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From: page@cod.nosc.mil (Ward C. Page)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: need explanations of CNN video
Message-ID: <1991Feb6.025858.18506@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 6 Feb 91 02:58:58 GMT
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From: page@cod.nosc.mil (Ward C. Page)

In article <1991Feb5.035654.2926@cbnews.att.com> fiddler@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix) writes:
>
>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).

The Tomahawk can detect radar emissions and will reduce its' altitude to
avoid being detected.  If the Tomahawk in the CNN video was being shot at
with radar guided guns then this may have happened.  However, it seems more
reasonable to assume that the jinking was done by the camera and not the
Tomahawk. 8)


Ward Page
Naval Ocean Systems Center
San Diego, CA