US is ‘very comfortable’ Russia can’t ‘exploit’ drone in collision if recovered

By Mike Brest

Published March 15, 2023 2:57pm ET

US is ‘very comfortable’ Russia can’t ‘exploit’ drone in collision if recovered — CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, NV - AUGUST 08: An MQ-9 Reaper flies by on a training mission August 8, 2007 at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada. The Reaper is the Air Force's first "hunter-killer" unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and is designed to engage time-sensitive targets on the battlefield as well as provide intelligence and surveillance. The jet-fighter sized Reapers are 36 feet long with 66-foot wingspans and can fly for as long as 14 hours fully loaded with laser-guided bombs and air-to-ground missiles. They can fly twice as fast and high as the smaller MQ-1 Predators reaching speeds of 300 mph at an altitude of up to 50,000 feet. The aircraft are flown by a pilot and a sensor operator from ground control stations. The Reapers are expected to be used in combat operations by the United States military in Afghanistan and Iraq within the next year. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) | Ethan Miller

The Biden administration is confident that if Russia is able to recover the U.S. drone that was taken down after being hit by a Russian fighter jet, there will be no intelligence opportunities to exploit.

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