ISIS Ground to Air Threat

2014-12-24T17:44:01-05:00

Interesting to see that ISIS is using the weapons they have available to them.

Islamic State shoots down Jordanian warplane in Raqqah, captures pilot

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Islamic State shoots down Jordanian warplane in Raqqah, captures pilot | The Long War Journal

The Islamic State released a picture of its fighters and Jordanian pilot First Lieutenant Mu'adh Yusuf al Kasasbeh after shooting down his aircraft over Raqqah in Syria. Image from the Islamic State via the SITE Intelligence Group. The Islamic State shot down a Jordanian warplane today as it was conducting operations over the Syrian city of Raqqah, and captured the pilot. The Islamic State's Raqqah division "identified the pilot as First...

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 24 at 2014 7:10 PM

2014-12-24T19:10:50-05:00

I can say this is a game changer. The JAF is ready for a fight and may get one.

Response by CPT Pedro Meza made Nov 23 at 2015 12:07 PM

2015-11-23T12:07:40-05:00

Worst case scenario would be ISIS/Daesh or any other crazy using small drones to kill victims by installing guns or bombs on the drones; sad to say that this is easily done.