Stephen "FPilot" Bierce / 美朝深恬 ([info]frustratedpilot) wrote,
@ 2009-11-07 15:19:00
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Entry tags:airplanes, aviation, boredom, effects, fandom, fantasy, film, godzilla, horror, movies, tv, weapons

I'm Too Old.
The Americanized Godzilla was just on whatever that network is, the one that also carries the WWE Wrestling and that. Anyway, I was so underengaged that when the Navy was bombing Madison Square Garden, I was thinking can they even DO that with Harpoon missiles? Are those FAE warheads?

And in the finale when Godzi was trapped in the cables and the F-18s were shooting it was those must be Slammer rockets because if he's cold-blooded then there wouldn't be anything for Sidewinders to lock onto. How much heat would you need to target a Sidewinder, anyway?

I'm too old and too much into reality to just enjoy the scene, you know what I mean?


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[info]lurkerwithout
2009-11-08 08:26 am UTC (link)
I think nearly all Hollywood fighters are equipped with Bay-5000 missiles. They hit whatever they're shot at and make big 'splosions...

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[info]mravac_kid
2009-11-09 10:12 pm UTC (link)
I just checked out the Sidewinder, and I was wrong in thinking that there were alternate-guidance versions. However, the more recent versions have vastly improved lock-on and tracking abilities, and I presume that it's not such a huge leap-of-faith to think that one could possibly be locked on to a cold target. Or maybe they were dumb-firing them.
As for the Harpoons, I think they'll hit whatever it is you want them to, if you enter the coordinates right.

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