Originally Posted by
Flyhighfirst
I don’t think the US authorities will be that concerned. I would say they would be more surprised it’s taken this long.
You can’t really blame the Russians. The UK or the US would have done just the same. Imagine you the US are fighting a war in the US and some third party has a drone just off the coast of Norfolk but in international airspace providing intelligence to the enemy. The US would also take it down.
It’s the cost of doing business. They will have already planned for x number to be taken out, or to see how long they could get away with this and then revert to plan B, which may be moving farther south, or sticking with traditional assets. Again they will have expected and already planned for this.
Agreed, it's a calculated response. They didn't have a pop at any of the manned assets in the area, and they managed to do it without using any weapons. The US, in turn, can respond in a measured way because no personnel have been put at risk.