Msg ID:
2764465 |
Sidewinder info +0/-5
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Author:Dumb news watcher
2/7/2023 1:36:00 AM
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Does anyone on this site have a working knowledge of a sidewinder missle? As I understand they search a difference in light and not heat to target.
It seems poor marksmanship to see the missle impact the payload section of this ballon where all the secret stuff is and not puncture the canopy area and maybe find something left to examin. I recall being impressed watching missles being deliver through a small window on the news clear back in the desert storm days. |
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Msg ID:
2764468 |
Sidewinder info +2/-2
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Author:Virus watcher
2/7/2023 5:59:53 AM
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To puncture the baloon would allow the new virus to escape. By creating an explosion everything goes away. |
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Msg ID:
2764479 |
Sidewinder info (NT) +0/-1
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Author:try "You Tube"
2/7/2023 9:52:39 AM
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Msg ID:
2764492 |
Sidewinder info +0/-1
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Author::-)
2/7/2023 2:07:50 PM
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Depends on the variant. As far as the "marksmanship", I wouldn't worry. The warhead design of a sidewinder makes sure there was plenty of fragmentation for everyone to get a couple hundred pieces, balloon and payload alike. |
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Msg ID:
2764526 |
Sidewinder info +0/-1
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Author:bondoon
2/7/2023 9:12:19 PM
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I don't know anything about the sidewinder but you could clearly see the large piece (no idea what it is) seperate from the balloon and falling straight down. It's gonna be small pieces from hitting the water though. |
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Msg ID:
2764528 |
Sidewinder info +3/-0
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Author:Launcher
2/7/2023 9:59:23 PM
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There is no "marksmanship" in shooting an Aim-9. The seeker head locks on, you get a tone in your headset, you pull the trigger and the missile does the rest. Where it hits or detonates, depends on the fuse. On a semi-stationary target like a balloon, the missile tracked directly to the temperature differentrial it was designed to target. |
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Msg ID:
2764531 |
Sidewinder info +0/-2
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Author:Panda ex
2/7/2023 11:30:56 PM
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How convient for China that there won't be anything left of the payload to determine what that ballon was capable of, its steering ability, or its actual mission. |
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Msg ID:
2764567 |
Sidewinder info +3/-2
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Author:Wasting money
2/8/2023 11:49:10 AM
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So AFTER the spy balloon has completed it's mission the military decided to spend ~$450,000 on a missile to shoot it down.
Nothing like closing the barn door after the cows got loose. 🙄 |
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Msg ID:
2764734 |
Sidewinder info +1/-1
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Author:cheap
2/10/2023 5:00:46 AM
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Biden,Austin,and Gen. Milly ( known Communist Chinese infformant) wanted to be sure China had time to download all the data it collected. |
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Msg ID:
2765206 |
Sidewinder info +1/-0
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Author:Anonymous
2/14/2023 11:49:59 AM
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Related question: why use missiles at all, why not guns? Might result in a slower deflation and greater chance of more recoverable materials. |
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