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The F-35 was also hit during one of its mission sorties.

To properly analyze this incident, you need to understand that there are two distinct

types of missiles.

Radar-guided and heat-seeking.

The F-35 was designed to be practically invisible to long-range radar, but it wasn't built

to completely hide from heat-seeking missiles.

So how exactly did Iran Missile manage to bypass the stealth technology of the US F-35?

Well the secret lies in a major vulnerability that is its heat signature.

Instead of using radar, modern air defense networks utilize inferred search and track

systems.

The answer is this short-range heat-seeking missile like this one.

These passive sensors scan the skies for any heat anomalies.

But what is Iran's secret weapon?

We believe it's the 358 anti-aircraft missile, or the SA-67.

The 358 is a unique hybrid between a loitering munition or kamikaze drone and a surface-to-air

missile.

But how does it work?

It flies at slower subsonic speeds and can loiter in a designated airspace in a figure-eight

pattern until its optical and inferred sensors detect a target.

If a 385 missile or a more advanced, high-speed indigenous IR-guided surface-to-air missile

was guided by a ground-based IRST network, it could engage the F-35 entirely within the

inferred spectrum, bypassing the jet's radar aviation capabilities and challenging the

long-held doctrine that fifth-generation fighters can operate with total impunity in

contested airspace, highlighting the evolving threat of inferred detection.