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The Houthis Almost Shot Down an F-35—and Washington Is Panicked (nationalinterest.org)
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According to new reporting from the New York Times, a Houthi surface-to-air (SAM) missile barely missed an American F-35 fifth-generation fighter, the crown jewel of the U.S. fighter inventory. The F-35, participating in Operation Rough Rider against the Houthis, was forced to take evasive action to avoid the missile.

The incident raises questions about the survivability of one of America’s most advanced fighters, and raises concerns over how effective the relatively unsophisticated Houthi air defense system has been at hampering U.S. action.

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[–] Stalins_Spoon@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What is the point of Americans making ‘the most technologically advanced military aircraft’ if it keeps getting beat by 50yr old Soviet anti-aircraft missiles? Not the first time this happened either

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

If you have a better way to soak up billions of dollars of public funding and putting them back in the pockets of the oligarchs, I'd love to hear it.