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3 Apr 2026, 02:07

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The Iranian media video does not show the interception and downing of an F-16

🔹 The IRGC and Iranian media claim to have targeted "an advanced enemy fighter"; however, the video released does not show the interception of the fighter.

🔹 In the video, a passive short-range infrared defense system of the army/IRGC attempts to lock onto an F-16CM/CJ Fighting Falcon of the U.S. Air Force, which is conducting operations at low altitude over southern Iran, and fires a missile at it.

🔹 Subsequently, the pilot of this fighter breaks the lock with maneuvers such as deploying flares and engaging afterburners, escaping the danger, and the defense system fails to launch the missile.

🔹 What appears to be an explosion in the video is actually the fighter's use of flares and afterburners, not a missile hit or explosion.

🔹 Therefore, based on the analysis of this video, Factnameh indicates that the claims made by the IRGC and these media are "incorrect."

🌐 @Factnameh

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