MQ-9 REAPER DRONE

  • The US military said its MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed into the Black Sea after a Russian Su-27 fighter jet damaged its propeller.
  • It is a remotely piloted drone.
  • It can reach up to 50,000 feet for more than 27 hours, gathering intelligence with cameras, sensors and radars.
  • It can also carry precision strikes.
Black Sea

·        The Black Sea is a mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asi.

·        Countries surrounding Black sea:

·        Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine.

·        The Black Sea ultimately drains into the Mediterranean Sea, via the Turkish Straits and the Aegean Sea.

·        The Bosporus strait connects it to the small Sea of Marmara.

·        To the north, the Black Sea is connected to the Sea of Azov by the Kerch Strait.

 

SOURCE: THE HINDU, THE ECONOMIC TIMES, PIB

 

 

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