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Oops.
Somebody's OER is gonna be a mighty sad document. . .
Good news is both of the airedales were OK.
(….the shootdown underlines just how dangerous the Red Sea corridor has become over the ongoing attacks on shipping by the Iranian-backed Houthis despite U.S. and European military coalitions patrolling the area)
Quite the glitch. An AI or human fuck up?
I was thinking the same thing (from my uneducated peanut gallery). It sounded like the UAE pilots & the American Warship were in touch with each other when this happened. Something automated? Something tied to proximity?
(It wasn’t immediately clear how the Gettysburg could mistake an F/A-18 for an enemy aircraft or missile, particularly as ships in a battle group remain linked by both radar and radio communication)