I think "Datto" was drawing a bit of a long bow in his description of the damage to the engine.
I have seen Landcruisers which have been in accidents where the whole vehicle is barely recognisable,but the engine is pretty much undamaged.
A car engine is a pretty solid object,& if the aircraft was landing, the "pretend" missile wouldn't have all that much in forward speed,or height.
I wonder what his Insurance company's evaluation of the damage was.
Note the year:2000
If we must include ancient history,the Poms unintentionally dropped a few Blue Streaks out of the sky back in the "swinging sixties" before they got it right/ran out of money!
The Yanks managed to lose an Atomic Bomb back round the same time,too!