Russia is hunting for the wreckage of the downed MQ-9 Reaper drone. The Americans wiped the data

As a consequence of close contact between the Russian Su-27 and the MQ-9 Reaper drone, the American device was "severely damaged" and knocked down. Russia is hunting for a wreck. Immediately after the incident, US operators took steps to clean the drone of vital data to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.