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To: justa-hairyape

Egypt doesn’t have that piece of kit in their inventory.

Guidance is critical for that system if you hope to hit what you are aiming at, and the ballistic profile (meaning it engages in an upward flight path before coming down from above) make guidance especially important. And to disable the ballistic profile requires some pretty good knowledge of the systems electronics.

Knowledge about weapons technology, electronics, employment envelopes and guidance are key to making the Hellfire more than a simple unguided, un-aimed bottle-rocket. The video was just a simple shot that was unclear in its representation as to what it was shooting at and what, if any, guidance they were using.

No guidance = expensive and ineffective fireworks display.

Of course, you probably have much more experience with these weapons than I do so I defer to you. . .

Cheers.


92 posted on 08/06/2013 8:45:03 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: Hulka

That is not how it was fired. They probably had it mounted onto a truck bed. Parked the truck across the street of the building. Aimed it at the building. And fired. Luckily the warheads or tandem warheads did not go off otherwise the building would have been destroyed. Why do you think they are evacuating US embassies in the Middle East ? Because of a video ? If they can figure out how to set off the warhead, no building will be safe. Just my 2cents.


93 posted on 08/06/2013 8:48:31 AM PDT by justa-hairyape
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