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U.S.-Made F-16 Fighter Jet Crashes in Ukraine (www.wsj.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why not? Jets are commonly shot down with missiles. It's rather hard to kill them spraying them with machine-gun fire. You can do it of course but a missile is the more reliable solution which is why jets made for dog-fights usually carry multiples.

Anyways the rumors seemed to indicate on the ground but with the things that have happened lately I think it seems more plausible that Ukraine shot it down with a patriot given a Ukrainian parliament member has stated as much and given after the head of the air force there threatened her he was sacked probably less for threatening her and more as a way to sacrifice someone for the screw-up and to try and tamp the whole thing down.

Which is needless to say even funnier.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Why not? Jets are commonly shot down with missiles. It’s rather hard to kill them spraying them with machine-gun fire. You can do it of course but a missile is the more reliable solution which is why jets made for dog-fights usually carry multiples.

Because Iskander is not an air-to-air (which jets carry) or even ground-to-air (like the aforementioned patriot). It's a ballistic missile. Ground to ground. Very different targeting systems and the rocket itself