The big means were triggered Monday Picardie to monitor a drone that had crossed the border. It is the flagship of the French fighter aircraft that was loaded from the track.
An impressive and fast drone sped over the Marne and Aisne. The army of the French air, prevented by the Belgian authorities, a Rafale has scrambled but the suspect vehicle ended up crashing alone in the field.
“We use means that are permanently alert seven days a week for this kind of mission,” Colonel Yves-Marie Guillou
A drone to 160 km / h
at the root of this chase in the air Monday, a steering effort to a Belgian company. By early afternoon, she lost control of his vehicle. Colonel Yves-Marie Guillou, the national air operations center, says “Belgians who followed him have not destroyed because it was flying over built-up areas” . As this was not the case in France, the army took over, to intervene if necessary.
“It was flying at 1,000 meters and 160 km / h. We followed and we were ready to initiate counteractive measures if necessary “
the path of the drone being predictable, ” a Rafale and a helicopter took off from Saint-Dizier “ adds Guillou Colonel.
” the Rafale is queued at the border Franco-Belgian, 16h drone crossed the border and Rafale was over “
the plane did not need to intervene, ” the drone s’ crashed in a field 45 km north of Reims “.
the pilot of the Rafale had noticed that the device carried no charge. This is apparently an engine problem that finally did fall sharply in Dizy-le-Gros.
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