Typhoon A2A kill
Well a drone anyway with an ASRAAM. As long as there is a drone kill mark on a frame I'm happy....
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/r...drone-in-syria |
Originally Posted by downsizer
(Post 11156917)
Well a drone anyway with an ASRAAM. As long as there is a drone kill mark on a frame I'm happy....
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/r...drone-in-syria |
‘As long as there is a drone kill mark on a frame I'm happy....’ - well, as they festoon themselves with badges for a bit of formation flying with a Russian jet, I can barely conceive of the corporate joy and collective back slapping shooting down something other than a Jindi or a Jag will cause. DFCs and special Xmas video from CAS and CASWO inbound no doubt….
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Not the first time a Typhoon has allegedly killed a drone
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peo...a1993142.shtml No missiles used either! |
No shot sheer lock... eh?
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Originally Posted by Ninthace
(Post 11156959)
Not the first time a Typhoon has killed a drone
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peo...a1993142.shtml No missiles used either! |
Is this not the first RAF air-to-air kill since WW2*?
(* Other than RAF Phantom Vs Jag etc) |
Originally Posted by Evalu8ter
(Post 11156958)
‘As long as there is a drone kill mark on a frame I'm happy....’ - well, as they festoon themselves with badges for a bit of formation flying with a Russian jet, I can barely conceive of the corporate joy and collective back slapping shooting down something other than a Jindi or a Jag will cause. DFCs and special Xmas video from CAS and CASWO inbound no doubt….
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Originally Posted by The Helpful Stacker
(Post 11156965)
Is this not the first RAF air-to-air kill since WW2*?
(* Other than RAF Phantom Vs Jag etc) |
Originally Posted by The Helpful Stacker
(Post 11156965)
Is this not the first RAF air-to-air kill since WW2*?
(* Other than RAF Phantom Vs Jag etc) |
Originally Posted by The Helpful Stacker
(Post 11156965)
Is this not the first RAF air-to-air kill since WW2*?
(* Other than RAF Phantom Vs Jag etc) |
Originally Posted by Tashengurt
(Post 11156985)
Lightning Vs C130? Allegedly.
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It's a bit like clubbing a baby seal...
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As somebody above said, Mogwi may have a thought about that.
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Please Lord, don't let the pilot be from the FAA otherwise the 'bearded one' will never let us forget it.
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Originally Posted by xray one
(Post 11157034)
It's a bit like clubbing a baby seal...
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Originally Posted by MAINJAFAD
(Post 11157026)
Last confirmed RAF kill on an airborne manned aircraft in combat was in 1948. Egyptian Spitfire if memory serves. The alleged C-130 kill in the Confrontation was by a Javelin, unless your thinking of the C-130 stolen from Mildenhall in the late 1960's.
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Originally Posted by The Helpful Stacker
(Post 11156965)
Is this not the first RAF air-to-air kill since WW2*?
or when last did an RN surface ship sink an enemy ship? I think all three services have accomplished more than the popular images, cavalry charges, ship sinkings or air-to-air kills. When did the RAF last conduct an airborne bombing attack?, a maritime patrol, an airborne evacuation or an airborne re-supply? Much more to air operations than shooting down fighters. Lets get off that hobby horse shall we? The ability to deter is better than the ability to kill. |
Kills a Kill……
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Originally Posted by Tashengurt
(Post 11156985)
Lightning Vs C130? Allegedly.
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Originally Posted by cynicalint
(Post 11157073)
Less time gap than the last Cavalry Regiment led a horse-ridden attack!
or when last did an RN surface ship sink an enemy ship? I think all three services have accomplished more than the popular images, cavalry charges, ship sinkings or air-to-air kills. When did the RAF last conduct an airborne bombing attack?, a maritime patrol, an airborne evacuation or an airborne re-supply? Much more to air operations than shooting down fighters. Lets get off that hobby horse shall we? The ability to deter is better than the ability to kill. |
That was my point! Indeed, an RAF pilot shot down an enemy aircraft AFTER the RN sub sank Belgrano, so the Navy is more out of date than the RAF in that respect!
RAF Nimrods guided attacks on Iraqi ships in 1991, assisting in their sinking, etc. So that is why the oft asked question " when did the RAF last shoot down an aircraft " is an idiots question. Deterrence is a better application of force than shooting down. |
Originally Posted by Lima Juliet
(Post 11156936)
If so, can a few us claim the Jindiviks in Cardigan Bay? :8
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Originally Posted by downsizer
(Post 11156917)
Well a drone anyway with an ASRAAM. As long as there is a drone kill mark on a frame I'm happy....
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/r...drone-in-syria |
It's the first time an RAF aircraft on operations has shot down another air system with a missile.
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Originally Posted by downsizer
(Post 11156917)
Well a drone anyway with an ASRAAM. As long as there is a drone kill mark on a frame I'm happy....
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/r...drone-in-syria Just need CAS and CASWO to congratulate each other as per last Christmas' video and I can pull them all out with pliers. |
Back in time for tea and medals I hope
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Would anyone care to speculate on the relative cost of the ASRAAM vs the "small hostile drone"?
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They used an advanced fighter to shoot down a model airplane with a million dollar rocket?
Real hero’s |
That is about the long and the short of it !!!
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May have been waiting an opportunity to test ASRAAM against such a target. Also it must have been a reasonable size to have an engine producing a targetable heat signature
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Inbalance said "They used an advanced fighter to shoot down a model airplane with a million dollar rocket? Real heros"
What was the point in that comment? Are you suggesting we have to look at every target, decide it's monetary value and see if the asset we are using is more expensive before we decide to engage it? It is what that target could have achieved in it's mission. Much the same as using very expensive smart bombs to take out a very old tank on the battlefield. I've no idea what the drone was doing - recce or had a warhead or whatever but it needed taking out and so it was. |
well since they didn't have any Hawker tempests or Spitfires available to pun alongside and flip its wing over I can't see what else they'd do.
If all you have are high end solutions (for the reasons debated endlessly on here) then that's what you have to use - there is no alternative Bit like the Saudis shooting down old Houthi missiles with Patriots - the cost balance is with the Yemenis but Saudi thinks its worthwhile to save refineries ... and face |
Originally Posted by Evalu8ter
(Post 11156958)
‘As long as there is a drone kill mark on a frame I'm happy....’ - well, as they festoon themselves with badges for a bit of formation flying with a Russian jet, I can barely conceive of the corporate joy and collective back slapping shooting down something other than a Jindi or a Jag will cause. DFCs and special Xmas video from CAS and CASWO inbound no doubt….
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Originally Posted by inbalance
(Post 11157151)
They used an advanced fighter to shoot down a model airplane with a million dollar rocket?
Real hero’s |
Jeez, there are a fair few bitter people on here. How about noting the professionalism of the team that made it happen?
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It's an impressive technical achievement, but the huge cost/effort imbalance is important and speaks to the sustainability and eventual outcome. In Afghan, one illiterate bloke in sandals could tie-up huge amounts of resources and paralyse entire columns of vehicles with the threat of an IED that might not even be real or effective. We saw heroic efforts from specialist teams helicoptered in to spend half a day to clear a few yards of road, it became obvious to anyone who saw this that it was not sustainable, let alone win-able. A solution is needed to large numbers of cheap, low tech drones, and I don't think it's a Typhoon firing an ASRAAM at every one.
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Originally Posted by inbalance
(Post 11157151)
They used an advanced fighter to shoot down a model airplane with a million dollar rocket?
Real hero’s That drone wouldn't have been downed if it hadn't have been an immediate threat to life. |
My congrats to those involved. I am just sad that it is deemed newsworthy by those at high level in the armed forces. Smacks a bit of desperation.
Happy Christmas all, especially those on ops, Mog |
Originally Posted by inbalance
(Post 11157151)
They used an advanced fighter to shoot down a model airplane with a million dollar rocket?
Real hero’s |
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