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Watch: Pentagon holds briefing after Russian jet forced down US drone

The Pentagon held a press briefing after it released footage showing what it described as a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a US Air Force surveillance drone.

The Independent UK

Video captures moment Russian fighter jet crashes into US drone

The White House says it will be ‘impossible’ for Moscow to obtain any useful material from the downed craft

The Independent UK

US releases footage of Russian jet crashing into American drone over Black Sea

Pentagon says video has been edited for length but shows sequence of events

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Pentagon Video Shows Damage to Downed US Drone After Russia Jet Flyby

The Pentagon released on Thursday a video showing a Russian military jet intercept a US drone downed over the Black Sea two days ago, in what was the first direct encounter between the world's leading nuclear powers since the Ukraine war began. The rare Pentagon move came a day after…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Moscow reveals details of high-level calls after US drone went down in encounter with Russian jets

The incident between a US surveillance drone and Russian jets prompted rare telephone conversations between the two countries' defence ministers and military chiefs, a statement from the Kremlin reveals.

ABC News

Russia decries ‘hostile’ flights after US drone crash

Moscow warned against “hostile” US flights on Wednesday, as tensions simmered a day after a Russian fighter jet was accused of colliding with an American drone over the Black Sea.

Bangkok Post

US, Israeli Drill Stimulate 'Strategic Strike'

The United States and Israel began a two-week air exercise, simulating a “strategic strike” as part of the Red Flag exercises. Red Flag drills have been held at least three times a year since 1975 at Nellis airbase, considered the US Air Force’s “premier military training area.” The seven F-35I…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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MQ-9 Reaper: what is the US drone that collided with a Russian jet and how is it used?

The US air force operates a number of unmanned aircraft or UAVs, with the MQ-9 Reaper the most common

The Guardian - AU

‘Reckless’ Russian fighter jet forces down US Air Force drone flying over Black Sea

US Air Force condemns alleged Russian interference

The Independent UK

Leaked images of 'phantom' UFO over active conflict zone leaves experts baffled

The images of the 'Baghdad Phantom UAP' was shared by Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp on their podcast 'Weaponized', and it shows a cylindrical object moving at speed at a low altitude

Daily Mirror

Six US Air Force employees fired for failing to keep nuclear weapons stockpile secure

Two Commanders relieved of duty were part of the 5th Mission Support Group and the 5th Logistics Readiness Squadron

The Independent UK

US Air Force base secretary, 81, becomes MBE after 63 years of service

Faith Rutterford started working at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk in April 1959 and continues to work there.

The Independent UK

Commentary: US government has been dancing around UFOs for 75 years

The spectacle of the U.S. military shooting down three unidentified objects in the space of a week has opened the door to baseless speculations and conspiracy theories, thanks in part to the government’s contradictory messaging, which has toggled between genuine alarm and casual dismissal.

Tribune News Service

U.S., South Korea stage table-top nuclear drill focused on North Korea

U.S. and South Korean officials took part in a simulated "table-top" exercise that focused on the possibility of North Korea using a nuclear weapon, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

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Daily Mirror

Ten nuclear warheads 'switched off' by nearby UFOs, investigators told

Accounts of the astonishing close encounters have been given by two US Air Force veterans to the American Government's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office - or AARO`

Daily Mirror

Pilot snaps Chinese spy balloon selfie flying past day before orb was shot down

The Pentagon has released a close-up image of the Chinese spy balloon that was taken by a pilot a day before it was shot down by the US Air Force off the South Carolina coast

Al Jazeera

US Air Force releases new image of suspected Chinese spy balloon

The photograph was taken from cockpit of a U-2 spy plane as it flew above alleged surveillance balloon on February 3.

WEKU

The U.S. and South Korea staged a joint air exercise after the North's missile launch

North Korea said Sunday its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test was meant to further bolster its "fatal" nuclear attack capacity against its rivals.

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WEKU

Did an F-22 shoot down an Illinois hobby group's small radio balloon?

A military spokesperson tells NPR that it's their understanding that the FBI has spoken to the hobbyist group in question.

Reuters

U.S. completes recovery of Chinese balloon but other "object" searches called off

The United States said on Friday it had successfully concluded recovery efforts off South Carolina to collect sensors and other debris from a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon shot down by a U.S. fighter jet on Feb. 4, and investigators are now analyzing its "guts."

Reason

Ohio Train Derailment Is Another Excuse for Mudslinging and Conspiracy Theorizing

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Daily Mirror

US military recovers SENSORS from UFO shot down amid fears of spy balloon

A Chinese balloon shot down in the Atlantic Ocean has been found with sensors and electronic pieces by rescue crews as the US believe the items were used to spy on sensitive military sites

Daily Mirror

US Air Force missile MISSED first attempt to shoot down UFO flying over 'sensitive sites'

President Biden ordered a "small, metallic balloon" floating over Lake Huron in Michigan, US, to be shot down. However, the US Air Force's jet missile missed with officials unsure where it landed

Fortune

Senator Jon Tester calls for ban on Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland

“People ought to be able to sell who they want to sell to, but not in this particular case," Tester said on Sunday. "China wants to do bad things to us."

The New Daily

US military ‘hasn’t ruled out’ aliens in mystery objects

The US Air Force general in charge of North American airspace says he cannot rule out aliens for the spate of mystery objects.

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