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To: Mariner; BobL

“Upgraded flares”. That’s a hoot right there, I don’t care who you are.

I take it you are ignorant of the missile seeker upgrades that reject targets that are too hot, i.e. burning magnesium, and only home in on targets that are jet engine hot i.e. burning jet fuel hot (not hot enough to melt steel according to that master structural engineer, Rosie O'Donnel).

You are probably also totally unaware that some current flares burn TNT, yes TNT, it can burn without exploding, but I bet you didn't know that either! TNT burns close to jet fuel temperatures and is therefore much harder to distinguish from a magnesium decoy.

38 posted on 07/02/2017 10:45:40 AM PDT by null and void (This is how socialists work: Erase the past, Bankrupt the present, Steal from the future.)

To: null and void

I’m not sure what that has to do with anything - all that I know is some piece of Syrian crap DEFEATED OUR NEWEST Sidewinder.

My only point is that I really wish you guys would push as hard for us to MODERNIZE our military as you push for a war against Russia.

40 posted on 07/02/2017 11:42:20 AM PDT by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')

To: null and void

We have been unable to parse out Russian flares since the 70’s.

This is nothing new.

45 posted on 07/02/2017 2:44:12 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)

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