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Video of the Day: Russian fighter jet collides with US surveillance drone

Video of the day: Russian fighter jet collides with US surveillance drone

(US EUROPEAN COMMAND)

A Russian fighter jet collided with a US surveillance drone on Tuesday, March 14, over the Black Sea.

The video shows a Russian fighter jet dumping fuel by the MQ9 Reaper drone and barely missing it. As the pilot returned to dump more fuel, the pilot collided with the drone, and the recording was disrupted.

After being damaged, the operators flew the drone down to international waters and remotely wiped sensitive software. Russia denied allegations of the collision.