sea, at the altitude of 16 thousand meters. But closer 45-70 kilometers to our border was coming. In total intelligence US drone hovered near the southern borders of Russia about nine hours. The drone a few times flew to a distance of from 37 to 54 km bordering Ukraine Belgorod, Voronezh and Rostov regions.
This route intelligence from the Americans, apparently, worked out. In any case, it is for him he followed earlier, in particular, on June 29. Apply in the sky, the U.S. military and spy routes. For example, the national control centre defense of the Russian Federation said that on Tuesday, fighters of the southern military district and the Northern fleet intercepted a reconnaissance aircraft, the US and Norway over the Black and Barents seas. “The aerial target flying in the direction of the state border of the Russian Federation, was identified as a reconnaissance aircraft P-3C Orion Norwegian air force (over the Barents sea) and reconnaissance aircraft P-8A Poseidon of the US Navy, RC-135, US air force, unmanned aircraft MQ-9A Reaper US air force (over the Black sea),” – said the defense Ministry.
However, the attention Americans pay to our Crimea. Same drone “global hawk” appears from its banks almost every week. An accident is not called. Especially if you know what intelligence abilities has US military equipment. For example, according to open sources, the “global hawk”, on Board which is a high-resolution camera, an infrared sensor and a radar for tracking moving objects, intended for conducting strategic air reconnaissance to a depth of 300 km.
When flying at high altitudes, this drone is capable of controlling more territory. It can also high resolution to carry out reconnaissance and point targets via satellite link in real time to transfer the information to command posts. With a takeoff weight of 15 tonnes and a wingspan of about 40 meters, the RQ-4A is ready to patrol the skies for 30 hours, climbing to a height of up to 18 thousand meters.
it is Clear that with such characteristics is dangerous to get close to our air borders for US drone is not necessary. The more that Americans know very well: for such a violation will inevitably be followed by a strike by air defense.
this week in Black mo��e appeared the ships of NATO. “Division 2-second permanent naval group of NATO (SNMG2) and mine counter measures NATO (SNMCMG2) for the second time this year, entered the Black sea for participation in two regional exercises with the navies of Bulgaria and Ukraine”, – said in a posted to Facebook the message.
NATO stressed that such exercises enhance interoperability among allies and regional partners. It is planned that the Alliance ships will go to the Bulgarian port of Burgas and Odessa.
