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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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[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Why are three marked off? They only shot down the one?

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The reddit thread proposes it could have been a lie for propaganda.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Looking into it, it seems only three NATO planes seem to have been shot down total over the conflict. So maybe the propaganda piece was showing total shot down planes and using the F-117 as the model?

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Good point, if they were already shot down then it's possible.

[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How reliable are US media reports?

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If the Serbs shot more than one down we would have heard about it in 2000.

[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

From who?
Did you hear about the Russians shooting down a plane armed with a nuclear missile in 2024?

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

From the Serbs? They bragged about shooting one 20 year old plane down. They would 100% brag about 3.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 weeks ago

They are supposedly invisible, so you could never know