« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Enemy drone that killed US troops in Jordan was mistaken for a US drone, preliminary report suggests  (Read 191 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Online rangerrebew

  • TBR Contributor
  • *****
  • Posts: 177,193
Enemy drone that killed US troops in Jordan was mistaken for a US drone, preliminary report suggests
« on: January 30, 2024, 11:21:14 am »
Enemy drone that killed US troops in Jordan was mistaken for a US drone, preliminary report suggests
An enemy drone that killed three American troops and wounded dozens of others in Jordan may have been confused with an American drone returning to the U.S. installation

ByLOLITA C. BALDOR. AAMER MADHANI Associated Press and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press
January 29, 2024, 11:59 AM

 
This combination of photos provided by Shawn Sanders, left, and the U.S. Army, center and...Show more
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- U.S. forces may have mistaken an enemy drone for an American one and let it pass unchallenged into a desert base in Jordan where it killed three U.S. troops and wounded dozens more, officials said Monday.

Details of the Sunday attack emerged as President Joe Biden faced a difficult balancing act, blaming Iran and looking to strike back in a forceful way without causing any further escalation of the Gaza conflict.

As the enemy drone was flying in at a low altitude, a U.S. drone was returning to the small installation known as Tower 22, according to a preliminary report cited by two officials, who were not authorized to comment and insisted on anonymity,

 https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/preliminary-probe-suggests-drone-killed-troops-jordan-confused-106766348
Logged
The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address

Online rangerrebew

  • TBR Contributor
  • *****
  • Posts: 177,193
Re: Enemy drone that killed US troops in Jordan was mistaken for a US drone, preliminary report sugg
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2024, 11:23:00 am »
Almost the exact same thing happened Dec. 7, 1941.  In all this time we haven't learned to put some kind of transponder on them for identification purposes? :facepalm2:
Logged
The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »