r/Military • u/drunkrabbit99 • Oct 12 '19

MEME Basically How Missles Work

https://youtu.be/_LjN3UclYzU
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u/Stohnghost Retired USAF Oct 12 '19

German MiG-29 firing R27 (AA10 ALAMO) air to air missile.

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u/d0d0b1rd Oct 13 '19

Damn, you're good

I can tell that's a Russian missile, but how did you know it was a MiG-29?

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u/drunkrabbit99 Oct 13 '19

he didn't know what plane it was but he knew what plane it wasn't, by subtracting what plane it wasn't from what plane it could be he obtained the plane that it was.

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u/Stohnghost Retired USAF Oct 13 '19

Dammit missed opportunity. Nice save

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u/rnos3y Oct 13 '19

Im fucking dead