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US fighter jets that crashed in Kuwait were shot down by ‘friendly fire’ (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The utter incompetence would be fascinating and hilarious if it wasn't so frightening.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

It is hilarious when the agressor is incompetant

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Well at least they can skip checking on if the air defences are working.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

That's the story, anyway. My own theory is that "kill switches" were deployed. /s