"ajp166" <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
> >
> >Was the missing radome collision damage?
> >Or would jettisoning the radome be standard procedure?
>
>
> No. That would be an aerodynamic disaster as it could
> hit something important further back.
>
> FYI: that is an older survialence plane and likely hold fewer
> secrets that is believed.
>
> Allison
Hi Allison
The age of the plane has little to do with what
was on board. Looking at the picture of the plane,
it at least had a phase array antenna on it. The electronics
used on those planes simply plugs into bays. This means
that any level of gear could have been on the plane.
They landed about 20 minutes after the hit. They, like
any similar operations, would have a destruct list. It
is more likely that most of the sensitive gear is at
the bottom of the ocean with most of its guts fused into
a ball by a thermite pack.
Dwight
Received on Mon Apr 09 2001 - 19:36:52 BST