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# Mmmm....
AIM-9M Sidewinder Air-to-air heat seeking missiles...

*Drools*
(I helped save b3ta! hazzamon I've nothing better to do, Thu 12 Jun 2003, 23:26, archived)
# Water-to-water heat seeking missiles,
schurely?
(tomsk, Thu 12 Jun 2003, 23:27, archived)
# they must be radar guided, surely...
heat seeking wouldn't work too well underwater.
(I helped save b3ta! DoctorGonzo should be more drunk, Thu 12 Jun 2003, 23:32, archived)
# They are definatly Sidewinders
and they have seeker heads, so it is some form of optical guidance
(I helped save b3ta! hazzamon I've nothing better to do, Thu 12 Jun 2003, 23:38, archived)
# You're
scaring me.
Do you work for the military, and if so, what the hell are you doing here? Get back to defending our borders, there are Arabs out there! With camels and everything!
(tomsk, Thu 12 Jun 2003, 23:40, archived)
# Good point.
I bow to your superior pedantry.
(tomsk, Thu 12 Jun 2003, 23:38, archived)
# I run
from your all to astute knowledge of firearms and your penchant for Thora Hird.
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Thu 12 Jun 2003, 23:41, archived)
# Hmm
Radar doesn't work very well underwater either.
Most torpedoes are wire-guided.

*EDIT* Of course in the old WWII days it was a case of calculating the interception heading using good old trig...
(I helped save b3ta! Canker, Fri 13 Jun 2003, 14:38, archived)