• wildcardology@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Regular forward facing missiles need to be “aimed” at enemy planes to be effective. How can you aim at something that is behind you?

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      4 months ago

      Yo Ishmael! The boys at Mithridates University have come up with this sick new tech. The Romans won’t know what hit them!

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      4 months ago

      Lmao I’m pretty sure the airforce could strap a rear facing camera on a plane

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        4 months ago

        So you want the driver of the plane to focus on two things? Unless you have another personnel manning that camera

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          4 months ago

          Lmao you think pilots of the top of the line fighter jets can’t check an instrumentation screen?