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NickB79

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11. There's no way it was entirely accidental

Reply to EX500rider (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 08:18 PM

18 hrs ago

A radar signature must have been acquired to warrant a missile launch in the general direction of the fighter, despite it being stealthy. Iran isn't shooting missiles blindly into the sky.

It's not like WW2, flying slowly through clouds of flak.

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