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Maybe that was the point? They checked how easy it was to be detected by an anti aircraft missile?
Expensive way to check.
Those orcs waste so many resources on dumb stuff, so many... It somehow became their signature move in the 21st century.
I think you might be conflating with this story.
The F-14 was testing the missile launch system, and the engineers failed to consider all the factors of the test missile and the system, causing it to not successfully clear the aircraft on launch, damaging the aircraft. Not really shooting itself down, or a failure of the F-14 design.
But to your real point, yeah, shit happens.
I'm almost 50, and this hits hard. So many things from my youth have blended together. Almost nothing from before I was 10 now.
That is one thing I do like about the phone in my pocket. I have a constant stream of photos now, of mine and my family's life. It's not just a random photo of a birthday here or there that survives, but an almost living journal.
Sorry, don't mean to be down, but back to the original story...
I actually didn't remember about the F-14 and the Sparrow missile and thought you were just thinking of the aircraft that ran into its own bullets. I wrote my reply that way and thought, maybe I should actually do some research because maybe I don't have the best memory, lol.
So you helped me remember too.
Why would they do that over Ukraine?
If the Russian missile fails, it will automatically be tested against western radars and anti-aircraft missiles.
I suspect they shot it down because they lost control and it was heading towards Ukrainian airspace