Iranian forces downed a US F15 Strike Eagle and an A10 Thunderbolt, exposing critical vulnerabilities in the American air superiority strategy. Retired Colonel Miles Kagans explains how decentralized infantry using man-portable air defense systems bypassed radar-focused US countermeasures.

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