Did Iran Really Shoot Down Israeli F-35 Jets? | Bavar-373 vs Stealth Reality Check - video Dailymotion

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In June 2025, Iran claimed it had shot down multiple Israeli F-35 stealth fighters using its Bavar-373 air defense system. They even reported capturing a pilot. But is it true? In this video, we investigate the facts, the denials from Israel, and what defense experts say about this shocking claim. Is it real... or just psychological warfare?

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00:00In June 2025, Iran made a bold claim, they shot down not one, but multiple Israeli F-35

00:07stealth fighters. But did they really? Iran's state media reported two F-35s destroyed during

00:14Operation Rising Lion, and even claimed they captured a pilot. The next day, they added a

00:20third F-35 to their list of kills. According to them, their home-built BAVA R-373 air defense

00:28system had defeated stealth technology, but here's the reality, there's no independent

00:33evidence, no wreckage, no pilot, no satellite proof. Israel's military denies losing any jets,

00:41and international defense experts call the claims unverified and highly questionable.

00:46Now to be fair, Iran's BAVA R-373 is modeled after the Russian S-400 and is capable of detecting

00:54stealth aircraft on paper. But detecting is one thing shooting down an F-35 is another.

01:00And so far, no F-35 has ever been confirmed lost in combat to enemy fire. So did Iran really shoot

01:08one down? Maybe, but without hard proof, it remains just a claim likely for internal morale

01:15and psychological warfare. For now, the F-35E's combat record is still intact, and the mystery continues.

Did Iran Really Shoot Down Israeli F-35 Jets? | Bavar-373 vs Stealth Reality Check

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