bitteroldcoot comments on Cheap Iranian drone downed $25 million US Army helicopter

[–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 1 point 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

USCENTCOM has never officially said the copter was hit by a drone.
the closes they came is this.

https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PUBLIC-RELEASES/Article/4512968/us-completes-strikes-in-response-to-irans-attack-on-apache/

And if you read the article it doesn't say anything about drones.

The best i can find out is the crash is still under investigation.

I worked for the army for 30 years as a civilian at redstone arsenal where the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command headquarters are. They are responsible for the apache. I never worked on the copters, but brushed shoulder with the people who did. The statements made so far are a classic case of the president wants it to be an attack, so let's agree without lying.

Also i gave you two links to previous episodes like this. Did you read them?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(1890)#Sinking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident#Second_alleged_attack

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[–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 0 points 5 months ago

"But there have been officials who stated it to news sources."

And those statements have been made anonymously and without credible evidence to back up the statements. It's just spin.

Over my career I saw the truth on the ground verses the stuff that came out the mouths of the "officials" they rarely if ever matched reality. Especially when it was a politician talking.

As for the rest of your statement, there is just so much wrong in it I'm not going to spend hours swatting it all down. I've made a valid effort to provide some reality to the news spin. I decline to comment further.