Iran claims US and Israel using copycat ‘Lucas’ drones to frame it (www.aljazeera.com)
from technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to world@lemmy.world on 15 Mar 15:41
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Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, accused the US and Israel of orchestrating a ‘diabolical plot’, claiming they copied Iran’s Shahed-136 drone design and repurposed it as a modified ‘Lucas’ drone to falsely blame Tehran for drone attacks across the region.

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shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works on 15 Mar 15:55 next collapse

He’s more trustworthy than the other two so…

Gates9@sh.itjust.works on 15 Mar 16:48 next collapse

It’s going to be very interesting to see how Americans react when there’s a false flag attack in our own country

CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca on 15 Mar 19:44 next collapse

Putin very likely blew up apartments buildings in Russia to create necessary context for his illiberal policies. So there’s precedent…

MrNesser@lemmy.world on 15 Mar 19:56 collapse

I seriously anticipate a large false flag on the US this year, probably sometime around September or October

FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 15 Mar 19:49 collapse

I mean, is he? This is a good tactic to cause division and mistrust among US allies in the region.

AmidFuror@fedia.io on 15 Mar 16:47 next collapse

Iran: We will continue to attack our neighbors if they aid the US to attack us

Also Iran: We didn't attack our neighbors.

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io on 15 Mar 17:14 collapse

I mean this (truthfulness aside) allows them to claim some attacks and reject others while also discrediting Israel (and by extension America). There's no contradiction here.

Teknikal@anarchist.nexus on 15 Mar 19:25 next collapse

Already read speculation Isreal was behind launching some of them to try an draw in more countries and while it’s unproven, to me it sounds like a very Isreali kind of thing to do.

aeiou@piefed.social on 15 Mar 19:47 collapse

didn’t the US just outright say they had copies of Shahed drones early on? I remember when it started they’d annouced on the news they’d blown something up with copies of Iran’s ‘suicide drones’ and wondered why they bothered to clone them when they have so many other options.

Teknikal@anarchist.nexus on 15 Mar 19:56 collapse

I think I saw a news report saying that myself.

gedaliyah@lemmy.world on 15 Mar 19:39 next collapse

Unhinged conspiracy theory

perestroika@slrpnk.net on 15 Mar 19:52 collapse

Wreckage is the ultimate test.

If there is doubt about a particular strike, comb the wreckage. The flying product looks the same, but motors and electrical parts are different, the way of laminating fiberglass, the sort of fiberglass, etc.