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attacking a nuke plane

If a bullet could cause a nuclear weapon to explode, not only the guys at Los Alamos wouldn't have had to spend years to discover how to achieve that, no, they would even have had to make all their nukes bullet-proof.

If a bullet or an aircraft's impact could cause their bombs to explode, there wouldn't be that many duds lying around.

I'm with the idea of blowing drop tanks though.
Didn't see the mythbusters stuff, but from a physical point of view, if a piston engine aircraft's drop tank isn't 100% filled, there'll be enough flammable gas inside the drop tank to ignite it even if the bullet isn't I/T type, the sparks from piercing the drop's hull will do (as they do for wing tanks). Theoretically if blowing drop tanks would be modded to the game, the code should check the drop tank's liquid level and blow it only if the level is below let's say 90%.

Best regards - Mike

I think they said it was plausible in right circumstances, but I can be wrong too. It's been a long time since I saw that episode.