The Iranian Army’s air defense system shot down another US F-15 fighter jet as part of Iran’s response to the Zionist-American aggression.

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    Yes, because that’s a thing that can happen in carrier ops. While uncommon, it is absolutely possible. Mistakes and equipment failures happen, and carrier ops tend to be very unforgiving.

    I get being skeptical about shit the regime says, seriously, and generally speaking I’m right there with you. But you should also try to understand more about the intricacies of these sorts of things before immediately assuming it’s a cover up or whatever.

    Edit: and here is my explanation of why I think the first 3 F-15s that were downed were actually blue-on-blue engagements, and not cover for something else.

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            The US military can’t even keep it’s operations properly secret because privates have to tell their AI girlfriend what they’re up to. You really think they could keep shoot downs secret? There’s 5,000 sailors on an Aircraft carrier. This isn’t the CIA.

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              First they said it was a Patriot missile then they said the Kuwaiti Red Baron shot down three in a row. All allied air defenses are equipped with Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) systems. The bullshit abounds.

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          Why do you think this is a conspiracy?

          Why do you believe a US military propaganda website?

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              So we should believe Israel’s sources for their atrocities and failures, Iranian sources for their crimes and failures, Russian sources for theirs?

              People lose their shit when RT and SCMP is posted as source, but you fuckwits seem to like military.com which actively recruits for US military is a valid source.

              Ever heard of independent journalism? Or that only applies when you don’t like the reporting from the other countries state propaganda machine?

              Are you fucking dense or something? Or you just keep believing the military industrial complex because they’re totally trustworthy source.

              If there wasn’t Tiktok blasting genocide for everyone to see, there wouldn’t be a genocide according to your logic, huh?

              Honestly, it must take shelving your common sense to come up with that argument. Just wow.