http://english.alarabiya.net/en/New...ened-to-shoot-missiles-at-us-navy-planes.html
Two “maritime patrol aircraft” were flying separate missions in a similar area in international air space (or not ...) earlier this month when they received three radio calls from Iranian air defense.
“They were threatening to shoot at us, to shoot us down, or fire missiles at us,” the defense official said, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of a formal announcement.
One unnamed defense officials told the news network that the US military had wanted to test the Iranians’ reactions.
The defense official AFP spoke to said the incident was “unprofessional” but was not deemed unsafe because the US planes were outside the bounds of known Iranian anti-aircraft missile ranges. (!)
(The US is still doing these stupid "testing countries defences" by flying planes into or near their air space - even bombers were flown into the USSR during the Cold War. Not to mention the U2, Lightning Bugs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Model_147 etc etc
Wish countries would stop with these - one mistake and it could be WW3)
Two “maritime patrol aircraft” were flying separate missions in a similar area in international air space (or not ...) earlier this month when they received three radio calls from Iranian air defense.
“They were threatening to shoot at us, to shoot us down, or fire missiles at us,” the defense official said, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of a formal announcement.
One unnamed defense officials told the news network that the US military had wanted to test the Iranians’ reactions.
The defense official AFP spoke to said the incident was “unprofessional” but was not deemed unsafe because the US planes were outside the bounds of known Iranian anti-aircraft missile ranges. (!)
(The US is still doing these stupid "testing countries defences" by flying planes into or near their air space - even bombers were flown into the USSR during the Cold War. Not to mention the U2, Lightning Bugs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Model_147 etc etc
Wish countries would stop with these - one mistake and it could be WW3)