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@academic_la So they cab shoot down an F-15 but helos and C-130's can fly low and slow without being shot down? I call BS. Golden BB is far more of probable.

Just had a long talk with a former IAF commander on why Iran is managing to shoot down these US planes. He told me that since the 12 day war Iran has rethought its entire system after seeing how easily it was bombed. The new system is far better and more resilient and Israeli pilots have noticed how difficult it is to operate there now: 1) Each of Iran's 31 zones now has the authority to operate independently if central command is cut off, allowing local commanders to launch missiles and engage aircraft without waiting for orders from Tehran. That was a major problem for them in the past. 2) Recognizing that fixed sites are easily destroyed, Iran moved many of its restored air defenses into missile cities, deeply buried underground tunnels and rugged coastal terrain that serve as cover for mobile launchers. These targets are now hardened. 3) Since traditional radar gives away a system's location, Iran has leaned into passive infrared (heat-seeking) sensors and new software algorithms that can track jets without emitting detectable signals. 4) Iran has increased reliance on mobile, medium-range surface-to-air SAM systems. Its mobility allows shoot-and-scoot tactics that make it difficult to target with pre-planned airstrikes. 5) Iran has moved away from Russian missiles to its own Bavar-373 which appears to be superior to the S-300 and possibly to the S-400 too. Recent upgrades include increased autonomy for launchers, allowing them to operate even if centralized command centers are destroyed. 6) They use new Majid system, which relies on passive infrared detection rather than radar. Because it doesn't emit radar signals, it is significantly harder for aircraft to detect before a missile is launched. 7) Most important, he confirmed to me that Iran is using HQ-9B, the best long-range surface-to-air missile China has to offer. It has both active radar homing and a passive infrared seeker. This makes it harder for aircraft to spoof the missile with standard electronic countermeasures and improves its ability to track stealth. It seems to be exceeding expectations. He told me, "the days when flying over Iran was a walk in the park are over." In sum, new tactics and a switch from Russian technology to Iranian and Chinese technology have turned Iranian airspace into a contested space. Air superiority there is gone. The IAF and USAF will have to adapt accordingly or lose more aircraft.

@KonstantinKisin Two things can be true at the same time like a broken clock being right twice a day. Demon posession is real. The Bible states our fight is not with the flesh but the powers and principalities of satan. But Qatarlson is no journalist sad to say.

Finally! I've been waiting for a serious journalist to address the fact that America is run by demons for far too long.

@thyphoidjack Great collection! What are the ones on the top right?

Rank Badges of some gentlemen you would rather just avoid

@ChrisExcel102 Now do Marikana you twit. You even decided to make Ramapoes your president 🤣🤣 The 30 percenter shines through daily

Mind you This didn’t happen 100 years ago…. White people who did this are probably still alive and well.

@tiberiusfiles And the US is 5x older than the Islamic Dictatorship

This is 10x older than the United States

@Mashrouteh13 @X_ArtGallery Laughs in Alexander the Great, Islam, ....

@X_ArtGallery The Iranians had such a civilization in the Stone Age - no power can defeat great civilizations !i

Holding Hands Persepolis (Iran), c. 500 BC

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Well played NYT, well played.

@jsalaz33 @XVanFleet Why not just admit it is Communism Lite and the slippery slope to full blown Communism? Own the hate.

@XVanFleet Bernie Sanders does not defend communism. He has repeatedly and explicitly rejected it, describing himself as a democratic socialist who wants to reform capitalism through democratic means, not abolish it via revolution or one-party dictatorship. You must be MAGA

Fidel Castro’s Daughter, Alina Fernández Revuelta, Calls for Regime Change in Cuba. She escaped Cuba in 1993 at age 37 and settled in Miami, later becoming one of the most outspoken critics of her father’s communist rule. Interestingly, Stalin’s only daughter also defected to the US in 1967, where she denounced Soviet communism and her father’s legacy. Only clueless American progressives like Bernie Sanders and Hasan Piker still defend Communism.

@ComicDaveSmith Have you been wiki Dave? Why not? And what does the word "trying" mean in his context? Sure it does heavy lifting, but liky you he would not last ten seconds in Iran.

Best community note ever

@FurkanGozukara 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Cope harder

It looks like Iran is deliberately not shooting down search and rescue teams and keeping their moral high ground

@Osint613 Shot down confirmed or was it mech failure?

Footage shows small-arms fire reportedly targeting U.S. rescue aircraft over Iran, deployed after an F‑15E Strike Eagle was shot down.

@IraninSA @ramalokot Why havent we seen your latest dear leader in public yet? His leg and head missing, I mean hurting? 😅😅

The regime change happened successfully. MAGA😀

@WadeTPaton Wade is an idiot who doea not even understand basic definitions and as per standard commie practise tries to redefine words unsuccesafully as per usual. Dont be a Wade.

Communist here. Literally built 3 businesses from the ground up and turned 2 of them into worker co-ops. Both co-ops are wildly successful w/o exploiting a single person and drive mutual prosperity & growth. Alive Smith is a whiner that's likely never dirtied her hands ever.

When you're a classical pianist but they ask for Bohemian Rhapsody 🎹😎

@WhiteLionII1 Trump: Julle is die awesomeste ooit, die wêreld het lanklaas soveel awesome gesien, net my awesome is meer awesome, maar julle is okay. Maak Afrikaners Groot Alweer. 😅

Goeie môre Afrikaners, Neanderthals, pink pigs, car guards, settlers en sommer Oom Jan ook. Julle, ja JULLE, is awesome 🫡

On April 3, 1965, Ennio Morricone recorded this masterpiece in Rome. Sixty years ago. The soundtrack of a lifetime. For A Few Dollars More | Ennio Morricone | 1965.

@rashid_kay Now do the president, ministers, parliamentarians, you dumb 30 percenter

This is how Elon Musk was raised in the apartheid South Africa.

In ancient Rome, a man was convicted of eating his wife... The soldiers arrested him and brought him before Caesar. "Do you have remorse for your heinous crime?" Caesar asked. The Roman smiled and shook his head. He looked very happy. Caesar was shocked. He told the guards, "To commit such an act is bad enough, but to be happy about it? As a punishment, keep him in chains, and every day make him fight armed opponents, using only the minimum of weapons! Report back to me in a week, we'll see if he's still smiling." The guards dragged the man off. He was still smiling. As they were commanded, each day they made the prisoner fight. On the first day, armed with only a net and a stick, he fought an opponent with a spear. The next day, with only a small rope, he fought two swordsmen. And so on, he was forced to fight every day. At the end of the week, the prisoner was in a real sorry state. He could barely blink, let alone smile.  The head guard came to Caesar. "Oh, Caesar, I  have come to report on the prisoner. We made him fight each day, using the most basic weapons, like a, er, you know, whaddaya call it?" "Gladiator?" said Caesar. The guard snickered, "No, he actually quite regrets it now."

@ramalokot What part?

...He's lying