[VaBthang4]

No Anti-Missile technology involved here...

At first glance: The dimwitted Terrorists were too close for their Missiles to aquire the heat source [if they were indeed heat seeking] after they launched.

More Arab incompetence/Grace of God keeps Israelis safe.

[Cold Heat]

More Arab incompetence/Grace of God keeps Israelis safe.

Like the Keystone Cop's!

I have vivid memories of the old black and white short movies.

[Rockitz]

The dimwitted Terrorists were too close for their Missiles to aquire the heat source...

That was my thought when I heard this report.

[toddst]

At first glance: The dimwitted Terrorists were too close for their Missiles to aquire the heat source [if they were indeed heat seeking] after they launched.

More Arab incompetence/Grace of God keeps Israelis safe.

10-4 on dimwitted and inadequate preparation. No training with the weapons IMO. However, they may be better prepared the next time (there will be another try.)

[Wright is right!]

"At first glance: The dimwitted Terrorists were too close for their Missiles to aquire the heat source [if they were indeed heat seeking] after they launched."

This is almost certainly the case. What is NOT in the news reports is also what's missing after we see shots of Saddam firing his guns into the air :

Where Does This Stuff Come DOWN??

Every bullet fired into the air comes down somewhere and hits some THING. These missiles may have missed the aircraft but they HAD to have hit SOMETHING - SOME heat source, maybe, or just whatever was beneath them when their fuel was expended. Where's the report on THAT?

Michael

[AndrewC]

The dimwitted Terrorists were too close for their Missiles to aquire the heat source [if they were indeed heat seeking] after they launched.

They got the lock-on growl when they aimed the missle at a big round bright yellow thing and launched.

[AndrewC]

On another topic, just heard on the news that Osama just "got dead again". The latest tape is a fake, at least the reviewers are 95% sure of it.

[Squantos]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/797885/posts?page=21#21

Stay Safe !

[wingnuts'nbolts]

AHHH, the expert!

[archy]

The dimwitted Terrorists were too close for their Missiles to acquire the heat source [if they were indeed heat seeking] after they launched.

And, of course, if they weren't heat-seekers but rather signals emission-seeking warheads after the aircraft's radar altimeter or transponders, the proper countermeasures would be not flares, but chaff dispensers.

And not all chaff is of the early *aluminum foil* strip type any more....

-archy-/-