F-15E jet shot down over Iran • Hacker News Board

Re: F-15E jet shot down over Iran

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Post by positron26 » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 2:43 PM UTC

bijowo1676 wrote: post #357

ttul wrote: post #339

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not to mention the multiple THAAD radars taken offline. Those are $500M assets - and only 8 exist in the world. 24,000 precise transceivers all liquid cooled… not available on Amazon for next day deliver either.

a single AN/FPS-132 radar costs $1.1 bln, not $500m. And Iran stuck 17 of the CENCCOM sites hosting radars of all kinds across Qarar, Bahrain, Iraq, UAE, Saudi, Jordan, Israel, etc). Total cost is so much bigger, it is staggering. The whole CENTCOM is blind basically, as well as Iron Dome which relied on these radars - all blind now, in addition to long-range early nuke detection to protect CONUS is also blind. in ad…

> Rare Earth Minerals... ...unable to repair the damage any time soon (probably for decades)

Look bro, if we can make SR-71s out of pizza ovens, I'm pretty sure somewhere in the CIA can scrounge up a few ounces of gadoluminium. Tankie dreams are placation for those who wait for somebody else to make the birdseed fall from the sky.

Re: F-15E jet shot down over Iran

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Post by jimnotgym » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 2:46 PM UTC

I feel for the pilot and his family. This is more bad news. No good can come from this war.

Re: F-15E jet shot down over Iran

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Post by hirako2000 » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC

roncesvalles wrote: post #730

eek2121 wrote: post #579

I see a ton of bickering, however, I simply have to ask the question: how can anyone justify the United States of America and Israel attacking ANY country? It isn't our job, nor is it Israel's, to try and be the world police. People are dying, and because of a certain corpse-to-be controlling MY country, the world is beginning to suffer and it is going to get so much worse. Some economists are saying gas rationing wi…

If you're asking in good faith, Israel isn't attacking Iran to play world police. Israel has been under constant attack from Iran-backed proxies. As for why Iran backs these proxies, the answer boils down to pure fanaticism. For a fanatic-led state to possess nukes is a dangerous situation and it's worth it for Israel to try and prevent it. As for why America is involved in a conflict between Israel and Iran, it's be…

Israel has been under attacks by Iran backed proxies which all happen to have been attacked by Israel first.

1982, Israel invades Lebanon. Iran backs Hezbollah, which triggers its first killing of Israelis in 1983.

There would have been reasons to back the creation of Hamas long before 1982 but the revolution in Iran only took place in 1979, so through the decades of Palestinian oppression, massacres and occupation, Iran was aligned, so it started with a support for Lebanese resistance. Then much later the backing of Palestinian resistance, then Yemen via the Houthis.

It is true there has been constant funding, and of an increasing number of proxy groups, but Israel's invasion was the trigger. Backing nations, and paramilitary groups is pretty common: see U.S backing Ukraine regular army, and private mercenaries.

Re: F-15E jet shot down over Iran

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Post by neonyarn » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 2:53 PM UTC

cenamus wrote: post #825

lejalv wrote: post #734

So how is this not flagged, whereas this other post lasted literally minutes before being flagged? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47612053 75000+ palestinians killed, arguably one of the defining crimes of our age are not worth HN discussion (“politics”) but one F15E shot down in a war of choice is (apparently, “tech”)?

You don't see anything about Russias invasion either. 1.5 million casualties and counting.

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Re: F-15E jet shot down over Iran

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Post by jimnotgym » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 2:58 PM UTC

tokai wrote: post #27

MarkMarine wrote: post #21

Military aviators train for this, being alone behind enemy lines (look up SERE school if you’re curious, one of the craziest training courses outside of special forces) and there is a special force just for aviator recovery behind enemy lines, US AirForce Pararescue. Hopefully they’ll get the aviators back quickly, the last thing our country needs is American hostages making this ridiculous war harder to stop.

Prisoner of war, not hostage. edit: I'm baffled by the amount of downvotes pointing out the objectively correct terminology can get. Its not a matter of opinion, military personnel captured by the enemy are pow no matter their treatment. A hostage, by definition, has been abducted.

I guess the down goes is because war has not been declared? Therefore they captured a what, war criminal, foreign terrorist?

Re: F-15E jet shot down over Iran

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Post by mlyle » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 2:59 PM UTC

TiredOfLife wrote: post #806

hajile wrote: post #696

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Look at the super-precise strike on the E-3 sentry that we have pictures of. We know at least one other was hit. If Iran can do this with AWACS, they can do even more with the hundreds of fighter jets in Israeli and US bases (it's much easier to cover up the destruction of an F-15 or F-35). Once this war ends, I think we'll see that most of the aircraft kills are going to be on the ground.

That E-3 sentry was stationary on the ground.

I'm not sure that you read the comment that you replied to.

Re: F-15E jet shot down over Iran

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Post by hirako2000 » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 2:59 PM UTC

shevy-java wrote: post #617

hereme888 wrote: post #596

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Clueless? Iran has been attacking many countries, including US and Israel, for 47 years. It's not a secret.

It is pretty obvious that the current war was started by Israel and USA. I somewhat understand Israel's agenda and objective, even if evil and selfish depending on the point of view (or selfish, for Netanyahu to avoid legal scrutiny while acting as prime minister). I don't understand the USA attacking here at all. With rising prices I think Trump should pay compensation to the rest of the world for his decision here.…

Trump thinks he did a huge favour to the entire world. He even expressed disappointment no country accepted to give him a little hand when he asked for help.

Re: F-15E jet shot down over Iran

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Post by simoncion » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 3:01 PM UTC

hirako2000 wrote: post #893

lejalv wrote: post #734

So how is this not flagged, whereas this other post lasted literally minutes before being flagged? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47612053 75000+ palestinians killed, arguably one of the defining crimes of our age are not worth HN discussion (“politics”) but one F15E shot down in a war of choice is (apparently, “tech”)?

Being the most technologically advanced aircraft in history, one could argue that's a tech novelty they got shut down by some obliterated, imprecise weaponry.

> Being the most technologically advanced aircraft in history...

More advanced than the F-117? The B-2? The SR-71? Nah.

Maybe you're confusing the F-15 and the F-35?

Re: F-15E jet shot down over Iran

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Post by the_overseer » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC

monooso wrote: post #638

voganmother42 wrote: post #303

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The US is busy shooting “drug boats” with no evidence, that is who they are now

I believe the phrase you're reaching for is "carrying out extra-judicial executions of civilians alleged to have been smuggling drugs."

Or shorter.. NAZIS!

Re: F-15E jet shot down over Iran

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Post by partypartywoo » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 3:04 PM UTC

cenamus wrote: post #825

lejalv wrote: post #734

So how is this not flagged, whereas this other post lasted literally minutes before being flagged? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47612053 75000+ palestinians killed, arguably one of the defining crimes of our age are not worth HN discussion (“politics”) but one F15E shot down in a war of choice is (apparently, “tech”)?

You don't see anything about Russias invasion either. 1.5 million casualties and counting.

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