News Snapshot:
Although it seems to have been accidental, Russia downed a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone operating in international airspace on Tuesday. The question: How to prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future? The question needs answering. For a start, each MQ-9 costs approximately $18-$32 million. PENTAGON'S BOOSTED MISSILE BUYS ARE INSUFFICIENT TO MEET CHINA'S THREAT Tuesday's loss occurred when two Su-27 Russian naval aviation or air force fighter jets intercepted the drone over the Black Sea. Dumping fuel into its flight path, the Russians evidently sought to disrupt the drone's intelligence-gathering activities and harass its remote operators....
