Superpowers distribute 750,000 shoulder-fired missiles, cook their own gooses

[Riad S. Wahby]

Steve Furlong <sfurlong at acmenet.net> wrote:
> Backblast. A suicide shooter could do it, but it would be non-trivial to 
> pop out, shoot, survive it, and keep your van's paint good enough to 
> avoid notice.

This is why "soft launch" systems were created.

http://web.jfet.org/video/JavelLiveFireVsT72.avi

Javelin is also surface-to-air capable.  See
    http://www.geocities.com/morteza69ca/canadarmy/javelin.html

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Riad Wahby
rsw at jfet.org
MIT VI-2 M.Eng