Lindsey Graham Floats Shooting Russian Planes After U.S. Drone Downed
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) suggested Tuesday that the downing of an unmanned U.S. drone over the Black Sea earlier by two Russian Su-27 aircraft should result in the U.S. shooting down Russian planes if they “ever get near another U.S. asset flying in international waters.”
The U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) criticized the reckless actions of the Russian aircraft, which struck the drone’s propeller and caused it to crash.
“Several times before the collision, the Su-27s dumped fuel on and flew in front of the MQ-9 in a reckless, environmentally unsound and unprofessional manner,” it said Tuesday. (Russia has denied doing so.)