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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
Subject: Re: Side arms for Fly boys.
Organization: The U. of MD, CP, CAD lab
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 90 05:30:16 GMT
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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
In article <1990Oct29.033204.10576@cbnews.att.com>, shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) writes:

>   carried them.  In case of a forced landing, one or two shots into the
>   fuel tank produced a nice raging inferno.  I imagine that one or two
>   shots into electronics would be effective as well.
>
>You don't make forced landings in modern fighters; you eject.  The
>impact will destroy any electronics.

Uh, what happened when Gary Power's U-2 was shot down over Mother Russia? I
thought there were enough embarassing parts left from the 70,000 drop, despite
the CIA's belief that anything which was shot/blown to pieces at that altitude
would break up into generic metal once it hit the ground. Intel data? I
dunno...