https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/22/us-shoots-down-two-of-its-own-navy-pilots-over-red-sea-in-apparent-friendly-fire-incident

  • merthyr1831@lemmy.ml
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    18 hours ago

    possible. I'm going off the assumption that it was using SARH which would easily differentiate between such targets BUT the SM-3 also has a passive infrared seeker so my theory is moot.

    Also, just before posting this Houthis have claimed they shot it down lmao.

    • MarmiteLover123 [comrade/them, comrade/them]
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      18 hours ago

      Also, just before posting this Houthis have claimed they shot it down lmao.

      If you read the statement , it states: "Shooting down an F-18 aircraft while the destroyers were trying to confront the Yemeni drones and missiles." In that context it reads, to me at least, as if the Yemeni Armed Forces engineered a situation which caused the US to shoot down their own plane. A valid and impressive tactic, a loss is a loss no matter what or who fires the shot.