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Old 5th Dec 2022, 10:38
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what damage would such a munition do to a parked fighter jet or bomber?
You’ve seen what they do to a tank, what do you that charge would do to the main spar of a jet?

Jets are made as light as possible with structural elements stressed to withstand the forces of flight, not withstand a shaped charge. The warhead of an AIM-9L is under 10Kg but is big enough to cut an aircraft in half.

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