Video: Russian MiG-29 Shoots Down Georgian Recon Drone

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 22 of April , 2008 at 12:53 am

The Georgian Defense Ministry (this Georgia, not that one) says that a Russian MiG-29 Fulcrum has shot down one of their unarmed Hermes 450 reconnaissance drones. Russia is dismissing the report as “nonsense,” but Georgia has video footage taken by the drone up until the very end:

Okay, I know this has international incident written all over it, but it’s a pretty sweet video. The drone was shot down in Abkhazia, which is a separatist territory backed by the Russians. It’s certainly not anything like shooting down a manned aircraft, but it’ll be interesting to see how much this exchange escalates.

After the jump, a video from 2002 showing a US Predator drone engaging an Iraqi MiG-25.

[ Reuters ] VIA [ Danger Room ]

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