There was a report about a F-35 having to make an emergency landing after being hit by something over Iran.
The culprit was probably a heat seeking missile.
Heat seeking missiles have been around for a very long time and were used with great effect by the N.Vietnamese to shoot down helicopters and anything else that produced a heat plume. The missiles used to have a 30 degree cone of engagement which means the missile could lock on if fired withing 30 degrees of the aircraft rear end exhaust plume.
I know we (USA) had missiles that could lock onto a lit cigarette at a certain distance so you gotta figure the Tech is even more advanced now. That was the big selling point yet they did not work all that well coming off the rails of a Vietnam USAF F-4 . 1965 thru 1968 Vietnam 224 Aim 7 sparrow missiles were fired at Migs with only 20 hits which used to be typical for our expensive gold plated B.S. missiles and anything high tech defense related . Hey buy this now and if you fund it we will get all the bugs worked out in 5 or 10 years. By then whatever will be obsolete and the whole buying process can start all over again bugs and all.
In the mean time good people die..
The good news is the F-35 with all it's exterior cameras an sensors gave the pilot a heads up about a missile trying to crawl up his ass end.; thus he survived ..
The culprit was probably a heat seeking missile.
Heat seeking missiles have been around for a very long time and were used with great effect by the N.Vietnamese to shoot down helicopters and anything else that produced a heat plume. The missiles used to have a 30 degree cone of engagement which means the missile could lock on if fired withing 30 degrees of the aircraft rear end exhaust plume.
I know we (USA) had missiles that could lock onto a lit cigarette at a certain distance so you gotta figure the Tech is even more advanced now. That was the big selling point yet they did not work all that well coming off the rails of a Vietnam USAF F-4 . 1965 thru 1968 Vietnam 224 Aim 7 sparrow missiles were fired at Migs with only 20 hits which used to be typical for our expensive gold plated B.S. missiles and anything high tech defense related . Hey buy this now and if you fund it we will get all the bugs worked out in 5 or 10 years. By then whatever will be obsolete and the whole buying process can start all over again bugs and all.
In the mean time good people die..
The good news is the F-35 with all it's exterior cameras an sensors gave the pilot a heads up about a missile trying to crawl up his ass end.; thus he survived ..
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Silence those who disagree and you will never realize you are wrong.
No one rules if no one obeys
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” - Voltaire
