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EX500rider

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2. The video should say this is what we think happened because the military hasn't announced how

Reply to IronLionZion (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2026, 10:30 AM

16 hrs ago

And also when the F-35 opens its bomb bay doors to deploy ordinance it loses a lot of it's stealth characteristics and it is possible for a brief missile lock at that time

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