The Russian jet could have approached from the drone's front sector. It wasn't necessarily an approach from astern; this would obviate speed criticality.
Approaching from the front would have made the closure speed that much faster, and hitting the fan on the back of the drone would be a death sentence for the SU-27 because it would have been a total midair collision.
The Russian jet could have approached from the drone's front sector. It wasn't necessarily an approach from astern; this would obviate speed criticality.
Approaching from the front would have made the closure speed that much faster, and hitting the fan on the back of the drone would be a death sentence for the SU-27 because it would have been a total midair collision.
seems like it was sweeping in as an arc to the drone's tangential path.