@mickjoebill cracking a light stick at night = covert? lmao |
If the only tool in your box is a missile armed interceptor, must every problem be a suspected hijack? Jmmilner offers a good case as to why it's not that bad an idea to ensure that you don't routinely underestimate loosley defined threat situations. |
Was only one Typhoon untilised or was there another shadowing the formation?
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According to a Goat poster, two QRA aircraft took off from Coningsby but only one was seen close to the target, er, airliner.
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The other probably behind at missile range?
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That's the implication. Not ideal, over a populated area, but if needs must it would I suppose be a question of which was the lesser evil...
There's a cruddiest place in the country thread on the Goat - Morecambe, Blackpool and Barrow have been mentioned, although each would have required a substantial overshoot. |
The second jet is there as back up to the first in case it goes `tech` or has to pull off to be `tankered `.No more no less....the rest are urban myths
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The second jet is there as back up to the first in case it goes `tech` |
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