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A Hellfire is an air to ground missile, why would they be shooting it at a UFO? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-114_Hellfire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM

A Hellfire is an air to ground missile, why would they be shooting it at a UFO? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-114_Hellfire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-114_Hellfire

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trenchpilgrim 1y ago
Hellfires are usable as air to air weapons against slow moving targets. Apaches have shot down slow flying aircraft with them. https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/2168362/agm-114bkmn-hellfire-missile/ https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/... "It can also be used as an air-to-air weapon against helicopters or slow-moving fixed-wing aircraft."
llm_nerd 1y ago
It is deployed against slow moving air targets. Some variants are even radar guided. This video, though, isn't remotely convincing. It looks like the hellfire deflects off a bog standard drone, yet doesn't detonate, which disassembles and the look-down video cuts before we see the actual consequences. The path of the object is basic inertia where a rolling object is falling to the ground but we're seeing top down so it's "maintaining course". These UFO things are always sadly a lot of noise and astonishingly little substance. There are "kooks" -- people who have decompensated and no longer are rational -- in every large enough set, including the military. There are always terrible evidence like these videos, coupled with people giving their completely unsubstantiated crazy takes.
JshWright 1y ago
They are capable of hitting aerial targets as well. They have recently been deployed by the US Navy as a cheaper way to counter cheap aerial drones launched by Iranian proxies (~$100k Hellfire vs a ~$1m SM2). https://www.twz.com/sea/littoral-combat-ship-can-now-rapidly-shoot-down-aerial-drones-with-hellfire-missiles https://www.twz.com/sea/littoral-combat-ship-can-now-rapidly...
DeathMetalHippy 1y ago
They are Shot from a drones. This was shot by a drone.
DeathMetalHippy 1y ago
Do you even read your own link? It says "usually shot from helicopters" right there.

A Hellfire is an air to ground missile, why would they be shooting it at a UFO? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-114_Hellfire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-114_Hellfire

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trenchpilgrim 1y ago

Hellfires are usable as air to air weapons against slow moving targets. Apaches have shot down slow flying aircraft with them. https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/2168362/agm-114bkmn-hellfire-missile/ https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/... "It can also be used as an air-to-air weapon against helicopters or slow-moving fixed-wing aircraft."

llm_nerd 1y ago

It is deployed against slow moving air targets. Some variants are even radar guided. This video, though, isn't remotely convincing. It looks like the hellfire deflects off a bog standard drone, yet doesn't detonate, which disassembles and the look-down video cuts before we see the actual consequences. The path of the object is basic inertia where a rolling object is falling to the ground but we're seeing top down so it's "maintaining course". These UFO things are always sadly a lot of noise and astonishingly little substance. There are "kooks" -- people who have decompensated and no longer are rational -- in every large enough set, including the military. There are always terrible evidence like these videos, coupled with people giving their completely unsubstantiated crazy takes.

JshWright 1y ago

They are capable of hitting aerial targets as well. They have recently been deployed by the US Navy as a cheaper way to counter cheap aerial drones launched by Iranian proxies (~$100k Hellfire vs a ~$1m SM2). https://www.twz.com/sea/littoral-combat-ship-can-now-rapidly-shoot-down-aerial-drones-with-hellfire-missiles https://www.twz.com/sea/littoral-combat-ship-can-now-rapidly...

DeathMetalHippy 1y ago

They are Shot from a drones. This was shot by a drone.

DeathMetalHippy 1y ago

Do you even read your own link? It says "usually shot from helicopters" right there.