tw wrote in message
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Finally, why make the call at all? It seems redundant - the chap being
fired
at will know soon enough, and it isn't really anyone else's concern is
it?
(or if it is, there isn't much they can do about it)

Just wondering...


As a civilian I would guess that since fighters that launch missiles
rarely travel alone, it is valuable to alert friendly aircraft nearby
that the streak they may see is your weapon and not an opponent's weapon
nobody else noticed.

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Scott
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"If Gen. Boykin had been caught giving talks to NAMBLA instead of church
groups, Democrats would be hailing him as a patriot for exercising his
First Amendment rights." Ann Coulter
http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2003/102203.htm