US fighter jet shot down by Iran came from British base in Suffolk, says IRGC

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• MrSulu@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  WTF is Starmer doing! This makes the UK an enabler. No doubt once we enabled or actively displaced more people, then Farage will be wobbling his head around talking about little boats like they have nothing at all to do with us.

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• 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.

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  • 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”

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    • Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  • cristian64@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Wouldn’t that make sense? Radars can detect an object, but the precise type would require more precision, no?

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    • 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.

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