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To: wolficatZ

The "film" looks like IR, and was probably taken at night. The enemy probably thought they were moving under cover of darkness. I'll take that over colour film any day (or night) of the week.


82 posted on 07/14/2004 9:52:54 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ArrogantBustard
"The "film" looks like IR, and was probably taken at night.."
 
I am well aware of that, fella, but thanks all the same for your valuable insight; they did a great job.
 

96 posted on 07/14/2004 10:08:55 PM PDT by wolficatZ (__><)))*>__\0/___/|___Flipper to the rescue!__)
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To: ArrogantBustard
The "film" looks like IR,

It was obviously taken through the targeting FLIR. Just before the bomb hits you see the image "rotate". This is because the bomb lags behind the aircraft, and thus the aircraft overflys, or at least reachs point of closest approach, before the bomb gets there. That "rotating" is the turrent on the FLIR pod tracking through "down". If it didn't rotate, the image wouild be "upside down, when looking backwards. The targeting pod was probably a LANTIRN pod, but if the F-16 was Reserve or Guard, it could have been a LITENING pod. LITENING is a design by Rafel of Israel, although built here by Northop-Gruman I sort of hope it was a LITENING pod. LANTIRN is by LockMart (And Raytheon(formerly Texas Instruments). I worked on the LANTIRN program for several years, but not on the Targeting Pod.

231 posted on 07/23/2004 6:49:48 PM PDT by El Gato (Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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