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So they shot down a passenger jet- does it even resemble a military plane? ** -- bigbadbird 01/09/2020 12:29PM This, Iran Air 665, Malaysia airline 17 are the most recent examples of -- vt_mughal 01/09/2020 3:18PM Like when New Jersey shot down the Hindenburg? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 01/09/2020 5:24PM Interesting video found via Twitter -- B777Fr8Dog 01/09/2020 3:03PM Wonder if the Russians will use that in their next sales brochure? -- EDGEMAN 01/09/2020 3:12PM Roughly 170 lives lost and it becomes the puncline of a joke. Classy move. ** -- vt_mughal 01/09/2020 3:24PM This advances some people’s favorite politician so a few lost lives are -- CPRVHokie 01/09/2020 5:14PM ^^^TDS^^^ ** -- PhotoHokieNC 01/09/2020 5:22PM You, too? ** -- CPRVHokie 01/09/2020 7:30PM Gallows humor. Look it up. ** -- EDGEMAN 01/09/2020 3:26PM Actually yes, if you remember not all military aircraft are fighter jets. ** -- Hokie Bird 94 01/09/2020 2:54PM Computers all it needs to do is trip threat & engagement criteria. Man -- ColoVT82 01/09/2020 2:43PM The Tor missile system has its own radar system, I’m not sure if it can -- B777Fr8Dog 01/09/2020 1:08PM Please keep in mind that in 1 night we can.... -- Rodman6565 01/09/2020 1:51PM I really don't think we want to destroy their infrastructure -- EDGEMAN 01/09/2020 2:17PM Its called deterrence strategy ** -- Rodman6565 01/09/2020 2:54PM Their triple-digit SAMs and hardened military infrastructure -- Hokie Bird 94 01/09/2020 3:00PM Do you believe they would like to confront us? ** -- Rodman6565 01/09/2020 3:07PM Their goal is not to confront us -- HokieAl 01/09/2020 3:37PM Er, what? -- `lag 01/09/2020 4:45PM Did they? Who knows -- HokieAl 01/09/2020 4:57PM I get it, I like crazy what ifs -- `lag 01/09/2020 11:00PM You make a lot of good points and the thought had crossed my mind -- BTHokie 01/09/2020 8:35PM Their goal is elimination of every human on the planet that does not -- fordham 01/09/2020 4:06PM Lol ** -- Gobbler-100 01/09/2020 10:36PM Is that the goal of the average citizen though? I have to think in most -- AbsolutVT03 01/09/2020 4:30PM Of course not but as we have seen in Iran if you disagree with what the -- fordham 01/10/2020 11:00AM Not really. Their leaders want power and money -- HokieAl 01/09/2020 4:22PM If he had not been responsible.... -- Rodman6565 01/09/2020 3:46PM Not really. I also don't fantasize it being a blood-free US victory either. -- Hokie Bird 94 01/09/2020 3:10PM Of course not because it would be .... -- Rodman6565 01/09/2020 3:16PM If they launch one ICBM, they're dead -- EDGEMAN 01/09/2020 3:14PM Since they don't have ICBMs, that works ** -- Hokie Bird 94 01/09/2020 3:19PM Ummm, they have put several satellites into orbit...yes? ** -- ColoVT82 01/09/2020 3:33PM The 'Safir' and 'Simorgh' are not well-suited for ICBM application -- Hokie Bird 94 01/09/2020 3:41PM Au contraire. They can get here. The issue is with what and accuracy. -- ColoVT82 01/09/2020 5:49PM Do some research, then come back. -- Hokie Bird 94 01/09/2020 7:07PM Sorry. It can -- ColoVT82 01/09/2020 8:47PM Link, since you couldn't be bothered. -- Hokie Bird 94 01/10/2020 06:11AM Suboptimal for use does not equal not able to do job ** -- ColoVT82 01/11/2020 10:32PM And another -- Hokie Bird 94 01/10/2020 06:12AM One from NASIC -- Hokie Bird 94 01/10/2020 06:13AM I hope you actually read the icbm section. Btw, im quite familiar with all ** -- ColoVT82 01/11/2020 10:36PM Good; then you know you're being silly. -- Hokie Bird 94 01/12/2020 06:27AM We have no need to go nuclear with this regime ** -- Rodman6565 01/09/2020 3:18PM Not talking about a nuclear response. -- EDGEMAN 01/09/2020 3:23PM Not if we take them out in the initial engagement :) ** -- Rodman6565 01/09/2020 3:25PM The supreme leader - dead. Quds force - wiped from the face of the earth! -- EDGEMAN 01/09/2020 3:30PM Yeah, Scud-hunting hasn't really gotten better in the intervening years. ** -- Hokie Bird 94 01/09/2020 4:02PM That's why you 1st wipe out the leadership. -- EDGEMAN 01/09/2020 4:06PM "And my men are excellent marksmen!" ** -- TomTurkey 01/09/2020 4:23PM Glad you're not on the Joint Staff -- Hokie Bird 94 01/09/2020 4:07PM Thank you making my point Hokie! ** -- Rodman6565 01/09/2020 3:33PM Was it late because the Iranians shut down Tehran airport during attack? ** -- Hokie360 01/09/2020 1:46PM They may have shut down certain airspace for the Fataeh 110s to transit ** -- ColoVT82 01/09/2020 2:45PM Not sure, I haven’t seen a reason reported yet. ** -- B777Fr8Dog 01/09/2020 2:22PM I would expect the system to have "interrogate transponders" -- `lag 01/09/2020 2:30PM IFF ** -- MAHokie69 01/09/2020 3:52PM I’m long past my Soviet/Russian equipment threat knowledge days, 😳** -- B777Fr8Dog 01/09/2020 2:47PM I'm not claiming to be an expert, I've seen the powerpoint slides... -- `lag 01/09/2020 2:50PM I’ve seen all that too, bu they have to be in communication, so, who knows ** -- B777Fr8Dog 01/09/2020 2:55PM Oh yeah, and there are people errors... -- `lag 01/09/2020 3:00PM Could be... -- `lag 01/09/2020 2:18PM Nobody ever said they were brilliant people ** -- fordham 01/09/2020 12:46PM Sounds like many passengers were Iranian students heading to university in -- RoswellGAHokie 01/09/2020 12:38PM Let’s see who fills the streets and “why” now.** -- PhotoHokieNC 01/09/2020 1:07PM That is a good point I hadn't considered. ** -- Fatman 01/09/2020 1:05PM Their gov't will spin it to pin the blame on someone else. ** -- vtturkey01 01/09/2020 12:45PM They won’t buy it. I bet many of the families are sophisticated and have -- RoswellGAHokie 01/09/2020 12:56PM Positive thinking... ** -- vtturkey01 01/09/2020 1:07PM Isn't just a dot on a radar scope? -- Hokie360 01/09/2020 12:35PM Sort of.. a "track" with velocity, accel, alt, time and position info. ** -- ColoVT82 01/09/2020 2:57PM "Fog of War" - We made the same mistake there in '88 with the USS Vincennes -- BB Hokie 01/09/2020 12:32PM That link isn't 100% correct -- EDGEMAN 01/09/2020 12:43PM So it’s your position that the Iranian government sacrificed 60+ children -- SDHokie 01/09/2020 7:06PM Well, it's a wiki link, so I'm sure it's not 100% correct. But we did try -- BB Hokie 01/09/2020 1:06PM
01/09/2020 2:12PM I was a DOD contractor at the time -- VaTechie 01/09/2020 1:15PM I knew the capt. And know the aegis weapon system pretty good... ** -- ColoVT82 01/09/2020 2:46PM Specifically an F14 descending, not an A300 ascending ** -- typed by ben 01/09/2020 2:47PM Good information there! me and colleagues had a deep discussion -- TurboHokie 01/09/2020 2:22PM It was not. Computer programs did what they were designed to do ** -- ColoVT82 01/09/2020 2:47PM Funny, I think at the time I saw 60 minutes or someone else -- VaTechie 01/09/2020 2:42PM Not a good use of a Tomahawk! -- EDGEMAN 01/09/2020 3:22PM At that time the Tomahawk and Harpoons were it as far as Navy surface to -- 81_Hokie 01/09/2020 6:17PM You are a Navy guy, so we are talking 35 years ago -- VaTechie 01/09/2020 3:34PM Russians did it in '83 (link) -- Hokie360 01/09/2020 12:37PM I was kinda wondering about that, Russians and Ukranians have been .... -- `lag 01/09/2020 1:59PM Especially when you have a lot of -- Femoyer Hokie 01/09/2020 12:36PM Nothing to see here....(deleted original)** -- Vtskier1 01/09/2020 1:37PM The rave new fave replacement for “boots on the ground”. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 01/09/2020 1:09PM That isn't new. Proxies were used by the US & USSR during the cold war. ** -- Atlee Hokie 01/09/2020 2:41PM My point was how new it is to an annoying multitude -- PhotoHokieNC 01/09/2020 3:52PM True that ** -- Atlee Hokie 01/09/2020 4:25PM Wonder if the US would be considered proxies to France during Revolution -- Hokie360 01/09/2020 2:58PM Not really proxies, more like allies. ** -- EDGEMAN 01/09/2020 3:24PMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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