Slater Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 That must have been one hard landing... http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/international/europe/2015/07/15/missiles-fall-british-warplane-cyprus/30216375/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 I saw this yesterday, very strange they'd stay on for the whole mission. Wonder if the pilot "called the ball" and slammed it on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) A lot of Shader sorties return without expending any ordnance. It's why we need people on the ground, and not just SF. Edited July 16, 2015 by Brokenedge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Foster60 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I do hope we do not put boots on the ground, no one will thank us at the end of the day. Help and support the locals yes, but please lets not Mind you with todays revelations the RAF pilots have been flying over Syria in USAF and RCAF I am afraid that is the way things may go. History shows us that containment keeps the lid on, possibly until it burns out. Confrontation and conflict has not served us well in this part of the world.. Lets face it we just do not have the Forces for full involvement without overstretch. Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Cornes Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Totally agree with Nigel. Before the Falklands War there was a USMC exchange Harrier pilot with 1 sqdn. The US govt wouldn't let him take part - even though he wanted to - so its quite in order for us to tell the Americans and Canadians that our boys and girls can't play so HMG have been less than honest in parliament. Dam good those brimstones didn't go off. Maybe they were hang ups? Unusual for an ejector not to work? Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear13583 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Any chance it was the braking action/reverse thrust shunted them forward? You would guess that most of the forces would be acting backwards until then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 (edited) Any chance it was the braking action/reverse thrust shunted them forward? You would guess that most of the forces would be acting backwards until then? I think it's likely that it was a night landing, probably on the agricultural side, and the very small ground clearance on the triple launcher at the rear of the rails caused some ground contact with the missile. Of course, we're unlikely to be able to guess without further information. Edited July 20, 2015 by Brokenedge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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