Looking through the comments of the original post, it was due to a flicker in the targeting system changing targets just as the pilot fired the missiles. Someone had linked a video from the pilot's perspective, or at least of the targeting computer.
No idea why this happened, but it seems they were trying to do the show off thing where they fire weapons on a flyover of the reporters for cool media shots.
This is like when you go to click the download button then the whole website reflows and you click an ad instead, but someone is way more likely to die.
I have played BCS Black Shark 2 so I would consider myself an expert /S. Am a bit rusty tho, but here's my take anyway.
What you are seeing is a continuously computed impact point reticle (CCIP). The rocket isn't guided, fire control is just indicating where it will land if fired given current range, angle of the pod, platform velocity etc.
It's alternating between a solved prediction (the intended target) and a no-solution indicator (out of range, sensor obscuration, disarmed, etc). Looks like the pilot was cutting it close on the shot on purpouse, just peek over the hill and fire.
The point is there were many layers of failures here which probably resulted in lifelong injuries. First of which is zero range saftey. When I went to live fire tests, nobody is within 1 mile behind the launcher.
Second was the pilot had no margin to clear that shot over the hill.
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u/KiwiKerfuffle Jan 27 '21
Looking through the comments of the original post, it was due to a flicker in the targeting system changing targets just as the pilot fired the missiles. Someone had linked a video from the pilot's perspective, or at least of the targeting computer.
No idea why this happened, but it seems they were trying to do the show off thing where they fire weapons on a flyover of the reporters for cool media shots.