Hm, interesting take on the flight routes. - If we view flight times along the routes, we'd get some estimate (however long exactly) of the time during which a shootdown must have been executed; that is, from the ready intel picture that allows to recognize what's going on, to giving the order to scramble/radar-paint (up and down the chain of command), to then - what? Fire a missile from 200 miles into the sky against a stealth target? Without visual confirmation? Based on rumours of Israeli intent? - Assume however you did pull the trigger. Then, no immediate NOTAM for all traffic in the vicinity to get the hell out of dodge? phew.
Alas. Let's see for the reversed conclusion. Assume that the kill chain has been by whatever means prepared well enough to allow targeting the lone F-35 along its attack vector. If you know *that* certain what Nutty's up to, you might just as well tell him to forget about it, basically threatening him with a no fly zone of whatever extension. The russians would have escalation dominance, so no getting behind it when Khmeimim serves up the pilmeni, hm?
Let me say, it doesn't appear very credible, and I for one am not quite convinced of the tale in light of the considerations above. However, please consider that my view on this is given without any actual expertise in all the minutiae involved, so take grain of salt as you see fit.
my impression, and don't ask me why i say this - was that the f 35 was shot down over jordan.. and yes, my impression has all along been that china is the big power... but until more comes out, it is all mute..
Wasn't there an F35 crashed in some Mid-Atlantic state in US after pilot bailed and plane wasn't found for a few days? Maybe 6 months ago? So I guess that's a maybe.
Isn't it most likely that nothing at all happened, and this story is merely another Israeli lie to cover up their failure to respond to Iran? They comfort their supporters by claiming they were just about to give the Iranians a good hiding when those pesky Russians intervened. NOW they can say, 'end of story', nothing more to see here, move along now.
Hm, interesting take on the flight routes. - If we view flight times along the routes, we'd get some estimate (however long exactly) of the time during which a shootdown must have been executed; that is, from the ready intel picture that allows to recognize what's going on, to giving the order to scramble/radar-paint (up and down the chain of command), to then - what? Fire a missile from 200 miles into the sky against a stealth target? Without visual confirmation? Based on rumours of Israeli intent? - Assume however you did pull the trigger. Then, no immediate NOTAM for all traffic in the vicinity to get the hell out of dodge? phew.
Alas. Let's see for the reversed conclusion. Assume that the kill chain has been by whatever means prepared well enough to allow targeting the lone F-35 along its attack vector. If you know *that* certain what Nutty's up to, you might just as well tell him to forget about it, basically threatening him with a no fly zone of whatever extension. The russians would have escalation dominance, so no getting behind it when Khmeimim serves up the pilmeni, hm?
Let me say, it doesn't appear very credible, and I for one am not quite convinced of the tale in light of the considerations above. However, please consider that my view on this is given without any actual expertise in all the minutiae involved, so take grain of salt as you see fit.
my impression, and don't ask me why i say this - was that the f 35 was shot down over jordan.. and yes, my impression has all along been that china is the big power... but until more comes out, it is all mute..
Wasn't there an F35 crashed in some Mid-Atlantic state in US after pilot bailed and plane wasn't found for a few days? Maybe 6 months ago? So I guess that's a maybe.
Isn't it most likely that nothing at all happened, and this story is merely another Israeli lie to cover up their failure to respond to Iran? They comfort their supporters by claiming they were just about to give the Iranians a good hiding when those pesky Russians intervened. NOW they can say, 'end of story', nothing more to see here, move along now.