NSC Coordinator John Kirby tells gstephanopoulos a Russian fighter jet's collision with a U.S. drone over the Black Sea was 'reckless,' adding he told the Russian ambassador 'don't do this again.'
"This hazardous episode is a part is part of a pattern of aggressive, risky, risky and unsafe actions by Russian pilots in international airspace," Austin said at a news conference with Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley.
Asked if the incident -- during which the U.S. says one Russian jet collided with the MQ-9 Reaper drone's propeller -- constitutes an act of war, Milley said he would not go that far, saying the U.S. does not know if the collision itself was deliberate. Austin said the Pentagon is still working to declassify images of the interception, but would not say when that might happen.
Asked by co-anchor George Stephanopoulos if this was just a "dumb" move as one U.S. Air Force official stated, Kirby said, "that's what it looks like right now." Kirby wouldn't go into details when asked if he's concerned if the drone technology could fall into Russian hands, but that the U.S. is working to recover the drone from the Black Sea, admitting that will be a challenging task.
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