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To: Spktyr

All it takes is one lucky hit on jetliner.


15 posted on 07/31/2012 11:02:11 PM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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To: rmlew

Has to be a really lucky hit. They have something like maybe a 1 in 10 chance of actually hitting anything to start with and it turns out a modern jetliner is something the seeker head doesn’t see real well. Especially with the relatively cool exhaust of their high-bypass turbofans. In 2002, someone flipped 2 Strelas at a passing 757. Neither got close to the plane. There have been several other attempts on jetliners with the SA-7/Strela, and none have been successful in over a decade, including several reported mass firings.


16 posted on 07/31/2012 11:14:04 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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