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[–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 hours ago

Sounds like a skill issue.

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 2 points 4 hours ago

is nearly invisible to radar

uh huh

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 5 points 8 hours ago

Apparently Iran released a video of the strike, linky anyone?

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 4 points 6 hours ago

Meme text still says F-117A

[–] Chapo_is_Red@hexbear.net 8 points 9 hours ago

The pilot had take a leak and opened the cockpit to wiz, making the F35 easily detectable by the trail of urine

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 18 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

i'm no expert but it was probably the "combat" part

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 14 points 11 hours ago

The American Empire got so good at crashing Ospreys during non-combat missions that it fucks up the ratio

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 18 points 11 hours ago (2 children)
[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

so does that mean the f35 are unsafe?

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 23 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Jeez, how could a fucking jet engine have a heat signature?

[–] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 13 points 8 hours ago

its worse than that. Apparently this anti-air system uses both a heat and sight picture to lock on and track. There's never any real warning to the F35 because it's not being painted with radar or lasers or nothing. If they launch flares or chaff, no problem, whichever target acquisition system gets confused it falls back to the other.

Developed and deployed effectively within a year, by the way.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 18 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

And I'm guessing the plane didn't notify the pilot they had a lock on either

[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 13 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

yeah there is nothing coming out of the infrared tracker to warn the plane, it's basically just a camera

which also means there's no signature for the empire to lock onto and take out with SEAD weapons

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 10 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

The most interesting part is that there's no attempt at evasion and no attempt at flares either. They not only didn't know they were being targeted, they also did not know that a missile was fired at them. They failed to identify the incoming threat at all.

[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 8 points 8 hours ago

maybe they're accepting those new planes with gym weights instead of radars because it doesn't make much difference either way

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 8 points 11 hours ago

spending eleventy trillion to research this crank theory that the empire is bound by the same laws of physics as everyone else

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 10 points 10 hours ago

I think someone aimed a weapon at it and fired

[–] Lurkmore@hexbear.net 13 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I definitely paid for the invincibility package on my warplanes. Said so right on the box.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 3 points 10 hours ago

You cheap fuck, you got the basic 100m trim when you could have heated seats and been comfortable enough as you died

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 6 points 11 hours ago

It was struck like this: explosion

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 5 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

I am surprised they are not DPRK propaganda like rejoicing how weak the weapon was / strong the single engine plane was to resist the hit and it was the blessing of the divine and testament to engineering that the Ghost of clogged shitters was able to fly back home alive.

But they decided to take the rage-cry they totaled my monies!

(Don't ask how much good 100 Million can do for your local crumbling community)

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 6 points 7 hours ago

Fascists can only really have two reactions to a military loss:

1: "It didn't happen, we actually were the winners."

and when they can't do that:

2: "They CHEATED at fighting! This doesn't count because it was UNFAIR!"

what are we, a bunch of asians?!

[–] 666@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Why would DPRK need propaganda in that vein? It's one thing to propagandize the capabilities of your craft/weapons, but I don't see how they would be overexaggerating or how anything relating to divine has to do with it. They have capable, sufficient and quite frankly, working, deterrence against the United States.

[–] Speaker@hexbear.net 4 points 5 hours ago

I think they're referring to the imperial propaganda about DPRK, which depicts DPRK as a backwards hermit kingdom that is simultaneously an existential threat to Amerikkka.

[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 5 points 11 hours ago

pilot error. git gud etc.