Bad news for Israel, US as Iran destroys F-35 fighter jet worth Rs…, warns of…
Israel conducted strikes at Iran’s nuclear, missile and military complex, mounting tension in West Asia. In a counterattack, Iran also launched missile attack. Also Iran has made a big claim amid the Israeli attack. Iran says that it has shot down 2 fighter jets of the Israeli Air Force. This fighter jet is F-35 and is considered to be US’ most advanced jet. Iran has also claimed to have captured a pilot flying the F-35.
According to Tehran Times, as soon as this fighter jet entered Iran’s airspace, Iran shot it down, after which the pilot came down using a parachute. As soon as the pilot came down, he was caught by Iranian officials. Israel Defense Force says that till now we do not have any such news.
According to the video shared by Israel Defense Force regarding the operation, IAF soldiers are using RAAM (F-15I), SOUFA (F-16I) and ADIR (F-35I) to attack Iran. Israel has purchased all these fighter jets from America.
The US plane which is said to have been shot down, its one unit costs Rs 7 billion. That means if Iran’s claim turns out to be true, then Israel has suffered a loss of Rs 15 billion on the very first day of this attack.
F-35 is a 5th generation stealth fighter aircraft
The F-35 fighter plane is considered to be US’ fifth generation fighter plane. It is a stealth fighter jet. US sells it by calling it the strongest plane. The price of this fighter jet of US is 90 million dollars (about 7 billion rupees). It is considered to be the most valuable plane.
This is a single seater aircraft, which has one pilot. Due to its accurate aim, this fighter jet has also been named Panther.
Israel is using 200 fighter jets in the war
Israel is using at least 200 fighter jets simultaneously to fight Iran. On Friday, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion to kill top Iranian officials.
In this operation, 6 Iranian nuclear scientists and 4 military officers have been killed. Apart from this, more than 60 Iranian citizens have died.
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