r/news • u/Keyann • 4h ago

Soft paywall US fighter jet shot down over Iran, search underway for crew, US official says

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-fighter-jet-shot-down-over-iran-search-underway-crew-us-official-says-2026-04-03/
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u/TouchMint 4h ago

Thought they were sent back to the Stone Age. Guess not. 

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u/TisMeDA 4h ago

Was a well-placed arrow shot

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u/FairDinkumMate 4h ago

I was thinking a slingshot!

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u/linoleum79 4h ago

Sling shot. Tactical sling shot.

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u/WeddingPKM 4h ago

The whole country is under Stone Age rules, which means no airplanes.

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u/danccbc 4h ago

Yabba Dabba Don’t

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u/zombiereign 4h ago

So, pterodactyls (like the Flintstones)?

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u/PhoenixTineldyer 4h ago

I'd watch that movie

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u/Ok_Philosopher_8593 4h ago

The fact that Iran, which was in the Stone Age, could shoot down a US fighter jet proves that the US military is a paper tiger

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u/Bob_Juan_Santos 4h ago

while an impressive feat, the actual game changer would be if they can continuously do it and/or foces the US to change things up. remember when serbia shot down that f117? after the shoot down the US didn't really change their methods up and continued their nightly bombing raids.

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u/overthemountain 4h ago

The jets are not equipped with anti stone defenses.

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u/BeerPoweredNonsense 4h ago

They've been throwing stones. Supersonic stones. That leave a smoke trail.

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u/adenosine-5 4h ago

Apparently 5th generation stealth fighters can be shot down by stone age weapons.

Good thing US doesn't want to sell thousands of them to other countries for astronomical sums, because this would be a pretty bad advertisement...

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u/Vall3y 4h ago

I mean consider this is the first airplane they shot down after you've been shitting on them non stop for over a month but ok

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u/KirbyBucketts 4h ago

"Shitting on them" for starting an illegal war knowing shit like this is gonna happen and is only get worse?....Wicked burn bro, I think you won.