https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KftF9yL_gbQBack in the day, countries had to shoot each others' troops, to spark an international incident. Now, all they have to do is take out a robotic plane.

"The United States is deeply concerned by the shooting down of an unarmed Georgian UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle], by a presumably Russian

MiG-29, over the Abkhazia region of Georgia," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said yesterday in a statement. "Such incidents escalate tensions, contradict the spirit of the UN Friends process, and risk destabilizing the entire Caucasus. We urge all parties to engage in serious discussions aimed at reaching a lasting political solution, including by engaging on the recent peace proposals made by the

Government of Georgia."

We reiterate our unwavering support for Georgian sovereignty and territorial integrity and are concerned by the presence of a MiG-29

aircraft in Georgian airspace without Georgian authorization, and by the use of weapons from this aircraft in shooting down an unarmed

Georgian UAV. We support UNOMIG [United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia] initiatives to enhance military transparency in the region, as well as its investigation of the shooting down of the Georgian UAV.

Meanwhile, the Russians are denying they had anything to do with anything to do with the shoot-down. Check out the mocking (and unintentionally self-mocking) video, above, from the quasi-official Russia Today broadcast.