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April 22, 2008

Russian MiG Attacks Georgian Forces

by Joe Katzman at April 22, 2008 5:51 AM

A Russian MiG-29 shot down a Georgian UAV over the weekend, while it was flying over Georgian territory. Georgian radar tracked the plane as it took off from the breakaway Abkhazia region flew to attack the UAV within Georgian airspace, then returned to Russia. See the video of the attack here.

Russia's RIA Novosti continues its historic role:

"The air defense forces of Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia have shot down a Georgian pilotless reconnaissance aircraft, Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh said over the phone on Sunday."

Small problem - the breakaway republic doesn't have MiG-29s, which the plane in the video clearly is (at that range, the missile was likely an AA-11 Archer). The UAV was an Israeli Hermes 450, if you're curious. That model is also the basis for Britain's Watchkeeper Mk450 medium UAV, currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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#1 from Mark Pyruz at 10:47 pm on Apr 22, 2008

Interesting video perspective for a successful air-to-air engagement.

#2 from Nortius Maximus at 1:02 am on Apr 23, 2008

Mark, also interesting to recall the plot of Michael Crichton's Rising Sun. This sort of footage is getting well within fakery-capability for people of even modest means. Not saying it's fake -- just that "photos don't lie" is less true now than ever before in history.

#3 from Trent Telenko at 10:57 pm on Apr 23, 2008

A better question is what the Abkhazia/Russian forces were trying to hide from the UAV that Google Earth cannot show the Georians.

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