2026 Israel-US vs. Iran conflict [Military updates/News Only]
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Hezbollah apparently shoots down an Israeli helicopter. The footage shows the helicopter smoking and going down relatively quickly but you can't really tell what happened
What seems to be an F-15 getting targeted, though there is no evidence of it being hit, there is a lot of flares being pumped out while doing evasive maneouvers so it least it gave the pilot a scare until there is evidence of it being hit.
Regardless the excat cause their onboard computers thought they could reach the target at the right time but couldn't. Taking the guidance system (sensor and computer) as a the full package, the interceptors were confused.
The incoming missile did not maneuver, therefor the interceptors must have been launched too late or their computers did not take enough time of travel, angle of approach and distance into their calculations. The onboard computers only discovered the fact very late and had to do such extreme maneuver and missed. If it was jammer on the missile, I would not expect such maneuver since the jamming would have fooled the interceptors to not to follow the warhead instead of turning to chase it.
I would guess it is more likely that the air-defence radar and computers are too slow to response properly even without jamming.
According to CBS News, US Army Chief of Staff General Randy George was apparently just fired so someone "" can take over.
Between the verbiage concerning the good general's termination and its timing, he was almost certainly removed because he had significant disagreements with Hegseth and Trump on how best to conduct major ground operations in Iran.
Guessing George insisted on more time and troops prior to launching the ground offensive so the boots on the ground would be better prepared and resourced to fight and win — or at least survive — while Trump and Hegseth are opting for something more limited in scope and faster in execution out of political considerations.