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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: wmenorr67 on September 20, 2017, 02:54:20 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgme9O6YZI8
Russian helicopter has a malfunction. Stories I'm finding is the "official" report is there was an electrical short that caused the missile to fire when it shouldn't have.
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Is it normal to have live weapons mounted during war games?
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I believe they were actually were on a live fire range, showing off for the press and dignitaries.
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"I'm the only pilot in this sky, that I know of, who's professional enough to handle this Kamov Ka-52 ... BOOM!"
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"Hmm, that was way too close, so let's slowly and casually stroll over this way just in case anything that was just hit with a missile happens to blow up or something."
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there was an electrical short that caused the missile to fire when it shouldn't have
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That's what they want you to believe
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"Keep your booger hook off the bang switch" is the only thing that occurs to me.
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Wow, brown shorts for sure! :O
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It appears the missile went right into the parking area for spectator vehicles. Do we know for sure that no one was hurt -- or killed?
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“Russian 2 hour parking is strictly enforced.”
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It appears the missile went right into the parking area for spectator vehicles. Do we know for sure that no one was hurt -- or killed?
Video description says 2 were "seriously injured."
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I'm going to go with Weapons Officer hit the trigger a bit premature. They didn't hit the radar(?) Van (Exploded on the) ground in front, and they looked like were just S-8 rockets.
Also, I'm enjoying the breathless reporting of 13,000 Russian troops participating in the exercise. That's about a Division's worth. Back in the bad old days, during REFORGERs, we would have anywhere from six to nine+ US Divisions, plus at least two West German Divisions, a Brit or two, Dutch, Belgian, and every third year or so, the 4th Canadian Mech Brigade. Figure anywhere from 300,000-500,000+ troops roaming around the West German countryside all loaded for Bear. (Yes, everyone carried their basic load of "Warshots", just in case Ivan thought he'd be sneaky.)
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Also, I'm enjoying the breathless reporting of 13,000 Russian troops participating in the exercise.
Word I'm hearing from a friendly acquaintance in Estonia is that the Russians are math-challenged -- apparently that "13,000" is a lot closer to 100,000+