Original Message

 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.