Wouldn’t that make sense? Radars can detect an object, but the precise type would require more precision, no?
Comment on US fighter jet shot down by Iran came from British base in Suffolk, says IRGC
Womble@piefed.world 2 days ago
So they couldnt get the type of plane correct, but we’re to assume that they could tell where it flew from? Seems legit.
cristian64@reddthat.com 2 days ago
Womble@piefed.world 2 days ago
You cant track a plane from 3600km away with a radar (how far the UK is from Iran), if for no other reason than the curve of the earth puts hundreds of kilometers of rock between them. And wreckage is pretty easy to identify for experts, you can find fairly small pieces that could only be from one aircraft type.
cristian64@reddthat.com 2 days ago
This comment only makes if you disregard entirely detection by satellite image.
Womble@piefed.world 2 days ago
Good look snapping a picture of a ~20m jet travelling almost at mach1 from at least 500km away with a camera that is on a fixed orbit so you dont control where it is at a particular time. (and even if you did unless you took a picture of it during take off, that also wouldnt tell you where it was flying from.)
als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Here’s the BBC confirming it’s from a “US F-15E Strike Eagle” … “from the US 494th Fighter Squadron based at RAF Lakenheath in the UK”
Gladaed@feddit.org 2 days ago
luisgutz@feddit.uk 1 day ago
The F15 has a range of 3400miles, according to Wikipedia. It can refuel in mid air, taking it range past the 5000 or do needed to make it back for another refuel. The can stay in the air for up to 15, hours, and travel cruise at .9 Mach.