
The Random Image Thread (keeping it PG-13 at the worst)
Kirk wrote: Its fun to look at, which was probably the whole intent of the display.
Slowing down like that and presenting a broadside target during a dogfight would not be good.
I imagine being chased, so you do that, enemy passes under you, and you fire your missiles. Well, it'd be great in a movie. Probably when they decided to remake Top Gun.
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Einar Runar Sigurdsson making coffee in ice cave in Vatnajokull in southeast Iceland.
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Einar Runar Sigurdsson making coffee in ice cave in Vatnajokull in southeast Iceland.
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Eww but I might have to sit next to someone with cooties.
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ukimalefu wrote:Kirk wrote: Its fun to look at, which was probably the whole intent of the display.
Slowing down like that and presenting a broadside target during a dogfight would not be good.
I imagine being chased, so you do that, enemy passes under you, and you fire your missiles. Well, it'd be great in a movie. Probably when they decided to remake Top Gun.
Are engagements usually over the horizon yet?
Most modern aircraft weapon systems can be fired long before the target is visible to the pilot. Dog-fighting is a hold over from the days when you had to be close to get a weapons lock, and while it may be "fun" for the pilots, largely unnecessary.
I'm sure there are still situations where close air combat is an issue, but we haven't been in a shooting war against a nation capable of keeping up in a while.
I'm sure there are still situations where close air combat is an issue, but we haven't been in a shooting war against a nation capable of keeping up in a while.
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