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From: fiddler@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: need explanations of CNN video
Message-ID: <1991Feb5.035654.2926@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 5 Feb 91 03:56:54 GMT
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From: fiddler@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)

In article <1991Feb4.071724.23309@cbnews.att.com>, web@applga.aa.cad.slb.com (William Bulley) writes:
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> From: web@applga.aa.cad.slb.com (William Bulley)
> 1.) Today CNN had ITN video of cruise missles low over Baghdad.  It looked
> 	like the missles were jinking to avoid anti-aircraft artillary.  Could
> 	they be programmed to do this once they were over the city?

Are you sure that the Tomahawk was jinking?  If the video camera was
being handheld, it would look like the missile was jumping about quite a bit
even if the cameraman was good and steady (unless he was using a Steadicam).

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