Originally Posted by
FODPlod
I wonder how many other missile test firings this particular QF-4 has 'survived' during its service? It's almost as though someone might want to retain its DAS and other expensive gizmos and recover the full telemetry data for detailed analysis.
I believe we've even flown the odd re-usable target drone in the past ourselves.
ROFL.
Sure let's leave the data "lying around" to be recovered.
After all it's only the performance of the primary AA weapon with the future mainstay of western manned aviation.
Mind you, probably safer than being held on a LM database.
ROFL.