The US has flown its reconnaissance drones over the Black Sea more than once, with the Russian Foreign Ministry warning of possible retaliation if the UAVs violate Russia’s airspace.
The US-made Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is specifically designed to track down targets, Dmitry Drozdenko, a military analyst and chief editor of the Fatherland Arsenal Internet portal, told Sputnik when commenting on a drone flying over neutral waters of the Black Sea near Russia’s Crimean Peninsula.
Drozdenko suggested that the Global Hawk changing its route could indicate a “provocative attempt to uncover Russian air defense systems” to help the Ukrainian Army subsequently strike them.
The analyst added that no actions against the drone are expected because it remains in international waters, but when it comes to rationale, the UAV should have been shot down.
According to Flightradar24 data, the Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk is currently tracked southeast of Crimea at an altitude of about 16.7 kilometers.
Flying reconnaissance drones to the Black Sea has not been uncommon for the US amid Russia’s warnings of retaliation.
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