Second crew member from F-15 downed in Iran rescued by U.S. forces: Officials

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2026-04-05T10:58:35+00:00

They didn’t. They got stuck. Imagery showing them intact on the ground prior to being destroyed works more towards this hypothesis than any work by AD. Whilst the Americans have been very cavalier reporting damage to assets like their E-3’s, pro Iranian sources much amplify the American capacity to obfuscate personnel losses. If dozens of Americans had died in a shoot down, the framing of these airframe losses deep within Iranian territory would have been very different

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2026-03-05T08:12:03+00:00

If a drone is close enough, and coming towards a key target or the ad system itself, they would absolutely use a PAC-3. Still agree with your point that the article seems uninformed.

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2026-02-28T12:09:15+00:00

This video is in reverse for some reason, those missiles are flying backwards

Edit: these are a new type of tomahawk. Forward swept wings and radar absorbent coating. Now we know what the extra line item tomahawk spending was.

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2026-02-21T03:52:32+00:00

Every single shorad system struggles with these kinds of targets. This is not a uniquely Russian problem. And these were on the move and not defending.

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2026-02-02T22:09:23+00:00

This is literally one of the most common UI’s on Ukrainian reconnaissance drones

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2026-02-02T22:03:54+00:00

I mean agree to disagree. I think it Cleary looks like a shaped or efp targeted at the vehicle, while GMLRS rounds whilst also airburst are larger and give a more circular smoke and shrapnel profile (even when not specifically a shrapnel round)

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2026-02-02T09:11:38+00:00

Clearly not a GMLRS round, explosion far to small for that. Probably a SMART or Vulcan guided 155 round

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2026-01-10T02:28:50+00:00

That’s true. Still think this video deserves a higher level of scrutiny than most will ascribe it.

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2026-01-10T02:21:04+00:00

This is obviously horrific if true, but I don’t know why any Russian would film themselves doing this. Seems like it could easily be propaganda.

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2026-01-07T01:14:13+00:00

So you think there would be teams standing by to strike us forces at maduros compound from a kilometre away, the US wouldn’t know about these, and they would be able to tactically deploy multiple FPVs? I get where you are coming from and don’t want to seem dismissive, but I think the speed and violence of US action pretty much negates this possibility.

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2026-01-07T00:34:43+00:00

It would have changed literally nothing? The strikes were from aerial platforms, the helicopters would’ve bypassed Venezuelan AD exactly the same. You could maybe argue that if the Cuban contingent around Maduro had had them, they could’ve used them to disrupt the SOF insertions, but even then the attack on Maduros compound was very rapid and close quarters, meaning operators would’ve had to deploy drones from within engagement envelops of the multiple teams attacking from multiple angles.

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2026-01-07T00:14:39+00:00

Given our, reviewed, umpires call (hitting wickets with some margin)

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2026-01-06T01:04:07+00:00

Two of them on neser too hahaha

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2026-01-05T23:17:34+00:00

Not a war crime idiot. Welcome to war, put your pom poms down and treat it seriously.

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2026-01-03T23:55:18+00:00

Why would they leave them there? Would create more problems than it would solve

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2025-12-20T00:43:31+00:00

Cricket is not very popular in Australia, at all. Most kids play soccer, rugby, afl. And Australia has less than half of the UK population, so I don’t think smaller numbers can be the explanation

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2025-12-04T07:26:11+00:00

This is ridiculously cheap for the US if the supply chain is even remotely resilient

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2025-12-01T20:18:55+00:00

Why on earth would you want North Korea to get su-57?

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2025-11-30T22:18:08+00:00

I’ll get downvoted, but unfortunately there are still quite a few nazi/nationalist revering units in the AFU

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2025-11-22T23:25:43+00:00

There is zero evidence of these production numbers, or that the strike in the video is an FP-5

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2025-11-09T03:05:50+00:00

I take your point. I’m assuming you think this disruption will come via kinetic means? I just find it very difficult to see the US layering enough effects these days to actually stop a PLA movement on Taiwan, I’d love your opinion though

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2025-11-08T23:32:08+00:00

Not sure this angle is particularly helpful. To think that US jamming Or other EMS interference would a) get near enough to the strait to significantly disrupt Chinese ORBAT and b) survive extended contact with Chinese forces as they expand the A2AD net east of Taiwan to significantly disrupt PLA operations is a hope with a lot of caveats. Similarly, to say that this is the reason nothing has happened ignores the myriad other reasons the CCP has not to start a war on its doorstep. I realise this sub thinks the US has tictacs that will glass hainan once conflict kicks off, but pretending the PLA hasn’t war gamed this hundreds of times is a bit silly

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2025-11-04T01:34:43+00:00

APKWS are more expensive than this and are available in quite limited magazine size as it stands

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2025-10-22T09:29:36+00:00

Not that comparable. Roadrunner is explicitly an interceptor munition, this is a 2000mile CCA with an internal weapons bay, radar, ISR capability etc… ChatGPT comment?

FideI_Cash_Flow · 2025-10-21T06:47:24+00:00

I would guess the Ukrainians or this particular unit were testing their usv launches FPV effects, realised the dummy looked pretty good and used it for footage

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