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Old 09-20-2017, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Dick284 View Post
There's no automatic defence system that launches missiles or ordanance, it might deploy flares or chaff mind you. But active defence weapons, nope, the risk is too great if something went sideways.

I remember hearing about military aircraft using their counter measures to jam police radar, mind you.
CFB Esquimalt Naval Yard have had incidents with Ships Radar causing all kinds of havoc with Residential Security Systems and Garage door openers in years past.(1996ish?)
(ships radar being either navigation or ships defense radar/weapons tracking systems)

As for the topic of the Friendly Fire there was a clip on the internet yesterday where someone was walking towards said vehicle and they where within the blast zone form that fired rocket .

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