. The first question: Can the signal gun blow up the helicopter?
Synopsis: When a helicopter was landing on an island with a senator, the fat senator knocked out a pilot with a flare gun while no one was looking, and threatened the pilot to take off immediately and take him to Pearl Harbor. The pilot who fainted after the plane took off woke up and pulled the senator from behind, and then the other two began to help the others twist into a ball. All the helicopters exploded in the air, meaning that the signal gun fired and exploded the helicopter?
Can a small signal gun blow up a helicopter? A flare gun is just a burning projectile with a much lower velocity than a pistol bullet, and is meant to glide through the air and emit light to produce a signal. Just such a little guy can't even penetrate the metal body of the body to make the helicopter explode? Even the fuel tank can't explode directly, and as a military transport plane, it doesn't carry bombs, so this seems extremely absurd.
Even if the helicopter needs to be destroyed for the plot and the senator disappears, at least think of a reliable reason. The flare gun shot the pilot in the head, then caught fire? This flame is not too bright and will be extinguished by blood soon. A pilot died and the co-pilot still had a co-pilot. The flare gun fired one round at a time. It seemed that there was no spare ammunition at the time. Even if there were several other crew members, it was impossible for him to reload the ammunition before firing. And that senator can't be so ruthless, killing the pilot in the air if he doesn't want to, or facing his head.
The second problem is that some of the soldiers who appeared on the stage were rigidly holding guns, and they held long M16 rifles in the air in such a small space. I don’t know if they thought the military parade ceremony was really unprofessional. Of course, there were not so many tactical experts in the film at that time, but in the end, the director was not attentive enough. He thought that it was not the highlight to ignore the details, but it was a major failure of the film, and the details determined everything.
As I said, the rigid soldiers holding guns were incompetent, and were directly attacked by Japanese pilots with guns, controlling several people, including senators and commanders. Although it is necessary for the plot, the plot is too blunt. Those soldiers are here to make fun of it. Even holding an M1911 pistol is more effective than holding an M16 rifle.
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