9 Apr
2001
9 Apr
'01
2:04 p.m.
From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
Was the missing radome collision damage?
Or would jettisoning the radome be standard procedure?
No. That would be an aerodynamic disaster as it could
hit something important further back.
FYI: that is an older survialence plane and likely hold fewer
secrets that is believed.
Allison
9 Apr
9 Apr
3:36 p.m.
"ajp166" <ajp166(a)bellatlantic.net> wrote:
From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)
<cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
Hi Allison
The age of the plane has little to do with what
was on board. Looking at the picture of the plane,
it at least had a phase array antenna on it. The electronics
used on those planes simply plugs into bays. This means
that any level of gear could have been on the plane.
They landed about 20 minutes after the hit. They, like
any similar operations, would have a destruct list. It
is more likely that most of the sensitive gear is at
the bottom of the ocean with most of its guts fused into
a ball by a thermite pack.
Dwight
Was the missing radome collision damage?
Or would jettisoning the radome be standard procedure?
No. That would be an aerodynamic disaster as it could
hit something important further back.
FYI: that is an older survialence plane and likely hold fewer
secrets that is believed.
Allison 
4:21 p.m.
<http://www.janes.co.uk/aerospace/military/news/jema/jema010402_1_n.shtml>
and
<http://www.janes.co.uk/aerospace/military/news/misc/aries010406_1_n.shtml>
Both from Janes detail the planes capabilities, its load out, etc. No
guessing required.
--Chuck
10 Apr
10 Apr
6:30 a.m.
At 05:36 PM 4/9/01 -0700, Dwight wrote:
Hi Allison
The age of the plane has little to do with what
was on board. Looking at the picture of the plane,
it at least had a phase array antenna on it. The electronics
used on those planes simply plugs into bays. This means
that any level of gear could have been on the plane.
Absolutely correct.
They landed about 20 minutes after the hit. They,
like
any similar operations, would have a destruct list.
Dwight, I hope you're right. But I spent three years on a survilence
aircraft and I never saw or heard of a destruct list. SOME of the manuals
did have destruct instructions that went something like "Prevent from
falling into enemy hands by destruction by means of smashing, destroying
with explosives, burying, etc". Big help, huh? If they were lucky,, they
may have been able to remove some of the gear and throw it overboard while
they were still over water but it's doubtfull that they had time to do
much. Just too much gear and it wuld have been well mounted and then too
there probably weren't a lot of tools around to use take stuff out with.
It
is more likely that most of the sensitive gear is at
the bottom of the ocean with most of its guts fused into
a ball by a thermite pack.
NOT a good idea for use on an aircraft in flight!
Joe
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