Posted on 04/04/2026 12:09:08 AM PDT by moviefan8
n Friday, tensions escalated between the US and Iran as Iranian forces shot down a US UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, which was reportedly involved in a rescue mission for an F-15E pilot previously downed by Iran.
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According to the article, Iran captured the fighter jet pilot.
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12 Israeli interceptor missiles for one Iranian missile... and yet the Iranian missile reaches its target!
https://x.com/GlobalIJournal/status/2039887561360056494?s=20
Not to worry. Two weeks to flatten the curve. Tops.
Someone pointed out in comments reply for that the Iranian missile fires a second booster in the terminal phase. It starts at the 22 second mark.
lol.
Thank you for letting me know that all will be well in two weeks.
More breaking news.
Iran: MQ1 drone shot down over Isfahan
https://x.com/GlobalIJournal/status/2040321814594011214
This is supposedly the locals searching for the American aircrew.
There is some foliage in the video but this is near a river and there is almost no trees in most of that territory. Not too many places to hide
https://x.com/zuki_2024/status/2040317607094690141
In the video, it didn’t look like the helicopter was “shot down”. Just sayin’.
“Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please”
-Niccolò Machiavelli
Why stop now? We are only weeks or maybe days away from victory. Or do you think the government may have lied to us?
I don’t like your ideas much, I’m sure you are a
good reasoned person and very thoughtful.
The F15 is a 1969 design.
The A10 is a 1960’s design - I went to A10 depot level maintenance school in 1972.
The Blackhawk is a 1960’s design approved in 1972.
Oldest MANPADS date from 2015.
These are war machines older than my 52
year old daughter. MANPADS are much newer.
It is a fact of evolution that if don’t
adapt you will cease to exist.
I’m very sure if we were not hog tied by Democrats
we would be very much more up to date.
Lasers, sound, and other weapons I can’t imagine.
Tanks, airplanes, surface ships as war machines
are things of the past.
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