Originally posted by SteveR
11:11 was talking about the targetting laser being visible on the IR enhanced cam.
For the record, I'm quite sure that my previous assessment of the sunlight being the bright spot was inaccurate. That doesn't mean that I've given up on it entirely; merely that I'm putting it on the side as a possibility that I may revisit later.
Onto the juicy bit...
How could the targeting laser be able to make contact with the plane in that position? It appears, even in the IR image, that the "contact" is occurring below the airplane, which would mean that the laser would have to be ground-based to make any kind of contact. Wouldn't that mean that the airplane flying above isn't carrying anything of value to this situation? All of the pictures here that are being discussed are being taken from below the aircraft, while the big white airplane is high above, looking down on the situation.
Do my eyes deceive me, or am I correct in assuming that the "laser" couldn't have been being shot from above the aircraft?
TheBorg
[Edited for clarity.]
[edit on 23-8-2007 by TheBorg]




