Military Memes

Mhass · Dec 22, 2024

Yeah, I'm sorry for your hell, brother, I really am.
But it takes a lot more to get a couple SM2s out of the launcher on a Cruiser.
It really does take a series of pretty good fuck ups by several members of the watch team to launch on a plane that should be squawking IFF.
I don't know exactly what went down. I wasn't there, but I do know that system, you can't just start pickling off missiles.

Wildman · Dec 22, 2024

Mhass said:
Yeah, I'm sorry for your hell, brother, I really am.
But it takes a lot more to get a couple SM2s out of the launcher on a Cruiser.
It really does take a series of pretty good fuck ups by several members of the watch team to launch on a plane that should be squawking IFF.
I don't know exactly what went down. I wasn't there, but I do know that system, you can't just start pickling off missiles.

One article I just read says that one person is claiming the plane was shot down by enemy fire not the ship.

Yes I totally agree that this is a way worse fuckup than mine and I don't understand how it could happen either. I'm sure we won't ever really find out what happened.

Zorba · Dec 22, 2024

DEValken said:
IFF transponder maybe not working?

What little I know about this says they should have been squawking IFF.

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Wildman · Dec 25, 2024

A group of soldiers huddled around a radio on October 8, 1944, listening to game 5 of the 1944 World Series where the Cards beat the Browns 2-0 and the Cards won the Series 4-2 that year!