dan@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu (Daniel Zabetakis) (10/29/90)
From: dan@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu (Daniel Zabetakis)
I've been watching Wings, and other Discovery Channel stuff, and I
have a question that I've long thought about when seeing film of weapons
such a anti-tank missles.
Why is it that they usually do not show the impact of the missle?
Usually, we see the missle launch and fly, and then just before it hits
the target, the picture switches to a close up. I assume these close-ups
are just patched together from whatever film is availible.
Is this done because the DOD doesn't release film of the actual
effectivness of the weapon? As far as I know, the explosions we see
could be placed on the tank and detonated for the cameras. It does seem
sometimes that this is the case. I've seen film of a tank being hit with a
missle, where the explosion seems to be symmetrical and straigth up.
Shouldn't the explosion be directed forward in such cases?
It's just frustrating to be watching a documentary, and be
robbed of the exciting part of the demonstration.
DanZ