00:00In June 2025, Iran made a bold claim, they shot down not one, but multiple Israeli F-35
00:07stealth fighters. But did they really? Iran's state media reported two F-35s destroyed during
00:14Operation Rising Lion, and even claimed they captured a pilot. The next day, they added a
00:20third F-35 to their list of kills. According to them, their home-built BAVA R-373 air defense
00:28system had defeated stealth technology, but here's the reality, there's no independent
00:33evidence, no wreckage, no pilot, no satellite proof. Israel's military denies losing any jets,
00:41and international defense experts call the claims unverified and highly questionable.
00:46Now to be fair, Iran's BAVA R-373 is modeled after the Russian S-400 and is capable of detecting
00:54stealth aircraft on paper. But detecting is one thing shooting down an F-35 is another.
01:00And so far, no F-35 has ever been confirmed lost in combat to enemy fire. So did Iran really shoot
01:08one down? Maybe, but without hard proof, it remains just a claim likely for internal morale
01:15and psychological warfare. For now, the F-35E's combat record is still intact, and the mystery continues.
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