The F-35 was supposed to be unkillable. That was the whole point.
Lockheed Martin spent thirty years and four hundred billion dollars, the most expensive weapons programme in human history, building an aircraft that the enemy simply could not see. Not on radar. Not on infrared. Not on anything. The F-35 was not just a fighter jet. It was a theological statement. America’s way of saying: we have moved beyond the reach of your missiles, your sensors, and your prayers.
Iran apparently didn’t get the memo.
Somewhere over Iranian airspace on March 19, 2026, an IRST system, infrared search and track, the kind of sensor your grandmother could probably explain, looked up, found the F-35, and locked on. Not because Iranian engineers are geniuses. Because the F-35, it turns out, is extremely hot. All that engine. All that thrust. All that carefully sculpted stealth geometry, and the bloody thing glows like a kettle.
The heat signature data Iran now holds is not just embarrassing. It is a gift that keeps giving. To Moscow. To Beijing. To every procurement ministry on the planet that has been quietly wondering whether to spend the money on systems designed to kill this aircraft. The answer, as of this week, is yes.
And here is the bit that should really worry the Pentagon. You can patch software. You can redesign coatings. You cannot reprogramme a pilot’s brain. Every F-35 driver who takes off from here on knows, actually knows, that someone down there might be able to see them. That changes everything about how they fly. Caution replaces aggression. Hesitation replaces instinct.
Four hundred billion dollars. And in the end, it was done in by a heat sensor.
Tremendous.
Gandalv / @Microinteracti1
You know a franchise that isn't defined by transphobia?
BEN 10!
It's literally a show about changing your body for crying out loud! And, per crew tweet, the Omnitrix has an option to change your gender!
(Ignore that one episode of the reboot!)
Had my first swatting :D
It was great, officers were kind and understanding and a pleasure to talk to
Just listen and cooperate and things will go much better
Story time tomorrow :) waking up early
You don’t understand it’s a trans guy who has really good flicks guy! He’s not a cheater! He just has micro adjustments that you can’t see at all and totally didn’t insta lock on another person behind him!
Speaking straight facts dude. not to mention all the controversy’s she been into dawg it’s genuinely insane how much beef she started by saying some crazy shit. Hell I think the most recent was he telling people not to buy her cookies cause people were broke? I think anyway
Remember that Gumpai person that started drama over plushies months ago? Apparently she was in a relationship all this time and people in her community found out about it
This shit has so much aura it should be made into a movie about the rebels getting wiped out by competent imperials but instead we get obiwan, mando season 3 etc (andor being a good exception) but most SW shows are just mid
Beyond going incredibly hard, the TIE Fighter short film perfectly sums up why the Rebels relied so heavily on hit & run tactics for most of the Imperial Era
(Please watch this on Youtube it's amazing)
Could have chosen anybody else… and you decide to do kid… when soul eater has several others you could have made actual art of… like in this second gif… I’m not angry I’m just disappointed
Ken Takakura (Dandadan) EN VA supports blackwashing art. Also thinks white vas can’t voice POCs, but not vice versa.
English voice actor again exposing racism and hypocrisy. Again showing we need to clean house the voice acting industry.