Mig-29 - 1, Hermes 450 - 0

XabbaRus · 04-21-08, 03:26 PM

Russia has apparently shot down a Georgian UAV.

Video and article here.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7358761.stm

Sure as hell looks like a MiG-29 and not an L-39.

Konovalov · 04-21-08, 03:28 PM

Impressive footage of what looks like a Mig-29 pulling in behind the UAV before blasting it out of the sky with an air to air missile.

PeriscopeDepth · 04-21-08, 03:47 PM

First air to air kill of 2008?

PD

CCIP · 04-21-08, 03:54 PM

Cool footage.

I do chuckle at how darn shamelessly casual Georgian officals are over the whole "georgian territory" and "abkhaz separatist rebels" thing. Honestly, ticks me off that America is providing military support to them.

I'm curious what Russia's side of the story is. You're right, that's definitely a MiG-29.

Oberon · 04-21-08, 05:04 PM

Wow...that's not the kind of footage you see every day...

Bit overkill though...could have just closed the gap and used guns if you're going to blow your ID like that.

HunterICX · 04-21-08, 05:12 PM

Nice Footage,

and a nice shot thought, scary sperpective thought as the UAV onboard camera.

HunterICX

STEED · 04-21-08, 05:15 PM

So the Russians shot down a drone, slow news day?

baggygreen · 04-21-08, 05:26 PM

maybe its old news to everyone else but i've been away, the biggest thing in that story imo is that georgia are going to join nato...

great camera angle, i wonder if the footage will be used in any future films??

Trex · 04-22-08, 12:09 AM

What I find ironic is that a resurgent Russia is stepping up against Georgia, the birthplace of Joseph Stalin.

04-22-08, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Trex

What I find ironic is that a resurgent Russia is stepping up against Georgia, the birthplace of Joseph Stalin.

I like the double standards used by Russia - Kosovo's not allowed to be independant of Serbia But they'll supply aid and weapons to Abkhasia and South Ossetia against Georgia:hmm:

CCIP · 04-22-08, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Trex

What I find ironic is that a resurgent Russia is stepping up against Georgia, the birthplace of Joseph Stalin.

I like the double standards used by Russia - Kosovo's not allowed to be independant of Serbia But they'll supply aid and weapons to Abkhasia and South Ossetia against Georgia:hmm:

You know, that logic could be turned around. The NATO supports Kosovo independence from Serbia but they supply weapons to Georgia to suppress the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Eh, it's a double-standard world. Frankly, let's throw out comparisons to regions that have nothing to do with the Caucasus here. They're not going to do any good. The fact is that Georgia's regime is officially very not nice and extremely nationalistic, not to mention with a very bad history with Abkhaz and Ossetians who counted on Russia's patronage for a long, long time now for protection from Georgia's own ambitions in the region. However you slice that, it's a fact and it has nothing to do with Kosovo. Let's keep the topic in focus here. For one, Georgian promises to celebrate the next year in Tshinvali (which they repeated a number of years in a row now) have always sent shivers up my spine. Last time we've had Georgia's way in Tshinvali or Sukhumi, things were not pretty.

Dmitry Markov · 04-22-08, 07:22 AM

For me footage looks like CG stuff. I extremely like MIG-29's and our Air Forces in general but this video looks very much like graphics. But if it is for real then kudos to the fighter pilot and to Hermes 450 operator

Thanks for the show guys

Foxtrot · 04-22-08, 07:55 AM

War! Yay!

XabbaRus · 04-22-08, 08:44 AM

Doesn't look CG at all. Looks very real.

CCIP · 04-22-08, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Dmitry Markov

For me footage looks like CG stuff. I extremely like MIG-29's and our Air Forces in general but this video looks very much like graphics. But if it is for real then kudos to the fighter pilot and to Hermes 450 operator

Thanks for the show guys

I think this will become a sort of military meme now. I for one welcome the deluge of footage from target drones equipped with cameras that is likely to beset us in the near future

04-21-08, 03:26 PM	#1
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Mig-29 - 1, Hermes 450 - 0 Russia has apparently shot down a Georgian UAV. Video and article here. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7358761.stm Sure as hell looks like a MiG-29 and not an L-39. __________________

04-21-08, 03:28 PM	#2
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Impressive footage of what looks like a Mig-29 pulling in behind the UAV before blasting it out of the sky with an air to air missile. __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

04-21-08, 03:54 PM	#4
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Cool footage. I do chuckle at how darn shamelessly casual Georgian officals are over the whole "georgian territory" and "abkhaz separatist rebels" thing. Honestly, ticks me off that America is providing military support to them. I'm curious what Russia's side of the story is. You're right, that's definitely a MiG-29. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

04-21-08, 05:12 PM	#6
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Nice Footage, and a nice shot thought, scary sperpective thought as the UAV onboard camera. HunterICX __________________

04-21-08, 05:15 PM	#7
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	So the Russians shot down a drone, slow news day? __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

04-21-08, 03:47 PM	#3
PeriscopeDepth Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,894 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	First air to air kill of 2008? PD

04-21-08, 05:04 PM	#5
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Wow...that's not the kind of footage you see every day... Bit overkill though...could have just closed the gap and used guns if you're going to blow your ID like that.

04-21-08, 05:26 PM	#8
baggygreen Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canberra, ACT, Down Under (really On Top) Posts: 1,880 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	maybe its old news to everyone else but i've been away, the biggest thing in that story imo is that georgia are going to join nato... great camera angle, i wonder if the footage will be used in any future films??

04-22-08, 12:09 AM	#9
Trex Lieutenant Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 262 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What I find ironic is that a resurgent Russia is stepping up against Georgia, the birthplace of Joseph Stalin.

04-22-08, 07:22 AM	#12
Dmitry Markov Officer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Moscow, Russian Federation Posts: 236 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	For me footage looks like CG stuff. I extremely like MIG-29's and our Air Forces in general but this video looks very much like graphics. But if it is for real then kudos to the fighter pilot and to Hermes 450 operator Thanks for the show guys __________________ Большому кораблю - большая торпеда!

04-22-08, 07:55 AM	#13
Foxtrot Ensign Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 231 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	War! Yay! __________________ And when the plane got down to, 'The plane is 10 miles out,' the young man also said to the vice president, 'Do the orders still stand?' And the vice president turned and whipped his neck around and said, 'Of course the orders still stand. Have you heard anything to the contrary?' Well, at the time I didn't know what all that meant.

04-22-08, 08:44 AM	#14
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Doesn't look CG at all. Looks very real. __________________