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Although the title is link bait, this really doesn't surprise me. Driving across the New Forest in the UK last summer I was "stalked" for half an hour by a cou
by Malcx 14y ago
Although the title is link bait, this really doesn't surprise me.
Driving across the New Forest in the UK last summer I was "stalked" for half an hour by a couple of Apache helicopters. Every few minutes they'd pop up from behind cover or on the horizon somewhere, always pointing directly at my car.
I see no problem with it at all.
- pyre 14y agoNo offense, but I can see that freaking some people out if they don't realize that it's probably a training exercise (especially Apache helicopters!).
- jws 14y agoThe A-10 warthog pilots used to practice on my employees' vehicles as they'd drive to visit a customer. The pilots work in pairs, each working back and forth over the vehicle from a different direction. It seems the strategy is that while one is wheeling to return the other is in mid attack. You certainly feel you have their undivided attention. It helps if you pretend they aren't carrying live ammunition.
- gaius 14y agoIf you sail, you'll often be buzzed by military rescue helicopters too, practicing their approaches. Which is absolutely fine, if I ever need a helicopter to come rescue me (or a gunship to shoot the crap out of someone who's trying to shoot me!) I'm happy to have helped them train.
- mindslight 14y agoSuch practices, when startling or threatening, are straight-up assault. But same thing when cops stand on the side of the road in an aggressive posture while aiming their (radar) gun at anyone passing by. The moral imperative has little bearing on autonomous governments.