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"Kevin Brooks" writes: "Mike" wrote in message om... System Failure Is Blamed In U.S. Downing Of British Jet The plane, hit near the Iraq-Kuwait border last year, could not identify itself as friendly, a report says. By Associated Press LONDON -- A British military jet shot down by a U.S. missile during the Iraq war was hit after a failure of the electronic system designed to identify it as a friendly aircraft, the government said Friday. Ouch! ISTR a few Brits around here were quite convinced that the Patriot was the real culprit in this case, and were rather indignant at the idea of having to wait until the investigations were completed to get the complete story. Does crow taste better roasted, or fried? What I find intersting is that the Tornado Pilot had now way to know whether or not the IFF systems were working. You can't very well go to the "I'm really a friendly but my Transponder's busted" procedure if you don't know if its not working. It's kind of ironic, considering teh British preoccupation with safe lanes through the SAMS & AAA for busted aircraft over the FRG back in the 1980s when Imminent Nuclear Destruction was something real. -- Pete Stickney A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. -- Daniel Webster |
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Peter Stickney wrote:
What I find intersting is that the Tornado Pilot had now way to know whether or not the IFF systems were working. The IFF malfunction experienced by the GR.1 (based on what I've seen of the reports so far) would have had the same tragic results in every U.S. airframe as well. I really don't feel comfortable treading into the specifics, but needless to say this could have happened to any aircraft experiencing this same malfunction. BUFDRVR "Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips everyone on Bear Creek" |
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![]() "Peter Stickney" wrote in message ... In article , "Kevin Brooks" writes: "Mike" wrote in message om... System Failure Is Blamed In U.S. Downing Of British Jet The plane, hit near the Iraq-Kuwait border last year, could not identify itself as friendly, a report says. By Associated Press LONDON -- A British military jet shot down by a U.S. missile during the Iraq war was hit after a failure of the electronic system designed to identify it as a friendly aircraft, the government said Friday. Ouch! ISTR a few Brits around here were quite convinced that the Patriot was the real culprit in this case, and were rather indignant at the idea of having to wait until the investigations were completed to get the complete story. Does crow taste better roasted, or fried? What I find intersting is that the Tornado Pilot had now way to know whether or not the IFF systems were working. You can't very well go to the "I'm really a friendly but my Transponder's busted" procedure if you don't know if its not working. It's kind of ironic, considering teh British preoccupation with safe lanes through the SAMS & AAA for busted aircraft over the FRG back in the 1980s when Imminent Nuclear Destruction was something real. Yes and no. A total out and the aircrew would know. A mode failure and they would have to check in more detail. The basic level 1 was working they think but not level 5. -- ExpatEgghead http://expategghead.blogspot.com |
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