maybe should have added that was granpa and grandma?"???"LOL last pic is dad and grandma.

Ok, now I deff need to get to bed, I'm officially wore out.

Rocket wuss, havn't touched bases in a while, call you soon!

Sean

All i wanna know, is where can i get one and how much.

" I bet most heli pilots never even see it coming"

Your right and here is an example

MI24 Russian helicopter Vs SA-7b Missile

http://media.santoalt.com/101/101104/anti-aircraft.wmv

Cool! Brings back memories. I was in an Army Air Defense unit back in the early 70's. We had 20 mm. Vulcan cannons that were adapted for forward area defense against low flying aircraft.

The drones we had back then were a bit larger than those in the picture and not very maneuverable. They would tow a large nylon banner behind the drone for us to shoot at. At the end of the exercise we would shoot down the drones. They also had jet drones to practice tracking and shooting faster moving targets. The jets were bigger than the prop drones and were painted bright orange. We weren't allowed to shoot them down and were told that they cost $100K each.

I don't know much about the shoulder fired missiles they had back then, they were part of a different unit. They were IR seeking however, so I don't think the soldier had to do much more than point it at the aircraft and shoot. The missile then finds the target, the soldier just has to make sure he doesn't point it toward the sun. When we put on firepower demonstrations for the brass they would strap a heat source on to the drone to make sure the missile found the target.

I'm sure we've come a long way in the last 30 years.

Joe