Even though the US military is significantly weaker with less ammo, WAY more bloodied in the region and in a worse position in just about every way than they were the first time, surely Iran will collapse this time

  • KobaCumTribute [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    That one’s a myth. The various mathematicians credited with it were members of the team that collected and collated the stats in the first place and there’s no record of the data being misunderstood in the manner the funny anecdote presents it. The famous diagram associated with it is also not from their report and isn’t the right kind of plane.