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Offline Lusik

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In HARM's way - a peculiar friendly fire incident
« on: November 04, 2017, 12:21:53 AM »
During the Desert Storm one of the Wilde Weasels fired a HARM to suppress or destroy detected AAA battery. The missile locked itself onto a B52 tail gunner radar and almost shot down the bomber, which somehow managed to limp back to base.



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http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/10314/the-time-a-f-4g-wild-weasels-anti-radiation-missile-blew-apart-a-b-52s-tail
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Re: In HARM's way - a peculiar friendly fire incident
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2017, 08:17:24 PM »
very interesting story. Thank you Lusik for sharing :)
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