U.S Navy F/A-18 Hornet shot down by Guided Missile Cruiser U.S.S Gettysburg in apparent Friendly Fire incident. Both Pilots ejected.
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We're not at war, but we're firing off missiles at plane?
Seems kind of like we are in an another undeclared war, and that leaves the question who are we supposed to be fighting that has military jets?
There are absolutely questions to be had about this for sure.
I wonder if the CWIS got triggered or if it was a RIM-7 Sea Sparrow or similar missile.
The missiles could've been dodged with countermeasures under some circumstances but the 20mm cannon? Not so much.
In either event I'm glad both pilots are safe.
If it were CWIS, the pilots might have been shredded. A Sea Sparrow has proximity detonation, I believe. More likely it was a missile.
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We might not ever know what exactly happened out at sea. The most important thing is that those pilots ejected safely.
If everyone puts the blame on DEI, then the answer will come out much faster. The level of BS from the spokesman will tell the story.
Occurred over the Red Sea in early morning hours during operations conducted by the U.S.S Harry Truman and her strike group.
Both Pilots are alive. Thank god. Though taxpayers are out 55 million for the Jet.
But the question is how such a clusterfuck happened. A lot, and I mean a lot of shit would need to go wrong. From equipment failures to shitty command decisions for what occurred to have transpired. And while it’s not impossible that so many factors all happened to transpire together. Especially with DEI. It’s still suspicious.
"Though taxpayers are out 55 million for the Jet."
That's a drop in the bucket compared to all the money sent over to Ukraine.
Consider we’re not getting a full story. This is the version they want us to have.
Super HORNet. RED sea. Reminds me of RINOs...
Hmmmm..... Like TWA800. Remember who "investigated" the crash? Oh yeah, the FBI kicked out the TSA.
BULLSHIT