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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More evidence suggesting that Iran did not shoot down the Apache. The Pentagon claims the AH-64 was shot down by an Iranian Shahed drone

That's impossible.

A Shahed is ground to ground. Not ground to air. It's very slow- an Apache could easily outmaneuver it.

It flies to GPS coordinates- not optically guided.

Who would benefit from shooting down the Apache??[/quote]

I know nothing about this equipment but is it at all possible the missle was aimed at a ground target and the Apache accidentally got on the way?  Considering a military helicopter got in the way of a commercial airliner not that long ago, it seems possible? [/quote]

The most likely explanation is that the Apache shot down the Shahed and then flew through the debris field, which disabled the helicopter. Shaheds do not have the capacity to function as a surface to air missile. Russians have been using them for years in Ukraine and they have never hit a moving target in the air. It's not an FPV drone with an operator and a joystick. They are pre-programmed to hit stationary targets. The Apache likely fired upon it from too close. [/quote]

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