http://defensetech.org/2006/01/20/aerial-ied-denied-kinda-sorta/ The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Thu, 24 May 2012 16:05:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://defensetech.org/2006/01/20/aerial-ied-denied-kinda-sorta/#comment-121124 James Sat, 21 Jan 2006 04:18:28 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=1784#comment-121124 Well...why would he deny it? Certainly the enemy knows what kind of bombs he's planted. It's certainly not implausible. As other posters pointed out, the NVA used treetop mines against US helicopters and I heard of an even wilier one: a dud 500-pound bomb recovered and modified with a fuse that reacted to the magnetic field created by the rotor. The use of anti-air mines wasn't really widespread in Vietnam but they might have been if the war had gone on longer. Incidentally, I heard tell the Soviets were working on an anti-helicopter mine deployed by artillery into rear areas, but I never saw a second source and I don't know if the project was continued after 1990. Well…why would he deny it? Certainly the enemy knows what kind of bombs he’s planted. It’s certainly not implausible. As other posters pointed out, the NVA used treetop mines against US helicopters and I heard of an even wilier one: a dud 500-pound bomb recovered and modified with a fuse that reacted to the magnetic field created by the rotor.
The use of anti-air mines wasn’t really widespread in Vietnam but they might have been if the war had gone on longer. Incidentally, I heard tell the Soviets were working on an anti-helicopter mine deployed by artillery into rear areas, but I never saw a second source and I don’t know if the project was continued after 1990.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2006/01/20/aerial-ied-denied-kinda-sorta/#comment-121123 Charles Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:12:44 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=1784#comment-121123 To borrow a quote from a Star Trek movie: "Mister President, I don't know what to believe." The Army Secretary is pushing pap. First he says he's not sure, then he says probably not, then he says maybe airborne IEDs have been used. Oh well. To borrow a quote from a Star Trek movie:
“Mister President, I don’t know what to believe.“
The Army Secretary is pushing pap. First he says he’s not sure, then he says probably not, then he says maybe airborne IEDs have been used.
Oh well.

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