Iran air defence

The United States has lost 24 MQ-9 Reaper drones worth US$720 million (RM2.74 billion) since the beginning of the Iran conflict, with eight destroyed in April alone as Iran’s layered missile…

A US Navy MQ-4C Triton worth more than US$200 million (RM760 million) abruptly turned toward Iran, transmitted an emergency squawk and disappeared over the Strait of Hormuz, triggering…

A U.S. HH-60W combat rescue helicopter searching for the crew of a downed F-15E inside Iran was reportedly hit by a MANPADS, transforming Operation Epic Fury into Washington’s most dangerous…

Iran declared that a newly introduced IRGC Aerospace Force air-defence system had shot down a second U.S. F-35 stealth fighter within twelve hours over Markazi Province, but analysts…

Iranian air defences claimed to have destroyed a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper above Shiraz, but mounting OSINT evidence suggests the wreckage belongs to a Saudi or UAE-operated Wing Loong II. If…

The United States has now lost at least 16 MQ-9 Reaper drones during Operation Epic Fury, including two shot down near Isfahan this week, pushing total losses toward USD480 million (RM1.82…

Iran’s Ghaem-118 missile system is emerging as a serious threat to U.S. and Israeli drone operations after reports of MQ-9 Reaper and Hermes-900 shoot-downs, fuelling fears that low-cost…

The reported engagement of a U.S. F-35 by Iranian air-defence fire marks a strategic turning point in modern air warfare, as the ability to detect and damage a stealth fighter threatens the…

Iranian air-defence systems have successfully struck a U.S. F-35 stealth fighter during combat operations over Iran, marking the first confirmed hit on an American aircraft in the current…

Tehran claims its air-defence systems destroyed 104 US and Israeli drones during Operation Epic Fury, including MQ-9 Reapers and Hermes UAVs, while Iranian engineers reportedly captured one…