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Whether or not the MQ-9 was armed is so far down the list of logical arguments about why a Russian pilot would go kamikaze on and collide with an unmanned aircr
by gorkish 4y ago
Whether or not the MQ-9 was armed is so far down the list of logical arguments about why a Russian pilot would go kamikaze on and collide with an unmanned aircraft, it's not even a sensible question to ask.
A better question to ask is what would provoke a Russian pilot to act so recklessly? Here are three ideas:
1) Lack of pilot training
2) Command has no authority
3) Command is incompetent
- mrguyorama 4y agoBack during WWII, British pilots where known to use their wingtips to destabilize and crash the German V1 cruise bombs. Maybe the Russian pilot had the same thought. Shooting down a drone is a hard thing to deny or handwave away as a justifiable act, but accidentally contacting it while trying to intercept it and direct it is an acceptable incident.