Timeline for Weaponisation of a dragons wing flap?
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| Oct 4, 2022 at 15:08 | comment | added | Rekesoft | @causative I concur. Every wargame that has been played by any military says that jet fighters should stay away from helicopters and try to knock them with Air-to-Air missiles from afar. The performance and agility of helicopters in low-speed, low-altitude conditions put jets at a severe disavantage in dogfights. Even if the helicopters aren't carrying AA-missilies, it's a risk not worth taking. | |
| Oct 4, 2022 at 5:26 | comment | added | M. A. Golding | @ebinbenis I suggest that you mght look for an online video of Rodan (1956) for research purposes. Of course that would be an extreme example. | |
| Oct 3, 2022 at 7:13 | answer | added | Radu Dan Coroian | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 3, 2022 at 6:16 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | @causative that looks like a question for Skeptics.SE ;) | |
| Oct 3, 2022 at 5:22 | comment | added | causative | Low-flying helicopters are uniquely vulnerable to big wind gusts, because if they are knocked off balance they can easily crash. Still, I'm quite skeptical that the incident you described actually happened. I found a source for it but I'm still dubious - sounds like wartime propaganda, "just flying over the enemy was enough to beat them." Consider how close they'd have to be to hit the helicopter with the jet wash - that's stunt flying, not something you'd want to do in actual combat. | |
| Oct 3, 2022 at 2:55 | comment | added | JBH | Almost every movie and TV show that has dragons has shown them flapping up a small hurricane to disrupt the puny humans. So the trivial answer to your question is "yes." However, we don't know anything about your humans. Can you provide one detailed and specific scenario to which we can apply the concept of a force-of-air dragon attack? If not, this question is too broad, because as-written "he could put out all their campfires" and "he could undercut jet planes" are both legitimate answers. Never assume that we know what you're talking about. | |
| Oct 3, 2022 at 2:35 | history | asked | ebinbenis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |