<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by mdtony:
So if they hit a plane on take off, even if they did puncture the tank, it wouldn't do all that much, correct?</font>
No, that's not what I'm saying. I'm talking about the combustability of a fuel tank, not what happens during a hypothetic missle attack.
It really doesn't make a lot of difference if the fuel burns or if you just get significant structural damage. If the missle hits the airplane there is a good chance that the airplane will not remain flyable.