A downed U.S. pilot described flying into something he could only call "alien shit"... That image stuck with me through my whole conversation with Malcolm Nance. The story: an American F-15 pilot, shot down over Iran, had a long ride under his parachute to watch what hit him. What... he saw, per the intel debrief, was hundreds of Iranian drones holding a pattern in the sky. Big ones up high, smaller ones below, staggered across a known flight corridor. An aerial minefield Malcolm, who has actually run drone units in Ukraine, lit up at it. He says the Iranians took the same cheap tech behind those choreographed drone light shows you see over the UAE, strapped explosives to each one, and turned a fireworks display into a wall of hovering shrapnel. Fly through it and you "FOD" your engines, the same way a bird strike downed that jet over the Hudson. His real warning is what it means next. America has spent decades and billions chasing drone-swarm tech, and a teenager in the IRGC may have just fielded a working version for pennies. There's no clean defense. And the same trick that wrecked 40 Russian bombers in Ukraine's truck operation could, he argues, be smuggled into Gulf waters and turned loose. Malcolm Nanceshow more

If Malcolm Nance cant see the political extreme on the left too, he’s either a partisan hack or fucking retarded. It’s unfair to call all of MAGA poor & dumb. He’s apparently too insular & obtuse to appreciate its guys like him that keep guaranteeing the Democrats keep losing major elections. Trump wouldn’t have any oxygen if they’d do their jobs. Instead of working men & women the Dems are too focused on energy bans, gender roles & pronouns, open borders, deep state corruption, Defund Police, cashless bail for murderers & rapists, and a host of other insanities. 90/10 (against) issues for Americans At least be intellectual honest, Malcolm. Good grief

This was hard to listen to, the whole interview. Nice job keeping your composure. This guy sounds like much more of a nut job than the people he condemns. His identity politics oozed from every pore.

A US fighter jet pilot rescued by special forces after being shot down over Iran in April described a shocking sight before ejecting from his aircraft: multiple Iranian drones hovering in the air, moving as one, in a formation that resembled a jellyfish, according to four sources familiar with the matter. The account, which has not been previously reported, was shared by the F-15 pilot with intelligence officials during a debriefing after the incident. It immediately set off a firestorm of debate within the US intelligence community that has yet to be resolved. If the airman really saw what he described — a formation moving in unison — it would be an alarming advance in Iranian drone capabilities. 0:00​ Downed US pilot: Iranian drones swarmed like 'jellyfish' 0:31​ CNN's Zachary Cohen with more details on what pilot reported 1:45​ Did the pilot actually see what he described? 2:52​ CNN military analyst retired USAF Col. Cedric Leighton on what US intelligence wants to know 7:12​ CNN commentator Sabrina Singh on how this would change US understanding of Iranian tactics Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: #IranWar​ #Drones​ #News

every pilot who sees "alien shit" over a warzone is looking at someone's classified drone program. they just don't know whose.

He matter-of-factly states that Trump, Republicans, and the like are EXTREMIST and 'LEAST COMMON DENOMINATOR'. He interprets the world for us...Thanks very much, but I'll pass on his "Radicalism and extremism." It is the LEFT that has wrought so much violence.

Honestly there’s no clean defense

ukraine tested jellyfish swarms with fpv mods last year

Malcolm Nance's scout-sniper story there at the end is supreme bullshit. Good grief, this man is exhausting.

Iran had drone tech nobody knew about, shot down an F-15, and still lost both pilots to a Trump-ordered rescue mission deep in enemy territory. When was the last time that happened under Biden? @realDonaldTrump

Iran turning AliExpress light shows into F-15 kill zones for pocket change while we blow billions on ‘next-gen’ swarms that still can’t beat hobby drones. Asymmetric warfare isn’t coming it’s already parked in the sky waiting for the next trillion-dollar jet

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The most unsettling part of Malcolm Nance's analysis is not that Iran built a drone swarm for pennies while America spent billions trying to do the same thing but that the defense against it does not exist yet and every military planner who reads that debrief knows the next war just got fundamentally cheaper and more terrifying for everyone involved.

US is responsible for the closure of Strait of Hormuz; US must pay the #PGSA toll / fee for all Oil importing nations;

No He said it was alien because it wasnt really Drones dude.... He saw real jelly fish ufo just like what jeremy corbell has leaked that is in the middle east in the same area

The gap between what the public knows and what pilots experience in real combat is massive

That pilot had way too much time to think on the way down and I respect that he still couldnt put words to it

What's alien shit @grok

Anduril has defensive systems against drones.

See something completely unfamiliar, you have seconds to report it. 'Alien' beats 'I don't know.' That's not a UFO, it's human perception under pressure.

China has even better, crazier, scarier than that.

What doesn’t he know? Nothing!

Cool

The ultimate definition of asymmetric warfare. We spent decades and billions perfecting $100M fighter jets, and the countermeasure turns out to be a rigged light show armed with C4. The "aerial minefield" concept is terrifyingly simple—how do you even clear that with conventional anti-air systems without bankrupting yourself? If this cheap drone swarm tactic scales globally, traditional air supremacy doctrine is going to need a massive rewrite.

Malcolm is the best but had a little too much coffee today.