The Libyan National Army military drone was apparently shot down by friendly fire near al-Watiyah Airbase. The armed drone is shot-down by Libya National Army Pantsir-S1E Air defence system. The tweet account of Oded Berkowitz published a series of photos from a “LNA video showing another purported UAV that was …
Read More »Iranian Navy Anti-ship Cruise Missile Accidentally Hit Own ship killing 19 sailors
Credits: Farzana Shah / Twitter An Iranian live-fire naval training event went horribly wrong in the Gulf of Oman when one of the country’s own naval vessels was struck by an anti-ship cruise missile on Sunday. The mistake has killed at least 19 Iranian sailors and wounded 15 more. A …
Read More »Iran Lost 67 pilots in Friendly Fire during 1980 Iran-Iraq War
September 2017 marked the 37th anniversary of the start of the Iran-Iraq War, which killed hundreds of thousands of people between 1980 and 1988. Records indicate the Iranian air force lost 67 of its combat pilots in course of around 1,000 close-air-support sorties between Sept. 22 and Oct. 23 of …
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