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Houthis are finding out why Americans don't have free healthcare smuglord

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[–] red_stapler@hexbear.net 89 points 1 day ago (1 children)

TF do you have a friendly fire incident when your opponent has no aircraft, lol.

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 42 points 1 day ago

They were trying to shoot down a UFO shaped like a plane but it turns out it was a plane, the only one operating in the airspace: your own F16

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago

Two terrorists down!

[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 82 points 1 day ago

reminds me of when the F16s arrived in Ukraine

[–] Josephine_Spiro@hexbear.net 62 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the U.S military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in over a year of America targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

Both pilots were recovered alive after ejecting from their stricken aircraft, with one suffering minor injuries. But the shootdown underlines just how dangerous the Red Sea corridor has become over the ongoing attacks on shipping by the Iranian-backed Houthis despite U.S. and European military coalitions patrolling the area.

Dumbasses shot at their buddies because they're scared and incompetent, and then blame the Houthis because of how scared and incompetent they are. Like do the Houthis even have air support? Like are the US military so scared that their Wunderwaffe might be attacked that they shot at each other? Worlds most expensive military everybody.

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 39 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Like do the Houthis even have air support?

They have one (1) F5.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago

The ghost of Ansarallah

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

Listen, it's called Recon by Fire and had it worked the Navy could've claimed to have eradicated the Houthis Airforce by 50% (they have at least that one Mi-8)

[–] coeliacmccarthy@hexbear.net 70 points 1 day ago

another tally mark for the Ghost of Kiev

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

:officer-down:

[–] Latework@hexbear.net 42 points 1 day ago

Critical support to the US military, I guess

[–] dkr567@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The very same declining empire that wants to invade Iran, China and North Korea everybody rofl.

[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 26 points 1 day ago

sit-back-and-enjoy sit-back-and-enjoy sit-back-and-enjoy sit-back-and-enjoy Live cam footage of Houthis watching F 16s get blown out of the sky.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago
[–] GladimirLenin@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago
[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 33 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They actually admitted KIA instead of MIA/POW of Poseidon?

The Military Industrial Complex could have swayed Trump to do a Caligula and wage war against the ocean. Just firing miniguns at the waves, drone striking ice bergs, woulda been hella profitable.

Edit: nvm recovered alive.

[–] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago

Comrade Friendly Fire

[–] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago

Likely extreme incompetency but they'll never admit it. Therefore we can keep claiming it for Ansarallah.