US army says two navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in ‘friendly fire’
Incident not result of ‘hostile fire’, says US military, as Houthis claim their attack on US carrier downed aircraft.
Too credible, I like this way of breaking the news much better
I'm confused, why do they say "two pilots" rather than "two crew"?
It's an Al Jazeera article.
Did you notice the title says US army?
I have no firsthand knowledge for this and this is pure speculation, but I suspect that this was far more likely to be an automated goalkeeper system misidentifying and or firing in a line at a valid target through the path of the friendly jet than anything else.
That sounds plausible. To add more speculation though, it seems nuts that an automated system can use IFF to make sure the firing line is clear of friendlies
https://youtube.com/shorts/ojatI-1B4aE?si=LxdldLLyQOjn2Z3D
My understanding is that it uses the iff to green light if it's allowed to fire or not. It tracks everything.
That was my first thought too.
al jazeera gets you block automatically
See ya!