Video shows Russian fighter jet hitting U.S. military drone

The Pentagon on Thursday released footage showing a Russian fighter jet hitting a U.S. military surveillance drone over the Black Sea, clipping the propeller. CBS News has learned that Russian pilots were following orders to harass the drone. Ed O'Keefe has more.

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[henrik]

Why not get the people who blew up the pipeline to fish the drone out of the water? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[lsls-lbqv]

Can you imagine Russian drone next to the us borders?

[Xenophanes]

So the US takes out the Nord Stream pipeline but if Russia takes out a US drone, it's a problem.

[davidgarcia]

That fool just said they operate near Russian regularly. And somehow they’re shocked that Russia don’t like that…

[artiartibald]

American pilots should learn from a Russian pilot how to shoot down a target without a single shot, and not use two projectiles to hit a balloon

[christopheraaron]

Rubio's comment was so incredibly stupid. Having manned escorts defeats the purpose of an unmanned drone. If you're sending manned fighter jets, you don't need the drone.

[colafish]

It's a special refueling operation.

[doctorstrangelove]

Where they suppose to leave a drone alone in the war zone.

[crispykrytter]

Since when do Fighter jets run on gasoline?

[LoLproductions]

We're providing the Ukrainians surveillance with these drones, by all rules of engagement these are active participants

[mrse]

Hey, remember back when there were balloons flying over the continental U.S.?
What a benign, innocent era.

[badolmia]

Russia consider Black Sea as their South China Sea. So U S A has no option other than we don’t want confrontation. But ultimately such incident may be the beginning of direct conflict.

[TotemYuri]

This is a new level of the Golden shower 😂😂😂

[vqzuwle]

Молодцы ❤наши ❤лётчики❤! Не применяя оружия, слили на него горючее😅😂🤣!!! Министр обороны России🇷🇺 Сергей Шойгу наградил русских пилотов за защиту границ России🇷🇺. Любой шпион: на море, на суше или в воздухе - будет уничтожен! 😊😁😆

[Mike]

So dumb. The entire point of unmanned drones is that they are UNMANNED. Rubio want to put human pilots at risk to protect a robot that we built specifically to remove pilots from risk.

[errolpaul]

Why doesn't the video show when the "contact" was made? You only show a still photo?

[gunadigm]

Its not an accident... Its a "slap" 😢

[yzmoto]

Wonder why we don't have those ufo videos in the clarity lmao

[sendaikitetsu]

Russian pilot professionally take down a US drone without firing a single expensive missile😬

[jfkkennedy]

by putting manned jets, alongside an unmanned drone, isn't that defeating the purpose of an "unmanned" drone? lol