Comments on: Georgia: Drone Shot Down Over Abkhazia http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/04/22/georgia-drone-shot-down-over-abkhazia/ News, Photography, Blogs & Analysis Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:21:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Armenia & the South Caucasus | The Caucasian Knot » Blog Archive » Georgia: News Briefs http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/04/22/georgia-drone-shot-down-over-abkhazia/#comment-7322 Armenia & the South Caucasus | The Caucasian Knot » Blog Archive » Georgia: News Briefs Mon, 26 May 2008 19:21:57 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/04/22/georgia-drone-shot-down-over-abkhazia/#comment-7322 [...] BBC reports that the United Nations has confirmed that a Russian MiG-29 was responsible for the downing of a Georgian drone over the breakaway region of Abkhazia. However, it also criticizes Tbilisi for sending drones into [...] […] BBC reports that the United Nations has confirmed that a Russian MiG-29 was responsible for the downing of a Georgian drone over the breakaway region of Abkhazia. However, it also criticizes Tbilisi for sending drones into […]

]]> By: Armenia & the South Caucasus | The Caucasian Knot » Blog Archive » Georgia-Russia Tensions Escalate http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/04/22/georgia-drone-shot-down-over-abkhazia/#comment-7068 Armenia & the South Caucasus | The Caucasian Knot » Blog Archive » Georgia-Russia Tensions Escalate Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:03:44 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/04/22/georgia-drone-shot-down-over-abkhazia/#comment-7068 [...] it will retaliate if military action against Abkhaz rebels is taken. The increased tensions follows last week’s downing of a Georgian drone allegedly by a Russian MiG-29. A statement from the Russian foreign ministry said that “a [...] […] it will retaliate if military action against Abkhaz rebels is taken. The increased tensions follows last week’s downing of a Georgian drone allegedly by a Russian MiG-29. A statement from the Russian foreign ministry said that “a […]

]]> By: Onnik http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/04/22/georgia-drone-shot-down-over-abkhazia/#comment-7008 Onnik Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:55:48 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/04/22/georgia-drone-shot-down-over-abkhazia/#comment-7008 The BBC has posted the video reportedly from the drone in question which clearly shows what looks like a MiG-29 firing a missile at it before the screen goes blank. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7359514.stm The BBC has posted the video reportedly from the drone in question which clearly shows what looks like a MiG-29 firing a missile at it before the screen goes blank.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7359514.stm

]]> By: Aram http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/04/22/georgia-drone-shot-down-over-abkhazia/#comment-6984 Aram Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:22:01 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/04/22/georgia-drone-shot-down-over-abkhazia/#comment-6984 Sksela ;) Sksela ;)

]]> By: Onnik http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/04/22/georgia-drone-shot-down-over-abkhazia/#comment-6982 Onnik Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:38:02 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/04/22/georgia-drone-shot-down-over-abkhazia/#comment-6982 AP <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080422/ap_on_re_eu/georgia_russia" rel="nofollow">has more</a>. <blockquote>Col. David Nairashvili, Georgia's air force commander, told The Associated Press that video footage recorded by the plane before it was shot down Sunday shows the attacking jet was Russian. The footage, which was shown to AP, showed an aircraft firing a missile in the direction of a plane and a few seconds later the screen goes blank. [...] Nairashvili said the plane's distinctive twin-tail markings indicate it is a MiG-29 and radar shows it took off from the Abkhazian town of Gudauta, the former site of a Russian military base. "It's a Russian aircraft. Georgia does not possess it, nor do Abkhaz separatists," he said. "It's absolutely illegal for a Russian MiG-29 to be there." [...] Abkhazian Deputy Defense Minister Garry Kupalba disputed Georgia's account, saying the spy plane was shot down by one of its L-39 jets. The TV footage provided by Georgia shows a jet with twin-tail construction — something that makes MiG jets distinctive from the single-tail construction of the L-39. </blockquote> AP has more.

Col. David Nairashvili, Georgia’s air force commander, told The Associated Press that video footage recorded by the plane before it was shot down Sunday shows the attacking jet was Russian. The footage, which was shown to AP, showed an aircraft firing a missile in the direction of a plane and a few seconds later the screen goes blank.

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Nairashvili said the plane’s distinctive twin-tail markings indicate it is a MiG-29 and radar shows it took off from the Abkhazian town of Gudauta, the former site of a Russian military base.

“It’s a Russian aircraft. Georgia does not possess it, nor do Abkhaz separatists,” he said. “It’s absolutely illegal for a Russian MiG-29 to be there.”

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Abkhazian Deputy Defense Minister Garry Kupalba disputed Georgia’s account, saying the spy plane was shot down by one of its L-39 jets.

The TV footage provided by Georgia shows a jet with twin-tail construction — something that makes MiG jets distinctive from the single-tail construction of the L-39.

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