Why are air combat kills so rare? (2017)
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Re: Why are air combat kills so rare? (2017)
#2Behind an illegal cookie popup.
Re: Why are air combat kills so rare? (2017)
#3Because you're trying to shoot something flying at 500 miles an hour, piloted by a tiny lunatic who actually thought this sort of thing was a good career move and is probably on military-issued meth, with a projectile the size of your thumb, while also being the exact same sort of lunatic? :-D
Re: Why are air combat kills so rare? (2017)
#4Behind an illegal cookie popup.
Fox 2
Do you consent to us using your HUD telemetry for post mission analysis?
The f… FOX 2
Do you consent to us using your HUD telemetry for post mission analysis?
HOW DO I SAY YES?!
Re: Why are air combat kills so rare? (2017)
#5Behind an illegal cookie popup.
Fox 2 Do you consent to us using your HUD telemetry for post mission analysis? The f… FOX 2 Do you consent to us using your HUD telemetry for post mission analysis? HOW DO I SAY YES?!
You missile will launch after this ad for… Thomson‘s Coffins! Burying Tommys for decades! No unhappy customers!
Re: Why are air combat kills so rare? (2017)
#6Behind an illegal cookie popup.
„Reader view“ in some browsers removed the banner, but not the text content.
Re: Why are air combat kills so rare? (2017)
#7Because you're trying to shoot something flying at 500 miles an hour, piloted by a tiny lunatic who actually thought this sort of thing was a good career move and is probably on military-issued meth, with a projectile the size of your thumb, while also being the exact same sort of lunatic? :-D
Have been watching videos of DCS World (which btw, seem to do a pretty good job as a simulator) and it’s just precisely like you described.
I’d say that a simulator is marginally less “lunatic” but still :)
Re: Why are air combat kills so rare? (2017)
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Fox 2 Do you consent to us using your HUD telemetry for post mission analysis? The f… FOX 2 Do you consent to us using your HUD telemetry for post mission analysis? HOW DO I SAY YES?!
BBC doesn't do adverts.
It doesn't do adverts inside the UK. Outside the UK they do. I always get a bit confused when I access it via the work VPN and see adverts!
Re: Why are air combat kills so rare? (2017)
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Fox 2 Do you consent to us using your HUD telemetry for post mission analysis? The f… FOX 2 Do you consent to us using your HUD telemetry for post mission analysis? HOW DO I SAY YES?!
BBC doesn't do adverts.
They do serve ads to users outside the UK. I opened the article in a fresh instance of Chromium and counted 13 ads in the article - some very intrusive and others mixed in with the related articles (although with an "ADVERTISEMENT" label).