Path: news.nzbot.com!not-for-mail
From: Stormin' Norman <norman@schwarzkopf.in.memorium>
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
Subject: Re: Chaff...ya...they still use the stuff...read about the lastest
Message-ID: <26u41ep1ml9b3h7smf0g0ms8vjnae3r61t@4ax.com>
References: <puq21u0p6d@drn.newsguy.com> <pus76206mg@news1.newsguy.com> <pusef0013o5@drn.newsguy.com>
User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Lines: 28
X-Complaints-To: DMCA@thecubenet.com
NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 15:56:13 UTC
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 07:56:14 -0800
X-Received-Bytes: 1543
X-Received-Body-CRC: 2529426754
Xref: news.nzbot.com alt.binaries.pictures.aviation:9758
On 12 Dec 2018 18:00:00 -0800, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
wrote:
>In article <pus76206mg@news1.newsguy.com>, F. Russell says...
>>
>>On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 08:20:55 -0800, Miloch wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>I can remember finding the old fashioned chaff lying on the ground...looked like
>>> the tinsel you put on Christmas trees...not sure they use it anymore.
>>>
>>
>>Hasn't the use of chaff been superseded by ECM, or electronic countermeasures?
>
>Mmmmm....nope
>
$40 million EW aircraft or a $20 chaff load..... tough choice.
--
"The future rests with whether we have taught our young men
and women the importance of being noble, the power of the
noble deed. If we have taught them well, they will understand
the importance of honesty and integrity, two qualities that
will define their legacy in life."
- Admiral William H. McRaven
|
|