BREAKING: A massive Ukrainian drone attack is underway against russian airbases hosting strategic bombers.
Large fire reported in the vicinity of Olenya airbase. Reports of bombers on fire.
Lockheed Martin Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS): in this clip an F-16 pilot making a right turn loses consciousness at 8.4G and lets go of the stick. As the aircraft reaches 800mph, GCAS kicks in 3 seconds above the ground and performs a 9.1G recovery pull
Captain Chris Bales just made his last take off, retiring today from @united after 38+ years of flying. Making the flight extra special, his daughter Ally is sitting next to him as first officer. Congratulations Captain Bales! https://t.co/1Ujtnh1Dbl
@fgeerdink@sfrantzman One-way attack UAV is also acceptable. Suicide drone/UAV is a commonly used term within the OSINT community, as it breaks down the weapons use for others outside of the OSINT community to understand. It sounds dystopian, because it is 👍
The US military expects to carry out additional airstrikes targeting ISKP in the coming days and weeks, as it continues to hunt terrorists connected to the attack in Kabul.
via POLITICO/@laraseligman
That's it?
I wonder if there's more to this "retaliation" than one target. Did the forewarned response from the POTUS cause them to scatter, or is this one target good enough for the Biden administration.
How will IS-K and the American populous perceive this strike?
Thoughts?
BREAKING: the U.S. military conducted an over-the-horizon unmanned airstrike today against an ISIS-K planner in the Nangahar Province of Afghanistan, according to @CENTCOM spox. Initial indications are that target was killed. No known civilian casualties.