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In article ReKyb.274644$ao4.944301@attbi_s51,
"John R Weiss" wrote: "s.p.i." wrote... Check these out... http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?location=Baghdad%20Int'l%20-%20ORBS VERY interesting! A lot more damage than was apparent in the long-distance photo, but all concentrated on the outboard wing. However, there were no good shots of the rest of the underside of the airplane. I think it *did* hit from above the wing. WIth the flight path we saw in the videos, it probably came in from the side, aiming at that outboard engine, and the tip of the wing got in the way. -- cirby at cfl.rr.com Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations. Slam on brakes accordingly. |
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"Chad Irby" wrote...
I think it *did* hit from above the wing. WIth the flight path we saw in the videos, it probably came in from the side, aiming at that outboard engine, and the tip of the wing got in the way. I didn't see the videos. Your scenario is plausible in a couple variations. However, it is also possible that the missile came from low and to the left (more likely from a close-range shot), tracking on the engine plume, and fuzed on the wing. The frag pattern could have been radial from the missile trajectory, missing everything on the airplane except the aft portion of the wing (though I would also expect some hits on the belly or horizontal stab, which I could not see in any of the pix). The remains of the missile body could have missed the airplane completely. |
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"John R Weiss" wrote in message news:tgMyb.379099$HS4.3124969@attbi_s01... "Chad Irby" wrote... I think it *did* hit from above the wing. WIth the flight path we saw in the videos, it probably came in from the side, aiming at that outboard engine, and the tip of the wing got in the way. I didn't see the videos. Your scenario is plausible in a couple variations. However, it is also possible that the missile came from low and to the left (more likely from a close-range shot), tracking on the engine plume, and fuzed on the wing. The frag pattern could have been radial from the missile trajectory, missing everything on the airplane except the aft portion of the wing (though I would also expect some hits on the belly or horizontal stab, which I could not see in any of the pix). The remains of the missile body could have missed the airplane completely. Is the SA-7 an extended rod warhead? |
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote...
Is the SA-7 an extended rod warhead? Don't recall. Also, don't know what kind of missile hit the DHL airplane... |
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Tarver Engineering wrote:
Is the SA-7 an extended rod warhead? I've never seen anything that didn't claim it was HE blast-frag. -- Andrew Chaplin SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO (If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.) |
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