Re: Dakkon, Dude!!!
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Ref the Genies in Canada - when asked, the standard reply was 'We are unable to confirm nor deny...'
We never actually fired any except on a weapons range. These were time-expired rockets with no warheads.
I may have mislabeled them previously - these were unguided rockets, not missiles. We carried 2 heat seeking missiles as well that were fired only as a pair because they were so unreliable in actually hitting a target. So, in all we had 3 separate shots.
A lot of this may seem ridiculous now, but this was longstanding deadly & serious business up until the fall of the USSR. There was a lot of paranoia on both sides back then. You had to be there I guess...
Anyway, it was great that young guys like me had the opportunity to strap on to your a$$ something like the mighty Voodoo to fend off the Hun that thankfully never came.
TAM
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