U.S. Global Hawk Drone
"Lost Contact" While Flying Over Ukraine: Russian Media
- Our Bureau
- 05:36 AM, April 26, 2021
One of the two U.S. RQ-4 Global Hawk drones
conducting reconnaissance near Russian borders reported loss of communication
and made a sharp turn to return, while it was flying close to Belgorod Oblast,
recently.
The alleged incident is said to have taken place
on April 24. The aircraft took off from Sigonella Air Force Base in Italy and
headed towards Ukraine’s Kharkiv. They were conducting reconnaissance near
Russian borders and Crimea, unconfirmed Russian media reports say.
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There is no mention of the incident by official
U.S. sources.
The reports speculated that the drone may have
suffered a technical issue or could have been jammed by Russian electronic
warfare systems.
At the said airbase, NATO’s RQ-4D drones are
housed. These Alliance
Ground Surveillance (AGS) aircraft achieved initial operational
capability in February 2021.
On April 22, Defence Blog reported
citing U.S. officials that Russia was trying to find a way to jam and block
signals from U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawks. Pentagon reconnaissance
aircraft, including RQ-4s, had been making regular day-to-day appearances, up
to two or even three times daily, at Russia’s borders. U.S. military
intelligence had been snooping on almost all Russian military facilities on the
Black Sea, in Crimea, and eastern Ukraine.
The
report said that Russia was using its latest ground-based and air-based EW
systems to jam drones to thwart U.S.’ intelligence activities. Russia’s EW
capability has used to disturb a radio signal of the global navigation system
and to jam signals from drones.
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