$200M - there goes your health care, stupid americans


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A US Navy MQ-4C Triton unmanned surveillance aircraft is reported to have declared an in-flight emergency over the Persian Gulf before rapidly losing altitude and disappearing from public tracking data, according to open-source flight monitoring platforms. However, the US Navy has not confirmed the incident, and the claims are based on interpretations by netizens using online flight tracking services.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/west-asia-war-us-navys-200-million-mq-4c-triton-sends-emergency-code-and-goes-missing-over-strait-of-hormuz/articleshow/130142657.cms?from=mdr

Disappearing from public tracking does not automatically mean the drone crashed or was shot down. Military UAVs can intentionally stop broadcasting ADS-B for operational/security reasons, switch to classified modes, or experience temporary tracking gaps.

The US Navy and Pentagon have not issued any statement confirming the incident, a crash, loss of the aircraft, or any cause