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To: Poohbah
Too close, and any hit is just plain dumb luck.

Too close and you just point the weapon at the target.

42 posted on 11/18/2003 4:04:16 PM PST by cinFLA
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To: cinFLA
Too close and you just point the weapon at the target.

And it will almost certainly miss. SACLOS ATGMs have a pI (probability of on-target impact) of about 0.05 inside their minimum range.

43 posted on 11/18/2003 4:11:05 PM PST by Poohbah ("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Major Vic Deakins, USAF)
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