In this video a Russian MiG-29 fighter aircraft shows up, squeezes off an little air-to-air missle and blows a Georgian UAV out of the sky... on camera.
So we have a Russian MiG taking out a ex-Soviet Georgian unarmed UAV that was doing basic surveillance over Georgian soil (according to the Georgians). Whether that is true or not, I would imagine the political fallout over this incident could get ugly. Seems that there is a bit of unrest over there to begin with. But we can give a big thanks to the Russians and Georgians for this nice video.
Oh, and the Russian's response: "Nonsense. What would a Russian jet be doing over Georgian territory?"
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Georgian military UAV was spying over the de facto independent Abkhazia.
It was shut down by Russian jet because Russia and Abkhazia have joined military forces there.
This (assertion of not being in Georgia) should be easy to verify .. the location ... what is the name of the lake seen in the video feed from the UAV?
Part of the footage depicts what appear to be two runways at an angle pointing toward the Black Sea. If cross-referenced with aerial maps like google or mapquest it'll look as if the UAV was in the proximity of Adler airport which is in Russian territory.
omg really?
I've to Adler, it's a pretty nice place.
do they not put the anti-missile confetti in those uav?
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