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Greg Myre

Russian fighter jet forces down U.S. military drone over Black Sea, U.S. says

An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft flies by during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada on Nov. 17, 2015. (Isaac Brekken/Getty Images)

The U.S. military says a Russian fighter plane clipped the propeller of an American MQ-9 Reaper drone, forcing it to crash in the Black Sea. Russia offered a very different account, claiming the American drone crashed on its own.

What's not in dispute is the inflammatory nature of the incident, which comes at a time when U.S.-Russia tensions are already running high over the war in Ukraine.

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