Second crew member from F-15 downed in Iran rescued by U.S. forces (www.axios.com)
from 8oow3291d@feddit.dk to world@lemmy.world on 05 Apr 09:58
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8oow3291d@feddit.dk on 05 Apr 10:00 next collapse

There has been talk about Trump just “declaring victory”, and then going home. If Iran had held these two Americans as prisoners of war, that would have been much harder for Trump to do.

Ziggurat@jlai.lu on 05 Apr 13:24 collapse

On the other hand, it would give a kind of symbolic win to trump in a peace plan, a PoW exchange could have been a way for Trump to get something out of the war.

Now, let’s hope that nobody else was killed during that rescue mission

AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social on 05 Apr 11:53 next collapse

Idk Jan, I find it hard to believe coming from the liars administration. At this point, word from the US propaganda machine have the same (or even less) value than those from the Iranian one. I’m gonna need proof of that to believe it, given the circumstances, and I’m gonna need irrefutable proof, not just a picture.

rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works on 05 Apr 13:51 collapse

But at the cost of how many others?

perestroika@slrpnk.net on 05 Apr 14:57 collapse

Material losses include two C-130 planes and two Little Bird helicopters abandoned on ground.

I don’t know if they had human casualties, but it seems they spent about 200 million dollars to rescue the pilots.

Pretty expensive.

Telodzrum@lemmy.world on 05 Apr 15:08 next collapse

The US military reports the cost of individual airframes as “lifetime cost to operate” (it’s required to by law) — this includes things like crewing, maintenance, and fuel over a 30-50 year scheduled lifetime, as well as development costs.

Cost of procurement is much lower. So, it doesn’t cost $200 million to replace those platforms. It’s certainly not cheap, just nowhere near that much.

perestroika@slrpnk.net on 05 Apr 15:22 collapse

Thanks, I didn’t know that and accidentally provided an over-estimate.

Telodzrum@lemmy.world on 05 Apr 16:03 collapse

It’s not like you were wrong; it’s just that some context can help.

8oow3291d@feddit.dk on 05 Apr 17:52 collapse

From a strategic view of the war as a whole, $200 million is not a lot. If it keeps Iran from having US prisoners of war.

If the US was presented up from with an option of a) pay $200 million or b) give Iran 2 US prisoners of war, then there is zero doubt that the US would gladly take the deal. Politically, it is a no-brainer choice.