☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoUS jets shot down over Kuwait in 'apparent friendly fire incident', officials saywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down10cross-posted to: world@quokk.auworldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1110arrow-down1external-linkUS jets shot down over Kuwait in 'apparent friendly fire incident', officials saywww.bbc.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square44linkfedilinkcross-posted to: world@quokk.auworldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-squarepurpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months ago highly unlikely to return to combat after ejecting Could you explain this?
minus-squarela_tasalana_intissari_mata [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months agoejecting from a jet can get over 12 gs, can break their spine.
minus-squareCommunistCuddlefish [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months agoYay, I hope this happened to those pilots. Thanks for possibly cheering me up :)
minus-squarepurpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoOh, that makes sense. I guess “ejected safely” is a very relative term.
minus-squarela_tasalana_intissari_mata [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 months agoejected safely means didn’t explode with the jet.
minus-squaremathemachristian [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoCan’t break what’s not there /j
Could you explain this?
ejecting from a jet can get over 12 gs, can break their spine.
Yay, I hope this happened to those pilots. Thanks for possibly cheering me up :)
Oh, that makes sense. I guess “ejected safely” is a very relative term.
ejected safely means didn’t explode with the jet.
Can’t break what’s not there /j