think i read about this in a comic once( i believe it was modesty blaise, im shure youll correct me if im wrong ).
anyway, some guy used a biplane to dodge a ww2 figther, it was so slow the other pilot couldnt lock on before he was out of range

maybe this is what he ment?

mind you, the ww2 figther used a manual minigun-thingy, not one of those nifty missiles.

"Never underestimate the power of a Dark Clown!" - Darph Bobo

Edited by - bom on 12-11-2003 21:34:31

@bom, there was also the famous defence of Malta (island, not the planet) by 3 Gloster Gladiator biplanes during WW2, just 3 of these stringbags held off the German and Italian airforces. Also the German battleship Bismarck was crippled by a torpedo launched from a Fairey Swordfish biplane. Fleet Air Arm again saves the day, u can always rely on the Navy! /beams with pride!

@bob3terd, everything u write is really confusing, i'm no typist and use a lot of silly abbreviations, but your spelling and grammar are appalling, i really struggle to make sense of a lot of what you write. plus you really don't make your points well at all and your "facts" leave a lot to be desired, for example

"the iraqys dont even have an ir force"

well yes they did as a matter of fact but they were forbidden to use it in the Northern and Southern no-fly zones which were in existence since the end of the '91 Gulf War. "iraqys" is spelt Iraqis, "ir" is spelt air, and please! no smart*ass try to tell me that "spelt" is spelt "spelled" they're both correct!

also simply because an aircraft is slow and not powered by a jet engine doesn't mean it's invulnerable to missile attack, it's just as vulnerable as any other aircraft. During the late 70s there was a serious attempt to recommence production of the P-51 Mustang fighter as a low-level attack and reconnaissance aircraft; the project was canned because the aircraft would have been totally vulnerable on modern battlefields. Older aircraft might well be more maneouvrable, have less heat and radar signatures and be harder to see too, but are you really going to put money on, say, a Sopwith against an F-16, err i don't think so!

The Irish Air force does have jets, just not very new ones, and they have more than a few prop planes as well because they don't really need anything better. Also, even the most advanced airforces still have plenty of use for propellor-driven aircraft.

I'm not having a go at you, but you post this stuff without much thought to content or literacy, apparently and prob. wonder why people jump down your throat u might well be quite young but there are plenty of others who post here who are the same age as my kids and they at least make the effort to make themselves understood (except Wolf Demon who no-one understands at the best of times ) & I hope you take this in the spirit that it's meant!

Now that Taw has put in his knowledge, there's really little else to say. Don't ever mess with a fully armed, combat trained gnome!!!


Sir Spectre


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you should see my new one

SS said,

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Don't ever mess with a fully armed, combat trained gnome!!!

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I don't even want to know...

Life: No one gets out alive.

taw, forgive me for saying this, but are they your mrs and your kids?

Men are from mars, women from somewhere else

@ Anyone

From WLB:

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on tv I once saw a cruise missile actualy strike a stationary target! Not shure how the missile could lock on to it tho, as it was moving so blindingly slow

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I thought cruise missiles basically were built to hit slow moving targets. I mean, as missiles go, they are not all that fast anyway. They are more in keeping with a line of tactical/technical descent from the old V-1 buzz bombs aren't they? Do they acquire and lock on targets on the fly? I thought they were pre-set either to a immobile coordinate or to a target that already has been acquired ... I think ... in the Aegis system.

whatchoo talking 'bout ff? I can't forgive u if i don't understand what ur talking about!

are your combat gnomes your mrs and your kids?

Men are from mars, women from somewhere else

no they aren't that good looking

(btw u do know that sS was referring to me and my weapons thang?)

maby the should make a para regiment of combat gnomes

this post went for longer than i expected

Captain

@Indy & WB: cruise missiles are slow-moving and basically designed to hit hard stationary targets deep inside enemy territory. they are both nuclear and conventionally armed. yes they are descended from the V1 "doodlebug" in concept, they have preset targetting and cannot pick up new targets "on the fly" by themselves, but can be remotely reprogrammed in-flight. cleverly they possess an autonomous terrain-scanning low-level radar which allows them to compare what they're flying over with the on-board GPSS data and their onboard computer adjusts course, height, and speed appropriately.

The Tomahawk cruise missile was originally an anti-ship missile which proved a more versatile and cost-effective "cruise" option than the rival ALCM, which i believe is/was used only by the SAC bomber force. Tomahawks are still capable of the antishipping role, although their TERCOM radar ain't much use at sea, they're almost entirely under GPSS guidance.

I think some of the videos u'v seen may well be of other types of ordnance

Edited by - Tawakalna on 13-11-2003 15:35:24

@Taw & Indy - That was sarchasam (sp). In modern times it matters not how fast or slow or where you are, somthing can get you. Comforting huh?