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Iran's strike wounded over a dozen U.S. personnel and hit valuable jets in Saudi Arabia

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callsonreddit Mar 31, 2026 +1001
>NPR has confirmed more than a dozen U.S. service members were wounded and two E-3 Sentry aircraft were damaged in an Iranian strike on an air base in Saudi Arabia on Friday. >President Trump has repeated the assertion that Iran wants a deal while he has also ordered thousands of U.S. troops to deploy to the Middle East and even warned the U.S. may try to seize Iran's oil and Kharg Island — or blow it up.
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Disastrous_Room_927 Mar 31, 2026 +971
We half like a dozen E-3, hitting two is kiiiiinda a huge deal
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DrQuestDFA Mar 31, 2026 +831
Damaged is doing a lot of heavy lifting. One of them had the dish utterly destroyed and the back half seperated from the front half.
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methpartysupplies Mar 31, 2026 +152
I can’t believe they were trying to spin that as damaged but repairable. That thing would 100% never fly again.
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DiveCat Mar 31, 2026 +50
Those who needed to believe it was nothing but a scratch will already be set on that story though and evening else will be fake news…so the propaganda worked where they wanted it to.
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Seanspeed Mar 31, 2026 +10
I didn't see anything saying 'damaged but repairable'. The headline in the original reporting was 'damaged', because despite a photo going around, they didn't have any confirmation the photo was real and only the confirmation that a plane was hit+damaged. The actual substance of the article said something along the lines of 'if the photo is real, then the plane is likely unrepairable'. Y'all have just forgotten how real journalism works in this day of reactionary and sensationalist headline grabbing.
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hobby_gynaecologist Mar 31, 2026 +263
So they can just superglue it back on, right?
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GuinnessGlutton Mar 31, 2026 +208
Well, the front fell off
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Ezpz_commentz Mar 31, 2026 +84
It wasn't built so the front wouldn't fall off?
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sbjustin Mar 31, 2026 +65
Yeah, that’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.
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GuinnessGlutton Mar 31, 2026 +40
Well, some of them are built so the front doesn’t fall off at all
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deliciousearlobes Mar 31, 2026 +15
But Senator Collins, why would the front fall off? https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM
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Badgeringlion Mar 31, 2026 +7
Has it been towed out of the environment yet?
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_PROBABLY_CORRECT Mar 31, 2026 +9
Well how else do you get to the chewy nougat inside?
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Electrical-Lab-9593 Mar 31, 2026 +4
you could argue the back fell off first.
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ScoobyDoNot Mar 31, 2026 +4
The original Clark and Dawe sketch https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM?
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Vulcan_Jedi Mar 31, 2026 +4
They still have half a plane
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striipey Mar 31, 2026 +13
To show you the power of Flex Tape™ they've split this plane in half!
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seth928 Mar 31, 2026 +4
Airplane glue, but yeah.
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ShadowKraftwerk Mar 31, 2026 +5
You use tape for those sorts of repairs. Better structural strength and you can choose a pretty colour.
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imrussellcrowe Mar 31, 2026 +43
What happened to the other one? I know there were pics of the E3 that got blown in half but this is the first I've heard of 2
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DrQuestDFA Mar 31, 2026 +16
No idea, but I am sure someone out there does.
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moan_of_the_arc Mar 31, 2026 +12
Tis but a scratch
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garnelli Mar 31, 2026 +10
You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off.
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garnelli Mar 31, 2026 +6
[You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off.](https://youtube.com/shorts/xZPwC8coeIA?si=-xPdEkp3YNfBmfZ4)
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Vryl Mar 31, 2026 +5
The front fell off.
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Azmoten Mar 31, 2026 +3
They need to take it out of the environment
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ThePlanck Mar 31, 2026 +2
>the back half seperated from the front half. That's not very typical, I would like to make that point
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Obvious_wombat Mar 31, 2026 +3
Tis but a scratch
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I_Roll_Chicago Mar 31, 2026 +3
Ehh that’ll buff out
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mightychopstick Mar 31, 2026 +2
It will buff out
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ZLUCremisi Mar 31, 2026 +52
1 E-3 was completely destroyed
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Disastrous_Room_927 Mar 31, 2026 +15
Might be the first we haven’t lost in an accident
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Different_Net_6752 Mar 31, 2026 +237
They 100% has Russian help in targeting those aircraft.  Trump and the GOP are sleepwalking ino a quagmire. 
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marbanasin Mar 31, 2026 +126
It's kind of wild - after all the bitching and moaning about Biden's pumping up the proxy war in Ukraine, like, literally watching and complaining about a scenario where a belligerant party got themselves bogged down in a years long and economy crippling conflict 3ish years ago, he goes and does the same f****** thing.
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Ghostrider556 Mar 31, 2026 +36
Agreed. Just to also vent I guess it has been so irritating to watch conservatives turn against the military for years and make long speeches about how we need to become isolationist again to then just turn around and pretend like none of that ever happened and advocate for bombing as many countries as humanly possible while also leaving every military alliance to ensure that we maximize the debt load from these military actions. My goldfish has a better memory than the GOP at this point
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Seanspeed Mar 31, 2026 +4
Trump has never criticized Russia for being a 'belligerent' in the Ukraine war, nor complained about them getting themselves bogged down. As far as I know, at least. He's done almost everything possible to be on Russia's side on this without being wildly overt about it. I've seen nothing to indicate that Trump sees Russia's actions as any kind of mistake. So is it *really* that wild?
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laserdisk4life Mar 31, 2026 +79
I wouldn’t say sleepwalking. They want this
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Farther_Dm53 Mar 31, 2026 +24
why would they want this? To lose their entire military operation capacity? That doesn't sound like a republician but a complete betrayal and dereliction of duty.
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SINGCELL Mar 31, 2026 +53
They're idiots
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Anfield_Cowboy Mar 31, 2026 +28
“Want” this specifically is probably the wrong view. However, they have done nothing but enable Russia over the last decade.
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alexefi Mar 31, 2026 +10
We in war, that isnt war, so we cant hold elections till its over. I need congress to do what i want, instead of impeaching me.. trump most likely.
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RedHeadRedemption93 Mar 31, 2026 +3
Yes, it's quite possible that this is betrayal and treason of the highest order. It's certainly starting to look that way. And yet somehow these guys are still in office without enough of the US population caring enough to do anything about it.
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Paavo_Nurmi Mar 31, 2026 +5
Money, follow the money. Halliburton, particularly through its subsidiary KBR (Kellogg Brown & Root), was the largest contractor in the Iraq War, generating over $13 billion to nearly $39.5 billion in revenue from logistics and reconstruction, according to Time Magazine and Business and Human Rights Centre. The company faced intense scrutiny and accusations of overbilling, shoddy work, and **receiving "no-bid" contracts, often linked to former CEO D*** Cheney, who was U.S. Vice President at the time.**
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Larcye Mar 31, 2026 +17
We have lost Billions worth of equipment in this war. Equipment mind you that takes years to replace(if their is a way to replace them). With nothing to show for it, oh I'm sorry less than nothing. Iran controls one of the most critical sea lines in the world and this dipshit in chief knows that we have no cards to play that doesn't result in thousands of dead US Service members.
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Personal-Try328 Mar 31, 2026 +60
Parking E-3s on the tarmac and letting them sit there for long enough to be struck is peak trump admin. The most comical part is that the air forces very own manual has a chapter about how to avoid this so its not like they dont know better. They just dont care ig
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SirTiffAlot Mar 31, 2026 +30
Not only hitting two, the one I saw was in pieces.
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h0twired Mar 31, 2026 +22
16 total. 6 of them are stationed in Saudi Arabia
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Perfect-Nail9413 Mar 31, 2026 +7
So now 4 are stationed in Saudi Arabia, lucky for the US, Australia sent its own plane to help with Saudis defence.
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party_peacock Mar 31, 2026 +3
Ah fucksake at least make the yanks send us our submarines if we're gonna have to put our necks on the line as well
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Perfect-Nail9413 Mar 31, 2026 +5
Those subs are never coming, and even if they were neither Australia or the yanks have the facilities to do maintenance on them the entire thing has been a disaster from the very start, at this point I won't be surprised if Turkey or South Korea get their domestically built and designed nuclear Subs before Australia.
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Andovars_Ghost Mar 31, 2026 +62
We *did* have 16, now we have 14. Pain in the ass to keep flying when I was with that unit 97-01, hasn’t gotten any easier, and this sure as hell doesn’t help. Also, Kegsbreath f****** up the procurement of her replacement just adds additional layers of shit to this shit sandwich.
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methpartysupplies Mar 31, 2026 +16
Is that one that got blow in half repairable in any stretch of the imagination? It was completely severed in half and the fancy flying saucer was on the ground. The shit is all cooked right?
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Curious-Donut5744 Mar 31, 2026 +27
It’ll never fly again, guaranteed
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Andovars_Ghost Mar 31, 2026 +14
That one is completely toast. I’ve been trying to find pics of the second bird.
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Cool_Till_3114 Mar 31, 2026 +3
Much more likely we’d recommission some retired ones from the boneyard in Arizona. There should be a little more than a dozen sitting there, maybe with enough parts still on them to get two up and running.
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ghoulthebraineater Mar 31, 2026 +14
Only half of them are mission ready. Losing two is not insignificant.
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Andovars_Ghost Mar 31, 2026 +7
Well, that’s even worse than I would have expended. Can’t even make these ones hangar queens!
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Electrical-Lab-9593 Mar 31, 2026 +2
was wedgetail supposed to be replacement ?
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Andovars_Ghost Mar 31, 2026 +3
Yes, but then he wanted to use the E-2 platform and was talking about other bullshit options. No matter what, the state of AWACS is fucked.
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Kataphractoi Mar 31, 2026 +2
My college roommate was an ABM on one. His caught fire during a training flight that took weeks to repair.
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makethislifecount Mar 31, 2026 +22
And they are half a billion dollars each
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Jellicent-Leftovers Mar 31, 2026 +12
They are 700 million for the plane. Plus 300 for equipment and add ons.
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Electrical-Lab-9593 Mar 31, 2026 +7
looks like they still have the middle bit with the desks and computers, they just need a front and a back.
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thechromatick Mar 31, 2026 +6
Boeing E-3 - so, we might have forgotten how to build replacements.
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Heronymous-Anonymous Mar 31, 2026 +10
There is a perfectly good, even a better, replacement in the form of the E-7 Wedgetail. It’s already in production for Australia and at least one other NATO country, it went most of the way through the Air Force’s testing and evaluation process. Contrary to what people say, Congress funded it over the objections of the Trump Administration. It’s based on the 737 NG, which is a proven airframe as well. Unfortunately there really isn’t anything else out there in its size that the US would ever consider adopting. Airbus could probably put something together based on the 320, but the requirements to build it in the US probably make it uneconomical for them.
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MercantileReptile Mar 31, 2026 +2
Might be economical. But politically untenable. Airbus is building it's own controlled Data infrastructure as we speak and national contracts specifically seek to exclude the US as much as possible.
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Andovars_Ghost Mar 31, 2026 +5
That production line has been shut down for a VERY long time.
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RCoaster42 Mar 31, 2026 +5
I think we had 16 in active use. Now, 14 if the math checks out.
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PMJamesPM Mar 31, 2026 +3
The E3 is valuable but outdated
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ATangK Mar 31, 2026 +86
If there’s no replacements, they might be outdated but it’s all they got.
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fec2245 Mar 31, 2026 +10
The air force doesn't intend to replace it with the E-7, they seem to think the model is obsolete. Congress still believes in the E-7 but it's hard to say whether it's on the merits, or like many other projects, because new military hardware is a jobs program that has tentacles in many districts.
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ATangK Mar 31, 2026 +4
I read they wanted to replace it with e2 Hawkeyes, but that’s a 1960’s plane…
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musashisamurai Mar 31, 2026 +13
They wanted to replace it with the Wedgetail, which other countries use, but Musk had a fuss because he felt that soace based systems could replace it (they cannot, but Musk doesnt profit from the Wedgetail like he would some satellites). Hegseth canceled the Wedgetail contract but Congress overruled. I wonder if this was deliberate sabotage to make the case that AWACS are obsolete because I have no idea why any general or colonel would station the aircraft in Saudi Arabia rather than Diego Garcia or Cyprus.
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fec2245 Mar 31, 2026 +6
The most recent version is from 2007 so the tech is modern on at least some.
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btsd_ Mar 31, 2026 +3
Is 2007 considered modern? Cuz that was almost 20 years ago. Guh im old
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fec2245 Mar 31, 2026 +3
Relatively, the last E-3 was manufactured in 1992.
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Starfire013 Mar 31, 2026 +4
A pal of mine who worked at Grumman at the time actually helped design the Hawkeye. The avionics and AEW equipment can be modernised, but the airframe design is still from the 60s. The materials used, manufacturing constraints, maintenance hours to flight hours ratio, those are all still based on the limitations from back then. The plane itself is still obsolete no matter how modern the electronics are.
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fec2245 Mar 31, 2026 +2
The E-2Ds new builds with a different engine.
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Starfire013 Mar 31, 2026 +2
You can change the engine but the airframe design mostly stays the same.
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Disastrous_Room_927 Mar 31, 2026 +3
I remember touring one of the two at an air show around 2010 and they had just approved using computers on board with Windows 2000.
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fec2245 Mar 31, 2026 +2
Was it the E-2D or an older version? Regardless, they're very slow to update military tech.
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Disastrous_Room_927 Mar 31, 2026 +3
It was at an Airforce base, so I'm pretty sure it was an E-3. So long ago that I can't remember if it had a prop or a jet engine.
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TabsAZ Mar 31, 2026 +3
The E-2 was going to be a stopgap, they actually say they can replace the capability with satellite/space-based assets.
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Disastrous_Room_927 Mar 31, 2026 +18
Outdated makes it no less of a big deal to lose them during combat operations.
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Farther_Dm53 Mar 31, 2026 +10
reminds me of people saying the radar dish that was destroyed the only one we had in the middle east wasn't that valuable lol.
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PMJamesPM Mar 31, 2026 +2
My comment was valuable, but outdated. So I don’t think anyone is saying the plane didn’t have value. But comparatively it is one thing to lose in a 15 if you’re talking about fighters and another to lose an F 18 or F 35. That’s kind of the point. Sure no one likes to lose aircraft; press does have to sell mouse clicks.
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sthlmsoul Mar 31, 2026 +35
The pictures from earlier today put at least one E-3 in the category of wrecked, not damaged. Not sure about the second one...
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it-is-my-cake-day Mar 31, 2026 +10
Perhaps Trump’s idea of blowing up things come from cartoons?
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Active-Pineapple-252 Mar 31, 2026 +698
I've noticed less footage of Iran strikes these last couple of days seems they have gotten even tighter on keeping footage hidden
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Electrical-Lab-9593 Mar 31, 2026 +293
normally this kind of thing would be operational security, and Morale of the of the forces, on this one it seems to be managing MAGAs morale .
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Gombrongler Mar 31, 2026 +93
Yup "There is no War in Iran, The Donald has invited you to Little Saint James"
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LabRatsAteMyHomework Mar 31, 2026 +45
"we've always been at war with Iran" -2084
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Electrical-Lab-9593 Mar 31, 2026 +3
when i heard that one, it was just too on the nose !
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ATangK Mar 31, 2026 +117
There’s that YouTube video of all the US radar sites which have been destroyed by Iran in the first few days of war. Satellite imagery is all put on pause so they can’t get updates, but not before seeing all the bases with big holes in their defence radar network.
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Potatoe_Potahto Mar 31, 2026 +23
Satellite imagery from US sources is being delayed, there are other countries with satellites though. Plus which, airbases and radar installations don't move around very much so if they've got the images from a month or so ago they'll probably do at a pinch. 
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MimicoSkunkFan2 Mar 31, 2026 +9
Russia had to help Iran catch those AWACS on the ground though, it's hard to believe Iran did that alone Russia has confirmed they're helping Iran becauss the USA helps Ukraine (depending on your definition of help considering it was perfectly possible to put Ukraine into winning position a long time ago :(
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DesireeThymes Mar 31, 2026 +6
Got a link?
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robodrew Mar 31, 2026 +10
The Gulf War was fully televised, with journalists embedded within troop squadrons. This time though, they don't want us seeing anything. The difference is very telling.
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DriveShaftBassPlayer Mar 31, 2026 +19
There are less Iran strikes in general 
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Other_Information_16 Mar 31, 2026 +68
Yet more hits. Just means our air defence is degraded to a point they can use less ammunition and still hit more targets. Not a good sign.
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Shubham21Kumar Mar 31, 2026 +33
They want to play long, dragging the war into months will be in their favour.
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moan_of_the_arc Mar 31, 2026 +44
They’re in no hurry. Literally their backyard.
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DesireeThymes Mar 31, 2026 +20
They've also saved their best missiles for last. Most of what they sent was a mix of duds and the low-cost stuff. Wait till we see all the Hypersonic missiles coming in. I don't think the average American realizes how bad this war is going. The warhawks are too busy shoving their propaganda everywhere.
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YoureProbablyAB0t Mar 31, 2026 +18
The media blackout is one of the biggest things for me. I'd really like to know where I can find consistent and accurate updates. As someone who hates Magats and their leaders I want to know how bad they're f****** everything up.
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WafflePartyOrgy Mar 31, 2026 +551
Russia most likely gave Iran geographic coordinates and satellite imagery that provided the precise location. Also today: >Trump says he has 'no problem' with Russian oil tanker bringing relief to Cuba despite blockade
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flirtmcdudes Mar 31, 2026 +159
it’s pretty obvious Russia has something on Trump. He’s never been able to say anything bad about them
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allahakbau Mar 31, 2026 +44
Something is an understatement
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NABAKLAB Mar 31, 2026 +46
pee tapes, rigging elections, giving him money when no US banks did anymore, epstein managing putin's finances, etcetcetc. going back to AT LEAST 1987 when he wanted to build a drumpf hotel in moscow. you can't build shit there without accept and entrance fee of the comunistic party.
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Meritania Mar 31, 2026 +20
I think we’re way past a urination f*****, he’s been screwing kids and burying the resulting pregnancies on his golf course.
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Vinyl-addict Mar 31, 2026 +8
“Communistic party” lmao. Lmfao even.
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socialistrob Mar 31, 2026 +13
I don't think Russia has anything on Trump. I think the reality is simpler (and in my opinion scarier). Trump openly admires Putin, he sees him as a kindred spirit and wishes he could run the US the way Putin runs Russia. Putin takes half of all of the oligarchs wealth for himself. Putin has complete control of the media and arrests dissidents, he invades countries and no one in Russia stops him. Trump sees all of that as a positive. From a US strategic standpoint Russia is a rival but from a Trump centric standpoint Russia is an example of what the US should be.
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BlakeMW Mar 31, 2026 +3
Exactly this. The "excited seal clapping" Trump did when meeting Putin / Putin double in Alaska was repugnant and dispels any doubt about how Trump feels about Putin.
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Strict_Strategy Mar 31, 2026 +19
Lmao, whatever Putin has on trump is nothing compared to freaking what Israel has on all the us government and rich folks. Lets be real If Putin really has control over trump he would have invaded Ukraine during trumps time. There is so much shit he can do if he wanted to ruin usa. All this talk of how much control Putin has is a excuse to ignore everything which is wrong in USA. Putin wants people to think that he has control over trump as that will fracture the population easily. Meanwhile Israel is the one who lobbies the loving f*** out of your government to make sure that it does it's bidding. Nobody gives a damn about that though. Edit: spelling
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iamamuttonhead Mar 31, 2026 +70
This should be the top comment IMO.
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DesireeThymes Mar 31, 2026 +27
According to reports both China and Russia have given access to their satelite systems. Some people are asking why China and Russia are not helping more. The answer is likely that they don't really need to, since Iran is controlling the escalation path (ie they have an effective response to any increase in US escalation)
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baldhermit Mar 31, 2026 +8
..and a long war is also in Chinas benefit as it further undermines US position in the world.
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Double_Equivalent967 Mar 31, 2026 +3
Its hugely in chinas benefit specially if they too want to start stupid war by attacking taiwan. The more weapons usa uses/loses against iran less they have to help taiwan also americans might get so tired of winning that they dont even try help taiwan.
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throwburgeratface Mar 31, 2026 +334
"Iran struck a desalination plant in Kuwait overnight. And three United Nations peacekeepers were killed in Lebanon in 24 hours as Israel continues to battle the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah." Quite disappointed with how NPR chose not to mention that the 3 killed UN soldiers were caused by Israeli strikes. Framing it as though the casualties were linked to Iran's striking of the desalination plant.
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Waste_Handle_8672 Mar 31, 2026 +91
Personally I immediately linked it to Israel's doing, but it is really disappointing for NPR not to confirm that outright. Western media, ladies and gentlemen
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JuiceJones_34 Mar 31, 2026 +10
What should we use?
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Waste_Handle_8672 Mar 31, 2026 +34
Use both eastern and western. Look for as many sides to the story as possible, find the common thread, and find the talking points either side ignores or misses. There's no such thing as media that'll give you all the answers. Sometimes they'll miss a trick, sometimes they'll intentionally leave some details out or lie altogether.
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HouseOfCosbyz Mar 31, 2026 +2
Then you would know the deep level of collaboration with the UN and Hezbollah, it was reported on a lot and got caught pretty much red handed in the 12 day war. More "UN" peacekeepers will be killed for sure, since they are aiding and abetting the organization Israel is at war with.
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JuiceJones_34 Mar 31, 2026 +5
Ya I definitely do this a lot and use ground news here as a baseline. & a few others to check outliers. What eastern media do you recommend?
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_larsr Mar 31, 2026 +20
This is a little more from the article. > Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the U.N.'s undersecretary-general for peace operations, said two Indonesian peacekeepers were killed when "an explosion of unknown origin destroyed their vehicle" near the municipality of Bani Hayyan in southern Lebanon. Another Indonesian was killed Sunday when a U.N. base was shelled. > Lacroix said both incidents are under investigation and it is not clear if the latest attack was a shelling or a roadside bomb. NPR isn’t going to report as facts information that they can’t confirm. That’s what a legitimate news agency actually does.
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Efficient_Resist_287 Mar 31, 2026 +141
Damaged? Really I saw pictures of a plane utterly destroyed and burnt…but I guess Western Media call this “damaged”…ok
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Larcye Mar 31, 2026 +43
Same way the Moskva was just "damaged" when 50% of it was turned into a submarine.
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copperblood Mar 31, 2026 +241
Don't worry everyone! Israel has said they're not going to send in troops. The US can fight and die for their war.
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globalzee Mar 31, 2026 +58
fantastic, America pays for the war and sends their soldiers to another unpopular war.
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hackenclaw Mar 31, 2026 +28
In Israel's gov eye American lives are just meatbags for meatgrinders. It is just how pathethic it has become. I still do not understand, what dirty secret does Israel gov that America gov(both democrat & Republican) has to do all Israel's bidding for decades like some vassal state.
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Curious-Row2410 Mar 31, 2026 +6
- Cultural factors with American Christianity and Israel - AIPAC lobby - When the US and Israel were still playing at being real democracies, they used that as common ground in their political messaging - As is becoming increasingly obvious now, the Israeli intelligence arm had and has assets like Epstein to get leverage on America's ruling class
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Insurance-Round Mar 31, 2026 +4
Own your shit America - you're fighting & dieing for America because you voted for Trump. You don't get to blame anyone else for your stupidity
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Kranken_DeHogge Mar 31, 2026 +827
they're underreporting US fatalities in this war
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mlody11 Mar 31, 2026 +531
They're also probably underreporting the damage being taken. It's always "debris from intercepted missile" hits something and when you see a picture, half the shit is destroyed... Those are some big debris chunks. Also, when the satellite images come in 2 weeks later, it's always a revelation of how much c*** was actually destroyed. As they say... First casualty of war is the truth.
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tittysprinkles112 Mar 31, 2026 +147
We have been spoiled by having relatively low casualties in our conflicts for the past 30-40 years. Iran will be a different beast and I think the US will have a weak stomach when it comes to casualties. If we were under attack it would be different. This is a dubious war at best. If the casualties start hitting thousands and tens of thousands I think Trump will be ousted. His base is already starting to crack with prices skyrocketing.
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Positive-Road3903 Mar 31, 2026 +146
the US is not ready for POV drone footage of US marines begging to not get droned..Nobody wants to see Jim from Illinois getting wrecked
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Larcye Mar 31, 2026 +17
You remember footage of Ukrainian drones dropping grenades on Russian conscripts? Yeah replace those Russian conscripts with US Service members. That's their future.
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denismcd92 Mar 31, 2026 +55
Unfortunately for Jim it might be the required thing to finally wake America up… or they’ll double down
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DesireeThymes Mar 31, 2026 +28
Kegseth, Trump, and especially Netenyahu are all about doubling down. If there was anyone seen still left in the White House they would have left this quagmire weeks ago. I am most worried that either the US or Israel will double down until they get to the nuke By the way those two E-3s that were "damaged" (ie destroyed)? They're like $700 million a piece. All this to flush 1.5 billion dollars down the drain
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Practical-Ball1437 Mar 31, 2026 +13
> By the way those two E-3s that were "damaged" (ie destroyed)? They're like $700 million a piece. It's more complicated than that. They can't replace them for that much. They haven't built any in the last 35 years and they *cancelled* the replacement because who needs specialised equipment when you can just ask AI?
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Electrical-Lab-9593 Mar 31, 2026 +2
more than that fully fitted out and upgraded it think.
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musashisamurai Mar 31, 2026 +21
Conservatives will just screan Support our Troops and say anyone who wants peace is a communist islamic terrorist-sympathizer who would make their sacrifices be in vain.
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lucid_green Mar 31, 2026 +16
I got called this after coming home from deployment…by people that never served. I used my GI Bill to help me immigrate to Australia where life is more peaceful(and expensive)!
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Kermit-Batman Mar 31, 2026 +10
Glad you're here, c***. May you find peace, good coffee, smashed avos and good humour.
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jawndell Mar 31, 2026 +27
Unless you’re conservative.  They have gleefully fell in line with more wars (from no new wars) and will gleefully fall in line with American soldiers dying.  
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Vulcan_Jedi Mar 31, 2026 +2
If they're actually dumb enough to kick off this war then us Americans need to be prepared for casualties not seen since before the vietnam war.
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elementalist001 Mar 31, 2026 +20
Laundry room of an Aircraft carrier randomly going up in flames is a new one.
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breidaks Mar 31, 2026 +3
> always "debris from intercepted missile" hits something they are just learning from their ruzzian allies
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JoemLat Mar 31, 2026 +5
It was from a soldier smoking a cigarette!
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Alocasia_Sanderiana Mar 31, 2026 +2
Agreed. They really downplayed the E-3 strike as damaged, but that was a complete loss.
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globalzee Mar 31, 2026 +79
>*they're underreporting US fatalities in this war* Could they really under report this? I would think family and next of kin would need to be notified and if they aren't notified, the lack of contact from soldiers reaching out to family would be a red flag.
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justinballsonya Mar 31, 2026 +53
I’m aware of the system and no, they can’t really underreport deaths. The most they do is cover up how they died but not if they died. They would still be reported as casualties in the war though like how one of the initial deaths was someone who had a heart attack. American assessments of adversaries deaths are usually fairly accurate as well. If anything they underreport that, especially the civilian numbers.
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SirTiffAlot Mar 31, 2026 +9
The news can't report if they don't know. They only need to notify families, who are probably not reporters themselves.
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fec2245 Mar 31, 2026 +32
And you don't think anyone in the deceased family would blow the whistle? It's really a dumb conspiracy.
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Personal-Try328 Mar 31, 2026 +4
They cant and anyone believing tgat they are doing so is completely oblivious to how casualty reporting works. But the comment states “us bad” so it gets upvotes by the hivemind like plenty of other outright lies.
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IaMm1N3 Mar 31, 2026 +33
Our carefully crafted media is doing its job
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mymemesnow Mar 31, 2026 +5
It’s insane how common and well liked conspiracy theories has gotten on Listnook. I remember that not too long ago the consensus was that conspiracy theorists were idiots and that spreading them was bad. But that had completely shifted now.
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Personal-Try328 Mar 31, 2026 +18
The US is absolutely not hiding fatalities. This is an absurd take. The US has never hidden fatalities of american service members in its history. To do so would require a complete overhaul of how fatality reporting works and require the silence of thousands of service members and the people connected to them. The fact that this is upvoted is frankly QAnon level absurd.
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TheNewGildedAge Mar 31, 2026 +7
>The fact that this is upvoted is frankly QAnon level absurd. Man basically every geopolitical take that gains traction on social media is like this now. All hysterical nonsense passed along by conspiracy theorists and gullible kids.
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tossit97531 Mar 31, 2026 +3
Or, you know, regular kids. Let’s be nice to people who are being nice, just in case it’s a real person just trying to join conversation. If it’s a bot, bail, but typically a single post doesn’t need to be instantly charred.
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questron64 Mar 31, 2026 +93
"Valuable" is an understatement, they killed a $300 million AWACS. But we don't make the E-3 anymore, replacing its capability will cost almost $1 billion.
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Solvent_Soul Mar 31, 2026 +43
But remember we can’t afford healthcare for all or $15/hr federal minimum wage. What a f****** joke this country is. All the resources and riches for nothing but bombs and helping the rich get richer.
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atomUp Mar 31, 2026 +3
Yo what!?! Why does the math work out to that???
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questron64 Mar 31, 2026 +30
We don't have a single aircraft that can replace its capability.
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socialistrob Mar 31, 2026 +9
Because the AWACS was built in the Cold War and involves tons of complicated parts and assembly lines. After the Cold War the US stopped building them but kept working on more advanced replacements which are set to begin construction in the next few years but currently the parts and assembly lines to build either the old version or the future version don't exist. The US does have more AWACS so they can pull them from other areas but losing this does sting. While some level of losses are expected in wars against large countries it's also a fair question to ask how Iran was able to pull off this attack and why neither US or KSA air defenses stopped it.
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No_Boysenberry4825 Mar 31, 2026 +6
Because 300 million was the price when it came off the assembly line. If you want to replace those, you now have to fire up the production line again. And it's not the Willy Wonka toothpaste factory. It's a huge f****** deal. And you can't just do that for one plane. You're going to need to produce many of them for it to make any sense. and 300 million was from ages ago when inflation was lower.
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NYGiants181 Mar 31, 2026 +74
Remember when the strait was already open with no issues a couple months ago?
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iamapizza Mar 31, 2026 +25
The Americans are so advanced they had achieved their objectives before even starting. 
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PvtDeth Mar 31, 2026 +4
It's a Benjamin Button war.
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Curious-Row2410 Mar 31, 2026 +2
Hopefully the war isn't dressed too s*** around Trump when it passes beneath legal age.
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NeutralBias Mar 31, 2026 +15
For context, the E-3 was built on the Boeing 707 platform, an aircraft that’s been out of production since 1978. We can’t simply build another.
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tecdaz Mar 31, 2026 +34
Two more E3s? Additional to the tankers and E3 already reported . . . for 3 E3s taken out now
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Sad-Society-57 Mar 31, 2026 +56
I think this is the same incident. But this is the first report ive seen that two E3's were hit.
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84Cressida Mar 31, 2026 +29
Because only one was hit. The other was a KC-135 which is not the same
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Loki-L Mar 31, 2026 +13
They don't make new ones anymore. The E3 was based on the Boeing 707. The first jetliner which has been out of production since the late 70s. The E7 wedgetail was supposed to be the successor, but the US cancelled that last year in favor of pie in the sky space-based future alternatives. Since the US military is really bad a quickly procuring new big ticket items, if they were to lose enough of the current planes it would be several new wars before the replacement would be fully in service.
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Electrical-Lab-9593 Mar 31, 2026 +4
if that is true that is probably 20% of the active fleet.
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keep-i Mar 31, 2026 +42
The US is half assing this really bad.
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Waste_Handle_8672 Mar 31, 2026 +12
More shockingly so since a lot of their recent wars have been against opponents that fought them asymmetrically and they've still not figured out how to fight that kind of opposition. It's even worse when, in this case, the war is initiated and gleefully led by the stupidest excuses for political leaders the country has known in its entire history - saying something, because the US has been in some conflict or another for damn near its entire existence.
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deja-roo Mar 31, 2026 +9
> a lot of their recent wars have been against opponents that fought them asymmetrically Yeah but they didn't have ballistic missiles. Just poorly thought out. Which I guess is an understatement since apparently they don't have a plan for Iran closing the strait, which is the most obvious first reaction.
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Curious-Row2410 Mar 31, 2026 +2
People don't understand How. F******. Stupid. Kegsbreath is. He's a denier of the germ theory of disease, for one thing. That should be all I need to say.
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deja-roo Mar 31, 2026 +2
> He's a denier of the germ theory of disease, for one thing. Wait what? Seriously?
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PvtDeth Mar 31, 2026 +3
Which is weird because it's being led by a mid-level Army officer/ TV Host and a military high school graduate/ TV Host.
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Obvious_Toe_3006 Mar 31, 2026 +60
With a huge special assist from Russia we hear...
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gordomillones Mar 31, 2026 +12
Don't forget this was possibly Russian Intel that was given to Iran..
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ApolloIII Mar 31, 2026 +4
How long until generals say he’s a traitor and remove him?? They must see that he’s working for Russia???
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Curious-Row2410 Mar 31, 2026 +2
The myth of the American officer corps having any kind of moral and intellectual standing vapourized with the boat strike mass murders. They're as degenerate as most other Americans.
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BadSkeelz Mar 31, 2026 +7
Probably as "wounded" as that "damaged" E-3.
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Fit-Significance-436 Mar 31, 2026 +9
Please stop saying damaged, they were blown to bits
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bjbigplayer Mar 31, 2026 +9
Lightly scratched to smithereens.
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Grogon2 Mar 31, 2026 +28
People so lost. 2 Weeks ago I was sipping Chang Beer on Koh Phangan with a russian, a ukraine, a french dude and someone from india. We should put the "leaders" on an island and let them fight, no one wants war and no wants them.
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Yellow_Marker_ Mar 31, 2026 +45
Americans can avoid being hurt by staying in their own country....
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Yahn Mar 31, 2026 +21
I mean... That's not necessarily true either...
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buckey5266 Mar 31, 2026 +6
Old news, this happened Friday…
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vilkazz Mar 31, 2026 +12
This sounds identical to how Ukraine is decommissioning the No2 army for the past few years. All we lack is a solid fatality count for the FPV drones...
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SKK329 Mar 31, 2026 +3
Thats probably coming since we have so many boots on the ground.
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Taphouselimbo Mar 31, 2026 +2
The new Trump doctrine just let valuable people and assets sit around brought to you by whiskey Pete.
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DrewOH816 Mar 31, 2026 +2
It's almost as if some Superpower, with satellites and such, gave VERY precise targeting information ahead of time...
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84Cressida Mar 31, 2026 +3
Only one E-3 was destroyed/damaged. Whatever. 81-0005. This report isn’t accurate.
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