Originally Posted by
henra
Ahhh, it was the self- denting mechanism (an electrically driven hammer that extends and hammers at parts of the aircraft) which the operator activated that bent and cut the prop blade visible in the video...
You really have to admire the Russian Chuzpe...
The poor old SU-27 will need a purple heart too, there is no way that the Rah stabilator didn't impact the RH ruddervator of the MQ, and the prop. The former would have been a clean slice, the prop would have done a few salami slices. The prop strike is self evident in the video, quite impressive, normally it would have departed the fix.
Swapping an SU-27 for an MQ is probably a good deal for Russia, given the performance of their crew and planes in the theatre. Still, if you want to kill children in a building that is marked as having children in shelter, then Russia is your go to experts..