russian fighters who damaged it and was then forced down. somebody could ve gotten hurt. nobody wants to see that happen. and it could lead to miscalculations between two militaries that are operating not obviously in ukraine together, but in proximity in the region. we don t want to see this war escalate beyond what it is already done to the ukrainian people. so this is clearly, it was an appropriate, unsafe, unprofessional conduct by the russian. pilots russians ambassador to washington was summoned to the state department. we ll have more on that shortly. also get a perspective from retired three star general mark hertling. but the latest on the incident rob leaning joins us from the panic. is it clear what happened? this all plays out early tuesday morning over international borders over the black sea, when u.s. air force reaper drone is doing what it has done countless times before. not only the during the war, but before the war, that is surveilling the black sea
air. so to have to jets approach this things and knock it off course just, again shows the unsafe, unprofessional way that the russians are doing business. a drone isn t going to react like an f 16 does, where they can counter the maneuver. those are the kind of aircraft that are usually intercepted, are scrambled when the russians and other nato forces get involved in these types of intercepts. is this something that would ve come from high up the chain of command in russia? or would ve just being two pilots who were bored or one rogue pilot? that s the first thing that hit me anderson. i kind of think that patrol planes are out there looking for drones, looking for intelligence collecting assets. but the fact that it collided. i would put money, give it vegas odds at 60 40 that this was just an overanxious pilot who couldn t control his airplane or who did some very dumb thing. i don t think anybody ordered