It didn't hit him. You can tell by the jet plume from the missile. It's elongated, had it hit him it would have been a fireball. What you saw was likely the proximity fuse on the missile. Whoever Smoothie X12 is he/she is carrying water for the IRGC. They are the ones who said the jet crashed in the Indian Ocean. CENTCOM fact checked them... https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2036869094595568037
CENTCOM:
FALSE: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced a U.S. F/A-18 fighter was struck over Chabahar using new advanced air defense systems.
TRUE: No U.S. fighter aircraft have been shot down by Iran.
A YouTube video that I watched yesterday said that the aircraft was damaged by shrapnel. The YouTube video I believe is from a channel run by the Pentagon. Lots of good graphics, up to the minute info, definitely a high cadence highly funded media operation
It didn't hit him. You can tell by the jet plume from the missile. It's elongated, had it hit him it would have been a fireball. What you saw was likely the proximity fuse on the missile. Whoever Smoothie X12 is he/she is carrying water for the IRGC. They are the ones who said the jet crashed in the Indian Ocean. CENTCOM fact checked them... https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2036869094595568037
CENTCOM:
FALSE: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced a U.S. F/A-18 fighter was struck over Chabahar using new advanced air defense systems.
TRUE: No U.S. fighter aircraft have been shot down by Iran.
Glad to hear it, fren
I believe this as well - the jet was not hit. BUT - CENTCOM needs to find someone better to do their fact-checking tweets.
Re-read their actual response:
Did you notice they didn't say the plane wasn't hit - they said no planes were shot down. That just invites more crap from the fake news.
A YouTube video that I watched yesterday said that the aircraft was damaged by shrapnel. The YouTube video I believe is from a channel run by the Pentagon. Lots of good graphics, up to the minute info, definitely a high cadence highly funded media operation
LOL, as if he 'Strela' or the 'Igla' qualify