>>>I operate in weapons-free status and will engage targets at range with the pyrotechnic appropriate to the situation and target; if you are not a twit, I'll just say "Hi - good to see ya" or the moral equivalent. OTOH, AIM 120 AAMRAMs are mounted under both wings, and the occasional low-yield tactical nuke has been employed in the past on targets that don't clear
>>>IFF.
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>>For the first time ever reading messages here, I just got chills.
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>Chills? And aren't you the guy with the nail gun?

AAMRAMs are fire and forget weapons that 'way outrange a nail gun, carry a bit more punch, and are designed to knock down things up in the air with you. And Jeff last had the nailgun.

If ground engagement is needed, I prefer the reliable old Colt Model 1911A1. When you run out of ammo it works as a club.