US vs Russia: Will the World war start now?
The tension between the US and russia, which are already at loggerheads on the issue of Ukraine, has become a peak event. An American drone aircraft and a Russian fighter jet collided on tuesday in the Russian-dominated Black Sea. The incident has been confirmed by the AFP news agency quoting the US Army.
In its report, the Washington Post has quoted the US army as claiming that two Russian fighter jets attacked and destroyed an American surveillance drone. The report said that a Russian jet crashed into the propeller of the drone when both Russian fighter jets were spraying oil over the American drone. Due to this, the drone pilots of the US air Force have been forced to bring down the MQ-9 Reaper drone present in international waters. American officials have called it a provocative action. Due to this incident, there are possibilities of starting a war between the two superpowers. No statement has yet been issued by russia regarding this incident.
What have US officials said?
According to the Washington Post, US officials have described this as an old pattern of Russian pilots, which they adopt when they encounter the planes of America and its allies in international space. US army officials have said in their statement that this will increase unwanted tension and mistrust between the two countries. In charge of US air Force operations in the Black sea Area, Major General james B. Hecker said, our MQ-9 aircraft was on its routine operation in international space. During this time it was intercepted and a Russian plane hit it. This resulted in a crash and the MQ-9 was completely destroyed.
