mark kelly has a skeptical expression wearing a us navy bomber jacket
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., waits to speak during a news conference at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix, on Nov. 7, 2022.
  • A US drone crashed after a Russian fighter jet clipped its propeller over the Black Sea last week.
  • A think tank suggested the move was "aggressive messaging" by Russia.
  • Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy combat pilot, said it was an example of Russia's incompetence.

Sen. Mark Kelly flew with Russian pilots as a US Navy combat pilot and as a NASA astronaut.

He said the incident last week where a Russian fighter jet dumped fuel on and then clipped the propeller of a US military drone shows how "reckless" and "incompetent" they are.