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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to US News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 23 days ago

A Navy warship mistook US fighter jets for enemy missiles and opened fire. The targeted pilot saw his life flash before his eyes.

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A Navy warship mistook US fighter jets for enemy missiles and opened fire. The targeted pilot saw his life flash before his eyes.

www.businessinsider.com

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to US News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 23 days ago
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New documents reveal how the USS Gettysburg shot down an F/A-18 and nearly hit a second one above the Red Sea last year.
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  • burlemarx@lemmygrad.ml
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    Interesting. But it seems it could be a cover up story to avoid saying that Yemen’s defense system was able to shoot US’ jets.

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      Yep. Ansar Allah did claim to have shot down US jets.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
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      also possible

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    They survived? bern-disgust

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      damn we can’t even shoot down our own jets

      venezuela’s gonna kick our ass fr

  • ☭ Comrade Pup Ivy 🇨🇺@lemmygrad.mlM
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    Sooooo the worlds greatest navy everyone, Yemin has gotten to them

    Also didn’t they sign up to fly planes and be shot at?

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      no, they signed up to be the aliens in the first half of independence day

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    michael-laugh

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    The targeted pilot saw his life flash before his eyes.

    glee

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    That reminds me of something.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
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      classic

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    Western military supporters are going to say the USA’s jets are too good to be shot down 🤣. Hoping this overconfidence bodes well against the USA’s military’s strategy.

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    Freedom ain’t not free!

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