Afghan militants shot down an American plane by the Soviet air defense system.

The US Air Force plane destroyed over the territory of Afghanistan a few days ago was shot down by the Soviet air defense system. It is a modernized version of the Soviet short-range complex, which was transferred to the Taliban by the Iranian military.

According to some reports, we are talking about the use of a modernized version of the Soviet air defense system "3rd Khordad" (analogue of the Buk-M3 air defense system). This fact indicates that the US Air Force plane was shot down at an altitude beyond the range of MANPADS - about 12 kilometers.

“A source in the IRGC claims that Tehran has provided the Taliban with surface-to-air missiles and provided them with intelligence information to destroy a small US military aircraft. The source confirms that the plane that was shot down belongs to the Reconnaissance Command, whose role is to coordinate operations between the Air Force and reconnaissance agents on the ground, and belongs to the 430th US Air Force. The aircraft is confirmed to be in Afghanistan, but US Operations Command used it to carry out an operation in Baghdad as it flew over Iraqi airspace, protected by 4 F-15 aircraft. ", - informs "IntelSky".

At the moment, Washington completely refutes the fact that the plane was shot down by the Taliban, claiming that the latter fell from a great height. However, this fact is refuted by damage to the fuselage of the aircraft, as well as the dispersion of its debris over a long distance.