A 'heat seaking sidewinder'?....those bobbies with likely a Lucas heater and
a little 4-banger....I hope there weren't any cows in the area!
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Palmer <rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu>
To: TigerCoupe@aol.com <TigerCoupe@aol.com>; tigers@autox.team.net
<tigers@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, November 29, 1999 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: No Tiger content - watch your speed
>Dick, Listers,
>
>Perhaps these aircraft were from the "other branch" of our military (the,
>choke, Air Force?) flying F-16s armed with HARM missiles. See, for example,
>this official US government news bulletin:
>
>F-16 fires HARM missile at Iraq radar site
>Released: Jun 30, 1998
>
>WASHINGTON (AFNS) - An Air Force F-16 pilot fired a radar-seeking missile
>at an Iraqi site Tuesday after the ground station locked on to aircraft
>patrolling the southern no-fly zone.
>The pilot, assigned to the 4404th Wing (Provisional), fired one High-Speed
>Anti-Radiation Missile at 1:30 a.m. EDT. The incident occurred near Al
>Basrah in southern Iraq. The coalition aircraft returned to their bases of
>operation without further incident.
>"This is considered an action requiring aggressive defensive measures,"
>said a spokesman for U.S. Central Command.
>The aircraft flying in support of Operation Southern Watch were from
>England, Germany and the United States. Ten of them were in the vicinity at
>the time of the incident.
>Southern Watch missions continue, including normal aircraft sorties
>throughout the no-fly zone. Coalition forces are investigating this latest
>incident and assessing battle damage.
>
>Now, I don't recall, but was that US helicopter shot down in northern Iraq
>hit with a heat seeking Sidwinder from a Navy or Air Force plane? A little
>easier to forgive in northern Iraq than northern England I would think. ;-)
>
>Bob
>
>At 12:16 PM 11/29/99 -0500, TigerCoupe@aol.com wrote:
>>In a message dated 11/29/99 2:15:29 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>>Colin.Mills@bluewin.ch writes:
>>
>> > a Sidewinder air-to-ground missile
>>
>>Colin,
>>
>>Great story, except that the Sidewinder is an air-to-air missile, not
>>air-to-ground (there are also ground-to-air versions, such as the
"Stinger").
>> It could only be used against a ground target that emitted a horrendous
>>infrared signature, such as a steam locomotive, and then only with a
limited
>>chance of success because it uses an expanding rod warhead that relies on
>>proximity to the target rather than a direct hit. And WTF is the
"automatic
>>protection system?" Never heard of such a thing.
>>
>>Not to worry. I just thought that since the engineers on this list often
>>intimidate us with all their smoke and mirrors that maybe some of us old
>>fighter pilots could get in a few licks, too.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Dick Barker
>
>Robert L. Palmer
>UCSD, Dept. of AMES
>619-822-1037 (o)
>760-599-9927 (h)
>rpalmer@ucsd.edu
>rpalmer@cts.com
>
>
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