I always wondered why this was not a thing, particularly when short-range heat-seakers were the best missiles on order.
this post was submitted on 17 May 2024
210 points (99.1% liked)
NonCredibleDefense
6670 readers
685 users here now
A community for your defence shitposting needs
Rules
1. Be nice
Do not make personal attacks against each other, call for violence against anyone, or intentionally antagonize people in the comment sections.
2. Explain incorrect defense articles and takes
If you want to post a non-credible take, it must be from a "credible" source (news article, politician, or military leader) and must have a comment laying out exactly why it's non-credible. Low-hanging fruit such as random Twitter and YouTube comments belong in the Matrix chat.
3. Content must be relevant
Posts must be about military hardware or international security/defense. This is not the page to fawn over Youtube personalities, simp over political leaders, or discuss other areas of international policy.
4. No racism / hatespeech
No slurs. No advocating for the killing of people or insulting them based on physical, religious, or ideological traits.
5. No politics
We don't care if you're Republican, Democrat, Socialist, Stalinist, Baathist, or some other hot mess. Leave it at the door. This applies to comments as well.
6. No seriousposting
We don't want your uncut war footage, fundraisers, credible news articles, or other such things. The world is already serious enough as it is.
7. No classified material
Classified ‘western’ information is off limits regardless of how "open source" and "easy to find" it is.
8. Source artwork
If you use somebody's art in your post or as your post, the OP must provide a direct link to the art's source in the comment section, or a good reason why this was not possible (such as the artist deleting their account). The source should be a place that the artist themselves uploaded the art. A booru is not a source. A watermark is not a source.
9. No low-effort posts
No egregiously low effort posts. E.g. screenshots, recent reposts, simple reaction & template memes, and images with the punchline in the title. Put these in weekly Matrix chat instead.
10. Don't get us banned
No brigading or harassing other communities. Do not post memes with a "haha people that I hate died… haha" punchline or violating the sh.itjust.works rules (below). This includes content illegal in Canada.
11. No misinformation
NCD exists to make fun of misinformation, not to spread it. Make outlandish claims, but if your take doesn’t show signs of satire or exaggeration it will be removed. Misleading content may result in a ban. Regardless of source, don’t post obvious propaganda or fake news. Double-check facts and don't be an idiot.
Join our Matrix chatroom
Other communities you may be interested in
- !militaryporn@lemmy.world
- !forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
- !combatvideos@sh.itjust.works
- !militarymoe@ani.social
Banner made by u/Fertility18
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Early heat seekers wouldn't reliably lock an aircraft from the front, since the heat signature is really only visible from the rear.
Something like this would almost certainly need to be actively guided, but then the RWR needs to be more expensive and that cuts into yacht money for the Lockheed execs.
Especially now that pilots no longer smoke while flying.
Considering it's a SeaMaster they might be anti-ship missiles
Well that seems unlikely, what are the odds that an airplane is going to be chased by a ship?
It's a fake out. The boat sees it flying away and stands down then BOOM.
(Also, since it's a flying boat I don't know how they'd have an internal bay without a lot of water infiltration.)
The Spathi warplane is coming along nicely.
Speaking of which the OG creators of Star control 2 are making an actual sequel to the game at long last! Less than a day left on the Kickstarter! :>
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pistolshrimp/free-stars-children-of-infinity
What does this mean for the waifu interpretations? I need to know!
Oviposition 😏
On my way to shit on your entire squadron.
This is how I also fend off unwanted advances from the fairer sex
Which sex is more fair: oral or anal?
Oral 💯
gay. level playing field
Butt missiles in flight, afternoon delight! 🎶
PEEEEEEEW
And the missile wouldn't just immediately face the way it came once launched?
No. Because the missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't. In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was. The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.
Bro what
It's okay if you don't understand it, it's all a bit technical.
Man you gotta get caught up on NCD lore
I knew this was coming.
What is this, top gun logic? Noncredible.
Chances are those roles can be fulfilled by drones/and or laser weapons in fairly short order.
Reminds me of Extreme-G 2. "Reah Fiyah Rockets"
Multi-pull miss aisle!
I was and still am an arena shooter junkie, but this one bike game actually made me dizzy with how fast one could go. But I still miss it cause the tunes in it slapped hard.
P.S: The Flame exhausts were the best.
It ran on the N64 with that frame rate. It felt great, it felt FAST, and that drum and bass soundtrack from the absolute peak of the genre. If we're honest with ourselves it's Mario Kart wearing Axe body spray but holy damn does it work.