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@GIUKwatch · 9 Feb 2026 · 06:30

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GIUK Watch @GIUKwatch · 9 Feb 2026 · 06:30

Sequence as far as we can reconstruct it:

02:40 — SEAD package off the carrier. AARGM-ER and JASSM. MAMBA battery kills four, is overwhelmed by the second salvo. Radar and generators destroyed.
03:15 — Four Typhoons scramble. Two shot down BVR by F-22s staged out of Kangerlussuaq. Both pilots ejected.
03:2x — Runway cratered. Remaining aircraft trapped on the apron.
05:45 — Air assault wave crosses the coast.

They planned this backwards from the runway.

↩ 19K ⇄ 244K
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