US confirms Iranian missile has shot down drone

BBC ^ | June 20, 2019 | BBC News

[Jyotishi]

Image caption: One US official identified the drone as a US Navy MQ-4C Triton

A US military drone has been shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile while in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz, US officials say.

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said it shot down the drone over Iranian airspace, near Kuhmobarak in the southern province of Hormozgan.

IRGC commander Maj-Gen Hossein Salami said the incident sent "a clear message to America", state media said.

It comes at a time of escalating tension between the US and Iran.

On Monday, the US defence department said it was deploying 1,000 extra troops to the region in response to "hostile behaviour" by Iranian forces.

The US has accused Iran of attacking two oil tankers with mines last Thursday just outside the Strait of Hormuz, in the Gulf of Oman. Iran rejects the allegation.

Video caption The BBC's Mark Lowen reports: "It has sparked huge international tension"

[DannyTN]

"The US should proceed as it has, not reacting, forcing the Iranians to ever more aggressive actions violative of international norms, building a case for military action as and when it becomes necessary, a case which will carry the allies."

I mostly agree. Especially if there are people initiating incidents that are not coming from the top.

However, Trump kind of said that he thought this might be a rogue actor. But then he said our nation wouldn't stand for it.

So we might do a tit for tat. Or knowing Trump a tit for

TAT.

[Yosemitest]

If we wipe out thier governing body in one fell strike, just how long do you think it'll take them to reform a new government ?
Then just how long do you think it'll take them to respond ?
It ain't gonna' happen quickly !

I've got over 26 years in the military in control towers mostly, and I've seen some pretty serious responses.
We could totally wipe them out if we choose to, and do it from space ... and with supersonic missiles.
We don't have to put up with their crap !

So kill the people responsible first, and their machines they would use to respond.
Take the head off the serpent and watch them wiggle.

[Vermont Lt]

Except being in the tower we’ve never really seen them “wiggle” have we?

Not really sure I want my kids fighting in the Middle East to protect Saudi oil.

[Yosemitest]

And just who's got to go to Iran ?
We can do this without ever sending one man into Iran.
Where have you been over the last 20 years ?
We can send it all into Iran without one person entering the country, and it would happen so fast the the whole world would be in shock,.

Let the youth of Iran form their own new government after we kill their current governing body while it's in session.

[Vermont Lt]

Go read some more Jack Ryan novels. air power can win any war.

Spoken like every Air Marshal since Goering.

[Bringbackthedraft]

How long before AOC asks about the pilot and if he was captured?

[Songcraft]

Or else asks what they shot down the drain!

[doorgunner69]

After some thought, it occurs to me that a drone may have been sacrificed to goad the Iranians to fire up their SAM defenses and now we have some excellent intel on radar frequencies and modes.

Old ELINT/EW type thinking.

[aces]

It is a no brainer, but I have to say they have seen this coming a long time, i am sure we have insurgents here, and by the way things are I expect a nuke to be slipped to somewhere Iran can claim it’s detonation by Nork etc

[trebb]

The two of you belong in the same hippy commune - mabe you could share a sleeping bag....of course, it’s likely you’d be kicked out for doing a lot of griping and never contributing your share of the work....how about you turn over new leafs, stop being Chicken Little’s about President Trump (who has it way more together than you two) and maybe hitting a “Donate” button once in a while - this ain’t your hippy commune...PS the communes died out because way too many people preferred to not invest of themselves - is that your goal - to weigh down FR with the rest of the whiners?

[Yosemitest]

And you can go crawl back into your chicken coop with the rest of the yellow chickens.

[Vermont Lt]

Mmmmmh. Chicken.

I guess thinking strategically with a endpoint in mind is not as effective as just blowing shit up Willy-nilly.

Yup. Your way has worked so well in the past. Let’s do it your way.

[Yosemitest]

And you and your ilk would be the first to be killed when these anti-christians terrorists take over.
Dead enemies don't fight back.

[Vermont Lt]

Iran is not going to take over the US. You are delusional.

And, they are likely to take out the righteous bible thumpers like you, long before they come for me.

[Yosemitest]

They've caught IRANIAN terrorist already coming through our southern border.

Terrorists from groups besides ISIS crossing U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis says

" ... Texas reported 439 cases of people from these countries —
including Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan and Syria
— either caught crossing the border or presenting themselves at ports of entry without permission to enter.
The report also said authorities had reported 143
"land border crossing encounters with watch-listed individuals in southwest border states between November 2013 and July 2014." ... "

[Vermont Lt]

You’d better run down there and get them.

[Yosemitest]

That was back in 2016.
With a 100,000 illegal aliens or more crossing our southern border every month, how many more Iranian terrorist do you think have entered the United States since then ?

What are YOU going to do about it ?

[Vermont Lt]

I am not doing anything about it. Nor are you, unless you are an ICE agent.

You are falling under the mindset that you CAN do something about it. You are doing nothing I can see but taking crap on an internet web page that is mostly visited by aging hard core religious people who are too old to do anything else—and whose kids and spouses are sick of listening to them.

So, lets me honest: You want to attack Iran and kill people you don’t know; disrupt the world’s economy, and send more of our young men and women to get blown up around the world to satisfy some blood lust you’ve been carrying around for years?

The people handling this know more than all of us. I think they are doing fine.

[Yosemitest]

Like I said before, 'I'm retired military', with plenty of experience.
And cowards like you make me sick.
Even with our votes and our voices, we fight.
But cowards like you break the will of the people to fight.
May God have mercy on you.

[Vermont Lt]

oooh tough guy. Sat in a tower talking on the radio.

If you are retired military, clearly you did no reading on waging war or strategy. Perhaps you should talk to someone who spent some time studying that, instead of acting like a retard who just sees everything as a chance to kill some folks.

And before you start talking shit, please make sure you are not talking stupid first. I know its hard. So, maybe it would be better if you just kept your mouth shut. That way everyone will assume you are an idiot...instead of your tossing it in everyone’s face.