kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
Let's hear it for diversity!
Jan. 20 can't come soon enough!
Jan. 20 can't come soon enough!
USS Gettysburg Shoots Down US Navy F18
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TEOTWAWKI inc.
.338 Win Mag
That's an act of war!
Which side are we on?
Which side are we on?
Bigfoot
.577 Tyrannosaur.
Glad to read that the pilots are alive and okay.
Carlos Hathcock
.450/400 Nitro Ex
Well.....on the bright side......they hit......something.
That_FNG
.308 Win
Doesn’t matter! Quick let’s send millions to the nearest terrorist organization and then invade a random country for WMD’s!
Pissed Off Patriot
.223 Rem
Diversity, equity, and inclusion!
It isn't fair that we only shoot our enemies. We must shoot ourselves too!
It isn't fair that we only shoot our enemies. We must shoot ourselves too!
spat
.950 JDJ
Both of them as usual.
Raytheon gets the contract to replace the missile and Boeing the airplane.
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GOYABEAN
.950 JDJ
C'mon man you know the thing 
en.mehrnews.com
Yemen says it downed American F-18 fighter jet
TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (MNA) – The Yemeni army said on Sunday that it fired 8 missiles and 17 drones at a US carrier, downing a F-18 fighter jet.
en.mehrnews.com
thughes
.223 Rem
Time to pull a couple of B-52's out of mothballs and carpet bomb that shithole off the map. A one-and-done example for the rest of those uppity fuckers taking potshots at our forces.C'mon man you know the thing
Yemen says it downed American F-18 fighter jet
TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (MNA) – The Yemeni army said on Sunday that it fired 8 missiles and 17 drones at a US carrier, downing a F-18 fighter jet.
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
So.... Was the jet downed by incompetent DEI sailors?
Or was it downed by a bunch of dirt eating goat humpers, and our side is taking the blame to keep us from being upset with the goat humpers??
Its really sad and crazy that neither option is less believable.
Or was it downed by a bunch of dirt eating goat humpers, and our side is taking the blame to keep us from being upset with the goat humpers??
Its really sad and crazy that neither option is less believable.
GOYABEAN
.950 JDJ
Could also probably be a stamped in China FFI chip our air forces use 
that took a dump
that took a dump
GTN
.308 Win
And something else to make us look stupid to the rest of the world
Carlos Hathcock
.450/400 Nitro Ex
There are days the line is quite blurry.
Saltwater60
20×102mm Vulcan
This is about the only time Biden’s play the middle scenario might work to our advantage
TEOTWAWKI inc.
.338 Win Mag
Maybe he can negotiate a cease fire with this one.
ManualF150
.308 Win
Only thing Biden is doing is sticking his tongue in the middle of an ice cream sandwich right now....... then nap time.
Well, to be honest the goat fuckers do have a longer history of telling most of the truth vs. the current administration.
Is "ice cream sandwich" the latest euphemism for diddling kids?
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
F/A-18F Was Shot Down By Friendly Fire As Jets Were About To Land On The Carrier
The friendly fire incident also came amid a complex Houthi drone and missile attack targeting the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group.
www.twz.com
TEOTWAWKI inc.
.338 Win Mag
50/50 chance the bad guys shot it down and our guys decided it would be much less embarrassing to say we did it.
The pilots will probably be disciplined for flying into a mostly peaceful missile.
The pilots will probably be disciplined for flying into a mostly peaceful missile.
This is the problem with modern warfare, missiles, etc.
Often times you might only have literal seconds from the time something is detected until you have to make a decision if it poses a threat and if you need to engage it. There is so much room for error and miscalculation.
This is precisely why ww3 is a serious serious risk. So much can go wrong.
Another reason why we need the most competent highly trained people we can get.
Often times you might only have literal seconds from the time something is detected until you have to make a decision if it poses a threat and if you need to engage it. There is so much room for error and miscalculation.
This is precisely why ww3 is a serious serious risk. So much can go wrong.
Another reason why we need the most competent highly trained people we can get.
Robin
.577 Tyrannosaur.
The Hooties claim they shot it down! The crew was almost sleeping with the blow fishes. I would call for the replenishment of their arsenal with some of our own delivered by B-52 Claus.
Robin
Robin
spat
.950 JDJ
That's like wondering who sunk a Russian flagship.
Was it a country with no Navy That's claiming responsibility, or was it incompetent Russian sailors smoking in the magazine.
Honestly both are plausible in that case.
As for the F18, I think it's probably more likely to be incompetence. Kinda surprised that the US didn't cover that up and claim the Houthis *were* responsible and use that as justification to just exterminate them wholesale.
spat
.950 JDJ
A lot of modern stuff is moving to where the OODA loop is too tight to even allow a human to be involved.
The whole process from initial detection to deploying the weapon would be milliseconds.
1341
.45 acp
Command staff of the Gettysburg looked non dei, with 20 plus years of service. However it was on it's first deployment after a couple of years refit, and had just joined the squadron only a day or 2 before dropping the F/A- 18 and nearly hitting another.
I'm not buying it. While I find it difficult to believe that Iran shot down one of our fighter jets, I think that is the likely situation. The story of it being downed by friendly fire is a coverup. If the Whitehouse admitted that Iran shot down our jet, it would be an overt act of war, and would require a response from Biden. Was this the "emergency" that made Biden and Harris come back to the Whitehouse situation room ? The "emergency" was announced, but nobody ever said what the emergency was.