CNN will just not let this die

"OtisWinslow" wrote in message

These are tests of aiming devices for shoulder fired missles.

At least someone's got a sense of humour about this. (I assume...)

le moo


"Sam O'Nella" wrote in message
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Did we not learn our lesson from Tylenol?

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/11/las....ap/index.html

If there's a laser related aircraft incident, I hold the news
broadcasters at least partially responsible.

No humor intended. I think some of these people doing this could
indeed be testing their ability to track aircraft with them. I'm sure
there's
some copy cats .. but the whole thing makes me a little uneasy.


"Happy Dog" wrote in message
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"OtisWinslow" wrote in message

These are tests of aiming devices for shoulder fired missles.

At least someone's got a sense of humour about this. (I assume...)

le moo

"Otis Winslow" wrote in message
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No humor intended. I think some of these people doing this could
indeed be testing their ability to track aircraft with them. I'm sure
there's
some copy cats .. but the whole thing makes me a little uneasy.

Nope. Think about it. How does the sighting device know the relative
velocity of the target? Shooting a missile at a target a mile away is
nothing like shooting a rifle at a target a couple hundred metres away.
Factor in a potential relative lateral velocity of zero to over a hundred
m/s and there's no way. I'm not a weapons expert by any means. But I
really doubt that shoulder type rocket launchers would use this type of
sighting. (Unless, like guided bombs, the missile could follow the beam.)
IIRC, SAM missiles, including portable ones, are heat-seeking. Relax.

moo