Iran has other capabilities that they’ve hidden or have masked, and that we only learn about them when they detonate an example.

I doubt that the units involved in the fighting are sending bullshit up the chain of command.

In fact, I feel certain the information flowing to the Secretary of Defense and his senior advisors is clear as to what we do know, what we do not know, and what the possibilities are.

Somewhere between SECDFEF and his senior advisors and Trump's public pronouncements, bullshit enters the equation. Either:
-- some senior advisors (either uniformed or civlian) are making it sound good for Trump's ears, or,
-- Hegseth is injecting bullshit so he can tellTrump what he knows Trump wants to hear, or,
-- Trump is getting facts from Hegseth and is applying his own abysmal ignorance and stupidity to what comes out of his mouth.

Given the fact that both Trump and Hegseth are dumb as dirt and neither respects the truth, I suspect that's where bullshit enters the picutre -- Hegseth and Trump.

Very Good people. Gone. In a war.

Which, in my opinion, we should not be in to begin with.

since 45 had already gotten rid of the Joint Chiefs of Staff guy last year and replaced him with "Razin Caine", who apparently isn't working out well either, as his name has been missing out of the war news cycles!

t-rump lying?

Alert the media.

A Russian made S-300 system or an S-400.

I don't have any knowledge of what actually transpired but those are two very good ADA systems.

American planes have been flying missions at lower altitudes, which makes them more vulnerable to Iran's missiles, Taleblu said. It’s possible that Iran fired at the F-15 with a surface-to-air missile, but it's more likely that a portable, shoulder-fired missile was used, he said. Those are much harder to detect and reflect how Iran is “weak but still lethal.”

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2026/04/04/us-military-aircraft-hit-iran-war-are-first-shot-down-enemy-fire-over-20-years.html

But that doesn't explain the other plane which went down in the Persian Gulf. If it was shoulder powered, you would think it would be one plane and not two?

But the NY Times says:

A spokesman for a key unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Saturday that the country would unveil new air defense systems on the battlefield, according to a statement carried by the semi-official Fars news agency. The statement detailed targets that it said the country’s air defense network had struck on Friday but did not mention the U.S. F-15E fighter jet that Iran downed.

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I really don't know what to believe.

I know Russia has beens supplying Iran.
I was kinda surprised that a fighter was flying over Iran.
Apparently, planes are now flying missions due to the lowering supply of Tomahawk missiles.

We will see what happens next...