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Been a while since I heard the phrase “pucker factor”
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start cranking to the deck to bleed the energy from the missile and make it lead right into the ground.
also:
air to ground missile = "rifle"
anti radiation missile "magnum"
bombs "pickle"
fox 1 ( semi active guidance A2A missile)
fox 2 {IR seeker missile)
fox 3 ( active radar seeker missile)
guns guns guns xP
notch ( maintain zero relative speed to the search radar to defeat the dopplar radar)
the f-14A were notorious for compressor stalls with the P&W TF30, then solved in the B models using the GE F110
on pickle... I was looking for the air to ground missile launch, and the only thing I found was an article that said 'pickle' was used for both bombs and air to ground. It comes from way back in the day of the Nordon bomb sight for some reason. A Life magazine article said it was so accurate it could drop a bomb into a pickle barrel from 20,000 ft.
Then there is this: In April 1943, the company that made them hired Madison Square Garden in New York City for one night to entertain its staff and their families – 15,000 people in total.
American traveling circus company Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, known for putting on the greatest show on earth, had quite the performance planned, as the article explains.
It said: "The circus did its part by rigging up a 'bombsight' of its own which enabled a clown to drop a wooden bomb into a pickle barrel.
"A pickle popped out.
You have to love history.
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This was great fun to read, and had me on the edge of my seat for a moment!
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"streaked past the falling aircraft; blowing up when its proximity radar
faintly sensed closeness."
Why so many movies and even otherwise realistic games like DCS World don't portray this accurately I don't know, you don't need a direct hit with a missile.
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Never did put that one to the test.
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