RQ-4 Global Hawk resumes reconnaissance missions over the Black Sea
On September 5, an RQ-4 Global Hawk appeared in the sky over the Black Sea. According to the FlightAware service, the American drone was in the air for 12 hours.
A reconnaissance drone with the call sign FORTE10 arrived from a NATO air base in Sicily. It entered the Black Sea region through Bulgarian airspace. Intelligence was collected by UAVs 140 kilometers from the Crimean peninsula.
The last time a US drone flew along the Ukrainian coast was on August 28. He was moving toward the Russian border. The on-duty air defense forces used two fighter jets to intercept it, after which the drone left the region.
Global Hawk belongs to the class of strategic UAVs. It is capable of moving in space at an altitude of 18 km. The flight range of the vehicle exceeds 23,000 km. The Pentagon uses such drones to locate air defense systems and collect data on the Russian army’s response to various combat situations. During flight, the Global Hawk can reach a speed of 575 km/h. The maximum time an aircraft can stay in the sky is 30 hours. In a day, the drone manages to survey an area of 100,000 square meters. km.
