To: Former Military Chick
Why did the IFF not work? That needs to be fixed. Now.
/john
2 posted on
12/11/2004 10:17:28 AM PST by
JRandomFreeper
(D@mit! I'm just a cook. Don't make me come over there and prove it!)
To: JRandomFreeper
3 posted on
12/11/2004 10:21:13 AM PST by
patton
(Changing culture is like moving a cemetary. You don't get much help from the residents.)
To: JRandomFreeper
I believe the Patriot missile is an anti missile system; they may not be fitted for IFF identification since incoming missiles do not have IFF. ID was probably based on radar profile.
This sounds like a JDAMS or JTTP problem.
4 posted on
12/11/2004 10:31:38 AM PST by
BIGLOOK
(I once opposed keelhauling but have recently come to my senses.)
To: JRandomFreeper
That's a good question. IFF was a requisite for any aircraft, ship or submarine to take part in any action. No IFF, no mission. Period.
8 posted on
12/11/2004 10:42:18 AM PST by
Doohickey
("This is a hard and dirty war, but when it's over, nothing will ever be too difficult again.”)
To: JRandomFreeper
Why did the IFF not work? That needs to be fixed. Now Might not be anything to fix. He may have had it turned off. The antenna may have been masked from the radar site. Lots of possibilities, none of which call for a "fix". Others may call for a change in procedures.
19 posted on
12/11/2004 12:26:11 PM PST by
El Gato
(Activist Judges can twist the Constitution into anything they want ... or so they think.)
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