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Was it a confirmed direct hit? Might have been that the Apache was on drone defense duty and the Shahed shrapnel after interception got an lucky/unlucky hit - that's actually much more likely than succeeding in hitting an Apache with an Shahed on purpose. Shaheds are pretty bad at hitting fast moving targets - they mainly get preprogrammed paths to follow. There are remote control variants in Russia to enable live tracking of faster targets, but even then an Apache has a huge maneuverability advantage, and Shaheds are slow in comparison to most anti-air missiles.
Its an even worse look for the US if shrapnel was enough to down the thing...
Iran will just build catapults to throw rocks at their helis from now on if thats enough lmao
Trebuchets maybe
No it's not. Nothing is invincible. Doesn't matter how much armour you put on a helicopter or a jet, there will be weak spots (rotors, intakes, etc).
Loosing a single helicopter in a fluke is not a bad look. If it happens frequently that's a different story.