Jerome Conway wrote: > > > Oh? I see something bright descending from one or more helicopters.
Then I wrote: > > Yes, I saw that too. It is chaff and flares used as countermeasures > > against radar- and heat-seeking shoulder-launched antiaircraft missiles > > known to be used by the terrorists against aircraft. And Jerome asks: > What makes you so sure? I have been to air shows and have seen aircraft deploy their flares as countermeasures, just for show, and it looks just like the bright lights we saw descending from the heli. I have also seen videos of the same thing. A missile would have looked much different; it would look like a fast streak across the sky. At this far distance, though, we do not know if the helicopter was also firing its guns because the muzzle flashes would probably be too faint to be seen. It is however unlikely that they would be firing guns at the same time as they were deploying anti-missile countermeasures and taking evasive action because this would degrade accuracy. Regards, Alan Siegrist Orinda, CA, USA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages prior to posting, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
