Would'nt blowing up a SCUD set off its missile

[undercoverbrother]

G'day everyone,

So I was messing around with SCUD's in the editor (this is not a editting question) and I was having great fun, but has anyone noticed that when you actually destroy the SCUD itself, the missile onboard just dissapears and only the burning wreck of the vehicle is left. My question is, would blowing up a missile launching vehicle like the SCUD, blow up the missile on board?
Cheers,

[AnimalMother92]

I would guess so, but I'm no expert.

Here's a nice article about SCUD hunting
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/757436/posts

Seems they were OK with blowing them up.

[undercoverbrother]

by the looks of that picture I'm not the only one who has asked this question . Hey thanks for the article, I'll make sure I have a read through.

[maturin]

All large, complex explosive devices have elaborate fusing and safety features. I'm sure pumping the thing with cannon rounds would be a bad idea, but when I was destroying them in Zargabad I just trashed the vehicle part.

[undercoverbrother]

All large, complex explosive devices have elaborate fusing and safety features. I'm sure pumping the thing with cannon rounds would be a bad idea...

Agreed

[Myshaak]

by the looks of that picture I'm not the only one who has asked this question .

Or.. you could check who uploaded the picture

But I guess James Gastovski could have asked the question back in the 80' anyway

[undercoverbrother]

But I guess James Gastovski could have asked the question back in the 80' anyway

lol

[Max Power]

It would probably set off the propellant in the missile but not necessarily the warhead, depending on what the payload was.

[NouberNou]

Scuds are liquid fueled, not a nice thing to shoot rounds at if you want it to stick around for long... Anything but a nuke on the tip would also blow up and cause damage... Unless it's a chemical warhead and in a binary configuration (two precursor chemicals stored in separate parts and mixed in flight, safer to handle, etc) but I doubt a country like Takistan would have binary chemical warheads (which I do not think the Soviets/Russians built any binary scuds... so it'd have to be a Takistani domestic warhead).


Over analyzing but ... Yea Scuds go BOOM when you blow them up.

[undercoverbrother]

Over analyzing but ... Yea Scuds go BOOM when you blow them up.

over analysing? not at all and I reckon your right about the missiles blowing up if you shoot them - infact I'm sure after reading that article in the link by AnimalMother92. By the way I suggest anyone who hasn't already, read that article... they sniped SCUD's with 50cal's and disabled them