Baghdad:A video that claims to show a US F-15 Eagle chasing suspected Iranian Shahed-136 drones over Iraqi airspace has gone viral on social media. People are sharing the video and saying that the fighter jet didn't stop the drones.Iranian-backed accounts have widely shared the video, which seems to show a high-speed aerial chase with a fighter jet chasing several drones. A big explosion can be seen on the ground a few seconds later, and then a thick cloud of smoke. Claims that come with the video say that at least two drones got away without being caught, even though the US had advanced planes nearby.
Social media users claimed the aircraft seen in the video is an F-15 Eagle, allegedly attempting to intercept Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones. Posts on X suggested that the $1 million American jet "failed to intercept" at least two "cheap" $20,000 Iranian Shahed-136 drones.
Take a look at the video.People think the video is connected to an Iranian attack on an oil facility in Erbil, Iraq, that was linked to Britain. The attack caused a huge fire. But neither the US nor its allies have officially confirmed that the footage or the claims about the incident are real.
Press TV, Iran's state-run TV station, has also put out a video showing a Shahed drone and a US F-15 fighter jet fighting in the air. In the video, the US Air Force F-15 seems to fail to shoot down the Iranian Shahed drone over Iraqi airspace. After the incident, the video quickly went viral on social media, starting a new debate about the military strength of both sides in the ongoing war between Iran and the US.
A drone attack hits a fuel warehouse in northern Iraq.Earlier on Wednesday, a group of drones attacked a fuel warehouse in Erbil, which is the capital of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region. The Sardar Group, a major car company in Iraq, said that the facility, which is connected to BP and run by its subsidiary Castrol, was hit.
Videos that are going around online show thick black smoke rising into the sky after the strike started a huge fire. People are worried about how easy it is for important energy infrastructure in the area to be damaged because of what happened.
The news comes at a time of rising tensions, after Iran's ambassador to the UK warned of the possibility of an escalation involving regional and global powers.
What is the Shahed-136 drone from Iran?Iran made the Shahed-136, an attack drone that is cheap and works well. Reports say it costs about $20,000. The US F-15 fighter jet, on the other hand, costs more than $10 million. The Iranian side is using this event to show that the US Air Force isn't very good at what it does. They say that in modern warfare, expensive fighter jets often have a hard time against cheap drones. Drones like the Shahed are slower, but they can avoid radar detection by flying low and are used for big attacks. This incident has occurred amidst the tense conflict between Iran on one side, and the United States and Israel on the other. In recent weeks, Iran has repeatedly claimed that its air defense systems have targeted U.S. and Israeli drones and
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