First RAF F35 kill

[seabod91]

First ever RAF F35 “kill” against an Iranian drone posted by the M.O.D

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/s/6ERwssbAT...

Edited by seabod91 on Tuesday 3rd March 20:50

[IanH755]

What's far more interesting for me is the location of the shoot down, somewhere over Jordan rather than directly in defence of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.

[hidetheelephants]

Better to deploy forward, then if there's a miss there's time for another go? No doubt the Jordanian govt are happy enough.

[seabod91]

hidetheelephants said:

Better to deploy forward, then if there's a miss there's time for another go? No doubt the Jordanian govt are happy enough.

I’d have thought so. Better to intercept as early as possible rather than leaving it until over the Mediterranean.

[_Rodders_]

What's that £150m Vs £10k?

Or thereabouts.

[hidetheelephants]

_Rodders_ said:

What's that £150m Vs £10k?

Or thereabouts.

We get to use the F35 more than once.

[RizzoTheRat]

Presumably ASRAAM, so about £200k

[Jo-say8k]

_Rodders_ said:

What's that £150m Vs £10k?

Or thereabouts.

You forgot to do the math for the destruction it would have caused.

[hidetheelephants]

RizzoTheRat said:

Presumably ASRAAM, so about £200k

Plus the same again for Biggle's hotel bill.

[Simpo Two]

RizzoTheRat said:

Presumably ASRAAM, so about £200k

Bullets/cannon shells are cheaper. Can't they shoot straight? It's only a drone.

[hidetheelephants]

Unlikely to be a reliable way to wallop a drone, they don't have very much ammo for doing the spray and pray. Perhaps APKWS can be integrated and cleared for use, it's a rather more economic way of blowing up angry lawnmowers.

[Opapayer]

IanH755 said:

What's far more interesting for me is the location of the shoot down, somewhere over Jordan rather than directly in defence of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.

I’m not sure what you think is happening in Cyprus. One drone, the first attempt to attack, got through and caused minimal damage to the runway. Since then there have been two more attempts, both of which were intercepted. There has been some movement of civilians and family off base, but that’s it.

I do wonder how people manage to escalate things in their minds to make it into something it really isn’t. The RAF will struggle to shoot down a drone “directly in defence of RAF Akrotiri”, when there aren’t any to shoot down.

[_Rodders_]

hidetheelephants said:

_Rodders_ said:

What's that £150m Vs £10k?

Or thereabouts.

We get to use the F35 more than once.

Even the missile (assuming that's what was used) will be 10's of times more expensive.

And for what? To stoke Trump's ego.

[Evanivitch]

seabod91 said:

First ever RAF F35 kill against an Iranian drone posted by the M.O.D

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/s/6ERwssbAT...

Edited by seabod91 on Tuesday 3rd March 20:50

Beats the F22's first kill. At least it had an engine...

[Evanivitch]

Opapayer said:

I m not sure what you think is happening in Cyprus. One drone, the first attempt to attack, got through and caused minimal damage to the runway. Since then there have been two more attempts, both of which were intercepted. There has been some movement of civilians and family off base, but that s it.

I do wonder how people manage to escalate things in their minds to make it into something it really isn t. The RAF will struggle to shoot down a drone directly in defence of RAF Akrotiri , when there aren t any to shoot down.

Because several ballistic missiles (which are fairly predictable in their trajectory, by definition) aimed at Cyprus were intercepted in the East Mediterranean by other nations, which is helpful as we lack an anti-ballistic missile system.

T45 had some luck against very short range houthi ballistic missiles.

[Opapayer]

Evanivitch said:

Because several ballistic missiles (which are fairly predictable in their trajectory, by definition) aimed at Cyprus were intercepted in the East Mediterranean by other nations, which is helpful as we lack an anti-ballistic missile system.

T45 had some luck against very short range houthi ballistic missiles.

Depending who you reference they were either drones or ballistic missiles. No idea if it’s a different way of describing the same thing, but either way it was one successful drone with minimal damage and two other flying objects (call them what you prefer) were shot down. And that’s it. Nothing since.

Sensationalist nonsense.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2r0q310e3o

[Evanivitch]

Opapayer said:

Depending who you reference they were either drones or ballistic missiles. No idea if it s a different way of describing the same thing, but either way it was one successful drone with minimal damage and two other flying objects (call them what you prefer) were shot down. And that s it. Nothing since.

Sensationalist nonsense.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2r0q310e3o

Drones and ballistic missiles are very different. Turkey intercepted the ballistic missiles.

Pretending a ballistic missile is insignificant is a nice bubble to be in. You're welcome.

[Opapayer]

Evanivitch said:

Drones and ballistic missiles are very different. Turkey intercepted the ballistic missiles.

Pretending a ballistic missile is insignificant is a nice bubble to be in. You're welcome.

Fine then it was two ballistic missiles intercepted on Monday. And nothing has happened since. Nothing at all.

My bubble is fine thanks. Photo below showing the aerial bombardment you seem to think we’re under 24/7

[Evanivitch]

Opapayer said:

Evanivitch said:

Drones and ballistic missiles are very different. Turkey intercepted the ballistic missiles.

Pretending a ballistic missile is insignificant is a nice bubble to be in. You're welcome.

Fine then it was two ballistic missiles intercepted on Monday. And nothing has happened since. Nothing at all.

My bubble is fine thanks. Photo below showing the aerial bombardment you seem to think we re under 24/7

Where have I suggested that?

[Opapayer]

Evanivitch said:

Where have I suggested that?

When you wrote the below. Two, just two missiles / drones or whatever were fired from Lebanon and taken out by Turkey, probably because it’s on their doorstep. One slipped through the day before causing minimal damage. Meanwhile, you’re uphappy with this and seem to want the RAF to be patrolling empty skies around Cyprus rather than deal with something in Jordan, which is a couple of hundred miles away.

So either you want the RAF to patrol empty skies, that have been empty for days now and remain so, whilst ignoring other demands. Or you think there’s an ongoing bombardment of Cyprus that the RAF should be prioritising.

Turkey is both part of NATO and only 150 miles from Lebanon where they were fired from. It’s not a stretch to think they could probably deal with it more quickly.

IanH755 said:

What's far more interesting for me is the location of the shoot down, somewhere over Jordan rather than directly in defence of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.