So the US lost a spy drone yesterday and is blaming Russia.

According to the US Russia's jets dropped fuel on the drone then hit its propeller causing the crash. As a pilot I have to laugh at that explanation. Do the Russian fighter jets have fuel dump capacity? I honestly don't know but I do know that hitting the drone's propeller would take some expert kind of airmanship in order to down the drone without losing the contacting aircraft at the same time. Firing a missile at the drone would do that job much more effectively. However there is a third option. What would happen if the Russian fighters flew close to the drone? Has anyone ever heard of wake turbulence? It happens when airplanes move through the air. The heavier the aircraft and the faster the airplane moves the greater the turbulence. A large aircraft moving at speed will generate at least twice the vortex speed than an aircraft can counter. Should a fighter jet fly close to a drone it is likely the drone operator would lose control as the drone rolls or tumbles in the wake. Once it is out of control it must be extremely hard to regain control for someone hundreds of miles away flying a airplane on a computer screen. Pretty cool that one nation can take out another nation's prying eyes without firing a shot or even making contact. Oh and the fuel excuse? Yeah likely at was the exhaust coming from the jet engines.