Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "See moment Russian fighter jet confronts US drone" video.

  1. It has a mechanism that destructs the important parts without the need for explosives. The important parts are those that enable secure communications and possibly those that give fine grained surveillance capabilities (those components are probably less secret and less critical). Basically, the self-destruct mechanism just needs to fry the electronics.
    5
  2.  @robertg8565  The important distinction is whether the pilot was ordered to down the drone or if he was acting on his own initiative.
    3
  3.  @jasft9746  I imagine that if there is a forceful response, it will be at a time and place of our own choosing and probably not publicized, and with plenty of plausible deniability.
    1
  4. The distinction is whether the pilot was ordered to down the drone or whether he was using his own initiative.
    1