My brother in law is pretty pissed off about it. He was a pilot as a warrent officer while he was in the marine corps. He is not buying the friendly fire story. I had no idea they dont turn their transponders off at war time. So I figured Kuwait has their own deepstate.
It appears to be from a Patriot system that could not distinguish friendlies. The situation is very fluid and Kuwait has been getting hammered. Sometimes an oversight happens - especially when there are several different actors. Something possibly to do with some codes that need to be updated every 24hrs. It will be dialed in no doubt. Max Afterburner has an excellent video breaking down what happened.
Kuwait's deep state shooting our fighter jets down ? Friendly fire doesn't look to friendly !
It's also important to note that there were no American casualties. USCENTCOM recognized the mistake and said that all is forgiven
My brother in law is pretty pissed off about it. He was a pilot as a warrent officer while he was in the marine corps. He is not buying the friendly fire story. I had no idea they dont turn their transponders off at war time. So I figured Kuwait has their own deepstate.
It appears to be from a Patriot system that could not distinguish friendlies. The situation is very fluid and Kuwait has been getting hammered. Sometimes an oversight happens - especially when there are several different actors. Something possibly to do with some codes that need to be updated every 24hrs. It will be dialed in no doubt. Max Afterburner has an excellent video breaking down what happened.
Kuwait Shooting Down F-15E Strike Eagles Is Worse Than You Think