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| Yemeni video shows shooting down of Saudi F-15 jet |
| 2018-01-10 |
| Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement has released footage of the moment its forces shot down an F-15 fighter jet belonging to the Saudi-led coalition. American equipment destroying American equipment. The video released by the Houthi-run al-Masirah television network early on Tuesday shows the exact moment when the aircraft is hit by a surface-to-air missile while flying over the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, the previous day. Looks like he was flying straight, turned on the afterburners, dropped two flares and then boom. No evasive maneuvers? |
| Posted by:Herb McCoy7309 |
| #5 There is reason to believe that R-27s have been engineered into SAMs much as SA-2s were adapted to be ballistic missiles. |
| Posted by: Tzsenator 2018-01-10 21:01 |
| #4 That pilot didnt do much... OK he turned on the afterburner for a heat seeking missle. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-01-10 18:34 |
| #3 Best plane in the world is only as good as the pilot and mechanics. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-01-10 12:09 |
| #2 ...Notice though that as spectacular as the video is, there is no indication that the -15S actually went down - I'm thinking what we saw here is a MANPADS (think Stinger, or other man-portable SAM) shot that didn't QUITE reach it's intended target. I'm guessing the Eagle driver needed new underwear when he got back, but he's otherwise okay. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2018-01-10 04:42 |
| #1 Looks like he was flying straight, turned on the afterburners, dropped two flares and then boom. No evasive maneuvers? On the other hand, I can guarantee that he's a member of a clan closely allied to House of Saud |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-01-10 03:29 |