A US jet destroyed a Russian-made T-72 battle tank in 'self-defense' in Syria

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20. They have modernized versions of the T-72 that have been produced well after the early 70's.

The wording of this headline is a bit silly, though. Stupid media trying to make things sound "exciting"

Although, the wording isn't much different than what we see when US origin tanks in other militaries are destroyed or blow up a school on accident. Take for example the Saudi Abrams that was blown up with an anti-tank missile a ways back.

example: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201508311026381040-fagot-abrams-missile/