Question: Why did heat seeking missiles go after the fireball created by fuel instead of the fighter jet? I thought heat seeking missiles went after specific infrared frequencies, and specific temperatures.
BaconIsMyBFF
1st Aug 2018
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
22nd Jan 2018
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Question: How would the United States charge Lokar for his crimes even if he was exposed? He's not an American citizen.
Answer: He would be charged as an International War Criminal. Bosnian war criminals were charged by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, a body of the United Nations.
20th Nov 2017
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Question: Why didn't Lokar have his men burn the bodies if he wanted to avoid being exposed?
Answer: Burning large piles of bodies is time consuming, laborious, and may actually draw more attention than simply leaving them in mass graves.
Besides, it's difficult to destroy a body, even by burning it.
14th Sep 2017
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Question: What was Lokar hiding? And why did he want to keep it a secret?
Answer: Lokar was conducting a genocidal campaign against the Bosniak population, a severe war crime. The photos of the mass grave would have exposed him.
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Answer: Modern heat seekers are indeed designed to go after certain frequencies in order to better bypass countermeasures. It is still a pretty common Hollywood convention that heat seekers go after the hottest heat source in the area. Part of this is due to audience expectation, as the average viewer might not be aware of modern missile technology and would wonder the opposite of your question: why a heat seeker wouldn't go after a huge explosion that is hotter than a jet. It must also be noted that no system is perfect and in real world situations heat seeking missiles are still prone to be pulled off course by countermeasures, so it isn't entirely unrealistic.
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