Posted on Feb 10, 2018
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Even Hezbollah using Iranian drones and coordinated fire can knock down fast movers. When a guerrilla group using weapons costing thousands can kill your billion dollar weapons systems, we just look stupid.
Is the era of manned Close Air Support (CAS) behind us?
The videos in this article have footage of an Iranian drone being targeted and destroyed and the parachute of the Israeli pilot.
We spend billions on the F-35, it is like an Aircraft Carrier in the sky but it will take only a few lucky shots to bring it down, especially in a CAS role, as claimed to replace the A-10.
Is the era of manned Close Air Support (CAS) behind us?
The videos in this article have footage of an Iranian drone being targeted and destroyed and the parachute of the Israeli pilot.
We spend billions on the F-35, it is like an Aircraft Carrier in the sky but it will take only a few lucky shots to bring it down, especially in a CAS role, as claimed to replace the A-10.
Hezbollah: Downing of Israeli F-16 the start of a ‘new strategic era’
Posted from timesofisrael.com
Drones
Air Power
Close Air Support (CAS)
Syria
Israel
Posted 7 y ago
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Low tech and luck will trump high tech every time. Makes us look pretty impotent.
Thank you for the share, LTC John Shaw.
Thank you for the share, LTC John Shaw.
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Hezbollah has been using those for a while. Now, thanks to our interferance, they can strike from Russian Bases. Sort of means the Israelis should stay out of Syrian airspace. What's going to happen when they take down one of ours?
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