Re: Jets Vs Vtol

Popeyesays@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 9/29/99 11:05:17 PM Central Daylight Time,
los@cris.com
> writes:
>   >>
>
> Not to cut into this discussion too much but "friendly fire" incidents
which
> you guys are describing is NOT the same thing as "fratricide". The
best quick
> example of fratricide is: A fighter pilots gets a tone on his heat
seeker and
> pickles off one that needs to maneuver more so the second one fired
has a
> straighter shot. The second missile sees the burning motor of the
first
> missile and homes on it instead of the target aircraft. One weapon
destroys
> another friendly weapon. Homing torpedoes occassionally do this too.
Heat
> seekers and homing weapons often home on the first weapon's detonation
too.

 Fratricide (as a military term) is defined in FM30-100 (operations) "as
friendly
casualties to personnel or equipment incured due to mistaken blue on
blue
enagegements. Friendly fire and fratricde are one in the same. In fact
friendly
fire is used more commonly than fratricide in militray circles. It
soudns like
you're trying to distinguish between equipment and personnel losses?

Los