If I was that pilot, I think I’d be a little stressed out about those orders. His instrument panel must have told him he was all lit up.
Yes, this is silly. The only way these planes would attack is if the pilots had a death wish. Yes, I know some of these people are crazy, but most of them are not that crazy.
“Everybody” knew the plane was there, everyone. I am sure the Captain had this under control and everything on that side of the carrier pointed at the Iranian plane. He doesn’t need bimbo Bambi to tell him when he may and may not he can shoot. They probe and we don’t let them see what we would do. It’s an old game.
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