Philip Sapozhnikov, a senior researcher at the Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Candidate of Biological Sciences, said that there should not be any difficulties when searching for the wreckage of the American MQ-9 Reaper drone in the Black Sea. expressed this during speeches from aif.ru.
Two days ago, on March 14, 2023, near the Crimea on the Black Sea, the Russian army discovered an American MQ-9 Reaper drone flying in the direction of the state border of the Russian Federation. The warplanes were lifted into the air and the vehicle lost control due to sharp maneuvering and fell into the water.
According to him, the Black Sea is saturated with hydrogen sulfide, which can cause decay processes in a submarine. However, there are also pluses: such an environment will better protect the aircraft, since it will not rust.
“Russia has the ability to use devices that work in such an environment. Hydrogen sulfide is not aggressive, for example, it is a reducing environment in which the corrosion process (rust formation) is much slower than in an oxygen content environment. Of course, hydrogen sulfide produces a certain chemical effect, and such processes of decay in water take place, but in this case, the nature of the environment is more beneficial to search engines: if you quickly collect the garbage, nothing will happen to them,” Sapozhnikov explained.
He also noted that the wreckage could not be found with a flashlight, and sonar equipment equipped by Russian experts should be used.