Drone flights USA over the Black Sea will lead to a certain escalation of tension. If they pose a threat to Russiathen they need to be destroyed, called on the First Deputy Chairman State Duma Committee on International Affairs Alexey Chepa. So the deputy spoke about the resumption of US drone flights over the Black Sea in a conversation with Lenta.ru.
Earlier it was reported that the US resumed drone flights over the Black Sea after the crash of the MQ-9 Reaper drone. According to Reuters, this time the RQ-4 Global Hawk drone flew over the Black Sea.
“Flights of drones will certainly lead to a certain escalation of tension. Because it can lead to incidents that can greatly aggravate the situation. We understand that in any situation – planned, programmed – there is a human factor. And this can play absolutely unexpectedly even for the United States, ”Chepa said.
The deputy is also sure that after the American drone lost control and fell into the Black Sea on March 14, the United States will not change its policy, but will continue intelligence work.
“Because this is part of their strategic program to fight Russia, which they launched a few years ago. The entire special military operation is accompanied by US intelligence, they continue and will continue to collect it, ”he added.
US drone crashed into the Black Sea
US drone incident happened March 14 in the sky over the Black Sea. According to Ministry of Defense of Russia, the drone flew towards the Russian border with the transponders turned off. The department noted that he violated the boundaries of the area of the temporary regime for the use of airspace, established Moscow from the beginning of a special military operation on the territory Ukraine.
The Russian fighters raised to intercept did not come into contact with the drone, they did not use weapons, the Defense Ministry said. The UAV began to sharply maneuver, lost control and fell into the water, the department added.
