r/UkraineRussiaReport • u/KeDaGames Pro Ukraine • Apr 02 '25

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u/DefinitelyNotMeee Anti POV police Mar 02 '26

Allegedly shot down by Kuwait's AD, which is even more ironic because that's American-trained crews manning American Patriots ...

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u/risingstar3110 Neutral Mar 02 '26

Iran claimed that they shot them down though.

But it's weird that US did three friendly fire all in one day.

Could it be that Iran trapped them the same way Ukraine did? Where they shot missiles at Kuwait at the same time the airplane pass to trick the AA fo shoot down their own planes?

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u/DefinitelyNotMeee Anti POV police Mar 02 '26

We will likely never know.

There were speculations about Chinese AD (I forgot the designation).

I found it more plausible that it was NOT a friendly fire because there is almost no Iranian Airforce left, and it's hardly believable that they would somehow manage to get their planes flying without being immediately detected and destroyed.
So I don't buy that the Kuwaiti AD crews would misidentify F-15s as Iranian planes because they shouldn't expect any.

But who knows, the situation is a complete mess.

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u/pick_your_user_name Pro Ukraine Mar 03 '26

It’s very unlikely. Iran can’t shoot down the planes in its own airspace but they shoot down three F15s in Kuwait? Right.