I don't know much about the military, so I didn't realize that aircraft flares normally spread out when they're dropped. I did realize that missiles usually shoot in front of the plane.

But I never would have caught this one.

When one of the most trusted news agencies in the world confuses dropping flares with missiles (never mind the fact that two of the flares are Photoshopped in), or accepts that a missile came out of a weapon system that simply can't fire it, you have to wonder what else they're missing. And how much of that do they not even realize they're missing because they've "gotten used to having the ... brass tell folks they shouldn't talk to" clueless reporters (Rant 2 in the list).

It's a good thing we have military blogs to get the scoop out.