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13. Which uses a fire control radar for targeting

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 10:40 PM

20 hrs ago

God help us if an obsolete Soviet-era AA gun was able to get a radar signature off an F-35

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US F-35 Damaged by Suspected Iranian Fire Makes Emergency Landing, Sources Say [View all] ruet Yesterday OP

Landing at an American air base is not being "shot down". Nt FBaggins Yesterday #1

Fair Enough. -NT- ruet Yesterday #2

It's known as the golden bb EX500rider Yesterday #3

How many is that & according to who exactly? EX500rider Yesterday #8

12+ The DOD. ruet Yesterday #9

There's no way it was entirely accidental NickB79 22 hrs ago #11

Actually they do have antirecraft guns EX500rider 21 hrs ago #12

Which uses a fire control radar for targeting NickB79 20 hrs ago #13

Could be fired with a time fuse too with a lucky guess EX500rider 19 hrs ago #14

There is also a brief period... EX500rider 18 hrs ago #15

They're leeeeeeeaaaarning Prairie Gates Yesterday #4

These aircraft have never been tested in Deminpenn Yesterday #6

This explains how Trump gave hostile nations a great guft orangecrush 23 hrs ago #10