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From: web@ais.org (William Bulley)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: desert storm gun sight videos
Message-ID: <1991Feb4.071619.23245@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 4 Feb 91 07:16:19 GMT
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From: web@ais.org (William Bulley)
I was fascinated by the apparent stability of the platform (F-117?) which
delivered the bombs to destroy Iraqi bridges shown on CNN last night.  I
could detect little or no relative ground motion.  Clearly the weapons
platform was travelling at a high rate of speed, but the bridge stayed in
the center of the screen -- not at all like the gun sight videos which
were shown during the very first day(s) causing near vertigo in some of
the viewing audience.  Am I overlooking something like parallax or direct
movement toward or away from the target?  I would expect some change in
magnification with the latter explanations.  Please post or mail ideas.

William Bulley   web@aa.cad.slb.com  or web@irie.ais.org