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So what is it that happened? They got extremely lucky? The missile has a seriously reduced profile? How did the guy land? Almost sounds like a cannonball hi
by franktankbank 7mo ago
So what is it that happened? They got extremely lucky? The missile has a seriously reduced profile? How did the guy land? Almost sounds like a cannonball hit him.
- dmix 7mo agoIt's been speculated the F-35 detected the missile and deployed it's towed decoy behind it which the MANPAD missile hit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/ALE-50_towed_decoy_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/ALE-50_towed_decoy_system
- franktankbank 7mo agoSo got hit indirectly.
- dmix 7mo agoPossibly with fragments, which is the best outcome considering how dangerous MANPADs are. The US and Israel didn't lose a single pilot over Iran after 15,000+ sorties which is saying something on their capabilities.
- burnt-resistor 7mo agoIR/EOST capabilities of the very short range (SHORAD) Majid* / AD-08. F-35 flying relatively low (somewhere <FL200) and in full burner according to the alleged video. Getting hard facts is complicated by the fact that this DoD isn't necessarily going to reveal what happened, and the IRGC can't be trusted 100%. * Rumored that some components like some of the "camera" sensors were sourced from Canada.