Chat is this real?
Video of a different helicopter that was hit by a small explosive and the rotors do not move.
I am very happy to be incorrect if there is firm evidence, but I think this was an actual strike. There isn’t really evidence of anything though, the entire discussion is driven by a twitter thread under an IOF video clip.
I find that very unconvincing. In the above video, there’s soil getting blasted up, way into the air, in every direction, followed by a cartoonishly circular crater with low heat/IR output (ie a crater of cold, revealed soil). There’s absolutely zero measureable wobble on the ‘target’.
Whereas the video in your link shows what you’d actually expect from hitting a target: Metal fragments scattering unequally and a few paving stones on a very low arc/skimming the ground. Plus the rotors do noticeably wobble.
That helicopter looks 3d. Also wouldnt super expensive thermal image thingies see paint different? Also i think people are saying it because the damage doesn’t look the same in thermal as it does in normal vision. Also also, there’s a shadow (or really, a cooler spot on the ground because of shadow), that’d be hard to paint for thermal.
The blades don’t appear to move an inch.
But also just as we have paints in different colours it’s feasible to have paints that reflect differing amounts of IR. However, I’m quite skeptical of this actually being the case here.
Overall I’m skeptical of the idea of the US shooting paint on the ground because it’s just too good to be true. I’d like to see something more concrete, no pun intended.
It’s probably just an AI slop video
I have also decided it’s AI slop video. It being a thermal-looking video makes the chances of paint much less, but I don’t think hitting a helicopter with an explosion would look like this. They’re doing AI slop targeting and AI slop propaganda
They’re anamorphic and painted with thermal reflective paint, supposedly
Wouldn’t be surprised, if they’re just bombing shit hoping to cripple their military, they’re definitely not scoping anything out to make sure it’s legit
If they don’t scout it out then there are fewer people accountable when they bomb children. Same in Iraq and Afghanistan, they would get a tip that someone was working with the enemy and bomb them without any verification before or after.
Unfortunately I doubt it. Where’d the video come from?
The US probably wouldn’t release such a video.
It was released by the Israelis as part of a compilation
That makes me think it might be real. AI targeting + fast propaganda production cycles + a public that doesn’t give a shit, so there’s no need to hide any incompetence or cruelty
The video was released by the IDF themselves on Twitter.
Explain, how does Iran have what appears to be the American pov? Or what am I seeing here?
The Israelis released the video of this ‘helicopter strike’ as part of a hits reel earlier in the week
