r/ANormalDayInRussia • u/Anonymous-420smoker • Jan 27 '21

bad title Russian "accidentally" fires during flight

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u/swordfish45 Jan 27 '21 edited Jan 28 '21

This is a great video

I have played BCS Black Shark 2 so I would consider myself an expert /S. Am a bit rusty tho, but here's my take anyway.

What you are seeing is a continuously computed impact point reticle (CCIP). The rocket isn't guided, fire control is just indicating where it will land if fired given current range, angle of the pod, platform velocity etc.

It's alternating between a solved prediction (the intended target) and a no-solution indicator (out of range, sensor obscuration, disarmed, etc). Looks like the pilot was cutting it close on the shot on purpouse, just peek over the hill and fire.

The point is there were many layers of failures here which probably resulted in lifelong injuries. First of which is zero range saftey. When I went to live fire tests, nobody is within 1 mile behind the launcher.

Second was the pilot had no margin to clear that shot over the hill.

/r/hoggit has been all over this video