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Somewhat related: during the Falklands war it was common technique for Harriers to use their thrust vectoring nozzles to slow down quickly with a similar outcom
by VBprogrammer 4y ago
Somewhat related: during the Falklands war it was common technique for Harriers to use their thrust vectoring nozzles to slow down quickly with a similar outcome.
- zokier 4y agoApparently yet another aviation myth according to Wikipedia: > Braking could cause a chasing aircraft to overshoot and present itself as a target for the Harrier, a technique formally developed by the USMC for the Harrier in the early 1970s.[33][34] This technique was much discussed in the media before the Falklands War in 1982, but ultimately not used by British pilots in that conflict.[35] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrier_Jump_Jet#Operation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrier_Jump_Jet#Operation
- VBprogrammer 4y agoHa, fair enough. It was written in a book I had as a child and I've just always accepted it as fact.