[Milsurplus] OT: Chilling B-52 Radio Traffic from OperationLinebacker II

[Francesco Ledda]

The SAM  missile received guidance data from the ground tracking radar.  By
jamming the uplink, the missile went ballistic.

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All -
I listened to the whole tape, and wondered what a uplink?; meant.  Me not
SAM savvy so why fire SAM's blind unless there were more antique sensors,
proximity fuse on board?
Hutch


On 4/6/2012 6:09 PM, Meir WF2U wrote:
> > From the traffic it sounds like most SAMs in that action were 
> > launched
> "blind" without guidance; when they see the SAM's, the EWO reports 
> that "there is no uplink" most of the time.
>
> 73, Meir WF2U
> Landrum, SC
>
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> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Stinson
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> Subject: [Milsurplus] OT: Chilling B-52 Radio Traffic from 
> OperationLinebacker II
>
> B-52 Radio traffic from Operation Linebacker II, 1972.
> At about 1:00, a SAM blasts a B-52 and you hear the many bail-out 
> beacons as the surviving crew members paracute into captivity.
> Also noteable:  There is little filthy-mouth, unlike the audio you get 
> from today, which features more F-bombs than bullets.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/7oqhkeu
>
>
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