Did Iran just shoot down the RAAF?

April 14, 2026

Iran has just furnished Australia with the strongest possible reason for severing military ties with the US, and never again fighting in their murderous wars or buying their obsolete gear. According to US Col. Douglas Macgregor, and others, the F-35 fighters flown by Israel and their weapon systems have been disabled by Iranian electronic warfare systems that deceive or jam the GPS systems used to navigate and control them. See https://youtu.be/tWZD6h-QRDI This renders the state-of-the-art $200bn warplane bought by Australia (and 18 other countries) redundant. Along with any other kit steered by GPS, like nuclear submarines, for example. Added to this, Americans themselves can disable our F-35 fleet at the flick of a switch. This leaves Australia stranded with obsolete technology unable to defend itself against anyone without US permission. Just another ‘Gulf State’ pawn in America’s endless powergame, endorsed by our sycophantic politicians. If Albo had any cojones, he would write a letter of thanks to the Iranian Government for letting us know where we stand. But he won’t. In true Trumpian style he and the defence department will double down and pretend it isn’t happening.