• Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    What is the story on those planes. Are they really saying one f18 shot down 3 f15s before noticing they were US jets? Would have to be long range missles I assume, but can they carry that many?

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      10 hours ago

      As far as I’m aware. They were all shot down by an F18. I don’t know if they’ve confirmed exactly which missile was used, but last i heard, it was believed to have been IR seeking missiles. Which are short range missiles compared to radar missiles which can probably go at least 10x as far.

      Most modern jets are capable of carrying at least 6 missiles, as in, they have at least 6 hardpoints to attach weapons on. So the F18 carrying 3 is not a problem, I assume he had lot more than that.

      But how they made that mistake I don’t understand. Jets have so many tools available to them to identify what it is they’re locking. Some speculate it wasn’t a mistake. That it was a pilot sympathetic to Iran. But that is just speculation.