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Drone attack?

It as if the cameraman knew where the strike would be ahead of time.

Twister/meteor footage on dashcams/security-cams are one thing…here, I’m a bit suspicious.

Could be CGI too.

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Youtuber Blinkov and Other Called the Start of the New US-Israel-Iran War | NextBigFuture.com

The Binkov's Battlegrounds video (uploaded before the attack started) provides one of the clearest, equipment-focused baselines for the current escalation.
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Let this sunk in
 
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The pilot who successfully parachuted.
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fightingirish said:
As of March 1, 2026, the Israeli state aircraft 'Wing of Zion' (registration 4X-ISR) is stationed at Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER).
The Boeing 767 landed yesterday evening, February 28, after a period of heightened regional tension. Airspotters have confirmed observing the aircraft on the tarmac today.
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Source (DPA, German):

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Oh the historical irony. And yes mods, please cleanse away at will...
 
From Al Jazeera English:


Explosions are still being heard across Gulf countries as Iran continues its attacks.
In Kuwait, a fighter jet has been filmed falling from the sky.
There's been no official announcement about the incident from the Kuwaiti government, but a pilot appears to have ejected and has survived.
Al Jazeera is working to verify some more information.
Smoke has also been seen rising from the vicinity of the US embassy in Kuwait.
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Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi has more from Doha, Qatar.
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At least one of those aircraft appears to be an F-15 (I read elsewhere that these may've been "Own Goal" shootdowns) with the pilot successfully ejecting.
 
I should have copied this over on Saturday, but somehow I missed this thread:
Grey Havoc said:
With regards as to the just initiated Operation Epic Fury / Operation Roaring Lion:
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World leaders react cautiously to US and Israeli strikes, death of Iran Ali Khamenei

World leaders have been responding cautiously amid U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, reports of its supreme leader's death and fears of a wider war.
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Hundreds of thousands of travelers stranded by flight disruptions after attack on Iran

America and Israel’s attack on Iran disrupted flights across the Middle East and beyond Saturday as countries around the region closed their airspace and three of the key airports that connect Europe, Africa and the West to Asia halted operations.
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I hate the clutter so from now on I will post the news in the following format.

In a very telling sign of the rapidly reduced threat, Israel is set to open its skies tonight.
Source: Mannie Fabian
Israel is expected to gradually open up its airspace starting this evening.

The Home Front Command says air traffic will resume in a "controlled, monitored, and coordinated manner," and in accordance with a situational assessment.

Israel's skies have been closed since the start of the conflict with Iran.
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Iranian Shahed on Akrotiri last night.
The President of Cyprus confirms that the drone that hit a British base was an Iranian Shahed - BBC
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Grey Havoc said:
I should have copied this over on Saturday, but somehow I missed this thread:
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It has certainly affected some long distance flights into and out of New Zealand passing through the ME.


Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the U.S.-Israeli attack on the country Saturday, President Trump said. ABC News’ James Longman reports on the latest as of Sunday night.
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I'd say that it's a sure bet that this new war won't be over anytime soon.
 
Live updates on X fka Twitter indicate that the Kuwaiti Minister of Defense has confirmed incidents of ‘friendly fire’ or ‘blue-on-blue’ shoot‑downs carried out by his air defense forces.
I’ll update this post with an official source later today. ;)
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Check out post #64 by lancer21, which includes an official source.
Another source:
www.twz.com

Three USAF F-15E Strike Eagles Shot Down By Friendly Fire (Updated)

The F-15Es went down over Kuwait while flying Operation Epic Fury missions.
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In a touch of irony, the SpektreWorks Lucas is believed to have been one of the weapons used by the US military in the initial stages of the campaign. A bit on that reversed engineered suicide drone below:
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I like the name of the company "SpektreWorks",is the name of its ceo Ernst Blofeld by any chance?;)
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instead of simple low cost one piece construction its now 3 piece of simple low cost one piece construction its now 3 piece

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Low-cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System - Wikipedia

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www.bbc.com

Israel launches new strikes on Iran as US identifies first American soldiers killed in conflict

The four US Army reserve soldiers were killed in a drone strike in Kuwait on Sunday, one day after the US and Israel began the operation.
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Allies of US in the Gulf bear brunt of Iran attacks

Iran's attacks on Gulf Arab states suggest the Islamic Republic is targeting not just the US military but also civilian infrastructure.
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Oil and gas prices jump and shares fall as conflict escalates

Experts have warned that a prolonged conflict could push global energy prices even higher.
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In maps: Second day of strikes across Iran and the Middle East

Israel and the US continue strikes on Iran, while Iran steps up attacks across the region in retaliation for the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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www.theguardian.com

Hezbollah said to have launched drone that struck UK RAF airbase in Cyprus

Two more drones intercepted on Monday, authorities say, in what appears to be sustained targeting of base
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TLDR: One possible drone impact at Akrotiri at midnight local time. The timing is possibly tight for this to be in response to Starmer allowing the US to use two British bases, which was announced at some point on Sunday evening. (And there were reports of a couple of tracks headed for Cyprus on Saturday).
 
Via that CDR Salamander post:
www.militarytimes.com

US confirms first combat use of LUCAS one-way attack drone in Iran strikes

The Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS drone, is a one-way attack drone reverse-engineered after the Iranian Shahed-136.
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The LUCAS platform is a one-way attack drone reverse-engineered after the Iranian Shahed-136.

Built by the Arizona-based SpektreWorks, the drone, which can be launched via catapults, rocket-assisted takeoff and mobile ground systems, is a spinoff of the company’s FLM 136 target model, one designed for counter-drone training while simulating Iran’s Shahed variant.

The FLM 136 model carries a range capability of around 500 miles, with a maximum payload of 40 pounds, or “roughly twice the explosive yield of a hellfire missile,” according to Alex Hollings, host of Sandboxx News’ FirePower.

With a maximum takeoff weight of 180 pounds, the FLM 136 is significantly lighter than the Iranian Shahed. The platforms are also immensely more cost-effective — and scalable — compared to the more advanced munitions in the U.S. arsenal, carrying a price tag of around $35,000 per unit.

A LUCAS drone was successfully launched from a ship for the first time in December, with personnel aboard the Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara carrying out an exercise in the Arabian Gulf, the Defense Department previously announced.

Those troops make up the newly formed Task Force Scorpion Strike squadron, a first-of-its-kind one-way-attack drone squadron led by U.S. Special Operations Command-Central personnel.
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lancer21 said:
iranian aircraft (?) were airborne too
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There is surely some presence of MiG-29s (s for plural) and a Yak-130 but over Teheran.. however, I doubt these two events are related.
 
Those were over Tehran, the implied claim is that those alleged iranian planes were close enough to Kuwait. At any rate 3 F-15 at clearly different altitudes at the same time sounds incredibly unlikely, but anyway, back to news only. We might get more info as to what really happened no doubt.
 
lancer21 said:
Hermes UAV shot down by an iranian 358(?) missile.
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A 358 missile is a turbojet-powered lotiering "aerial mine" equipped with AAM seeker. It could loiter over the designated area for hours and intercept enemy aircrafts when they appear in detection range.

P.S. There are a speculation that part of F-15 downing over Kuwait might be caused by 358-type drones flying alongside Iranian attack drones, as sort of "escort fighters". Dunno about it.
 
Dilandu said:
A 358 missile is a turbojet-powered lotiering "aerial mine" equipped with AAM seeker. It could loiter over the designated area for hours and intercept enemy aircrafts when they appear in detection range.

P.S. There are a speculation that part of F-15 downing over Kuwait might be caused by 358-type drones flying alongside Iranian attack drones, as sort of "escort fighters". Dunno about it.
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I was thinking a 358 or larger 359 among the possibilities. Plus as we've seen with russian drones, some might have even carried AAMs, certainly Iran has such drones (like Karrar).
 
The vacuum blossoming is the intercept at the end....puffs before then perhaps course correction if not staging from something.

At altitude everything looks diaphanous
 
A reminder that leakers happen. No matter how good your defenses are, something is going to get through.

Crud, can't find Habitual Line Crosser's stitched video on YT. (HLC is a Patriot crewman)
 

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of acting too slowly to send British warships to Cyprus after an Iranian drone attack on an RAF base.

Senior figures in the Conservative Party and Reform claimed the Prime Minister should have reacted faster to the attack on RAF Akrotiri on Sunday.

The Royal Navy is expected to send HMS Duncan, a Type 45 destroyer, to the eastern Mediterranean after Iran launched a series of strikes across the Middle East.

But the deployment, which came after France announced it was sending its aircraft carrier to the region, has fuelled accusations that Sir Keir has been too slow to respond to the crisis.

Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, claimed the Prime Minister had been “dragged kicking and screaming towards doing the right thing”. He added: “It’s pathetic”.

James Cartildge, the shadow defence secretary, posted on X: “HMS Duncan must go and go now - we need the highly capable air defence it provides to protect RAF Akrotiri. It begs the question - why wasn’t she already there?”

Sir Keir has been accused of jeopardising Britain’s special relationship with the US by refusing to join the attack on Iran. Donald Trump told The Telegraph in an exclusive interview on Monday that he was “very disappointed” in Sir Keir.
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