Expert flags detail that 'changes the entire situation' in Iran's strike on US helicopter

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By Nicole Charky-Chami
Published June 9, 2026 3:58 PM ET

A military expert on Tuesday revealed new details emerging after Iran struck a United States Apache helicopter and how it "changes the entire situation" involving the ongoing conflict.

After reports that a Shahed drone struck the helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz, and it was unclear whether the drone had initially targeted the Apache or if it was an inadvertent strike, Col. Peter Mansoor told CNN that it could change the response.

"I really think that changes the entire situation because Shahed drones are not air-to-air drones," Mansoor said. "It could have been just an accident that the drone was aimed at something else and ran into the Apache, you know, by chance. But, if it was actually aimed at the helicopter, this would be a new use for this particular type of drone, which is really an air-to-surface, guided cruise missile rather than an air-to-air missile like Ukraine has developed."

https://www.rawstory.com/iran-war-2677018608/

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1. recently a helicopter downd a passenger jet in DC but we didnt launch air strikes in retaliation

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2. Translation: the M-I-C doesn't want to admit

that a low-cost drone can take down a $35,000,000 Apache. They would rather cover up the story than risk the possibility that the Pentagon will wake up and realize we have been building all the wrong kinds of weapons for the past 50 years.

Boeing gets $5 BILLION from the Pentagon for Apaches, plus lots more from other countries that have bought the Apache. The marketing people are prevailing here. "Just say it was a fluke accident. Nothing to see here."