The Full Map: What Iran Used, What We Knew, What a POW Changes, and What Comes Next
Wreckage of a US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle, photographed on Iranian soil. April 3rd, 2026. This is what 'largely destroyed air defenses' looks like.
The Full Map: What Iran Used, What We Knew, What a POW Changes, and What Comes Next
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What Iran Used — And Why It Exposes Five Weeks of Lies
Let’s start with the most basic question nobody in the press briefings is answering directly.
If Iran’s air defenses were, in the president’s own words, “100% annihilated”…if their radar was gone…their anti-aircraft equipment destroyed…their skies dominated…then what shot down that F-15?
