Comments on: Rapid Fire 03/24/06

By: rutty

rutty — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 03:01:21 +0000

Any other waste-of-time photo-ops masquerading as military operations that we should know about? That bread sure does beat finding some shoulder-fired surface-to-air missles. Please link to that asshat’s next piece (seriously). I want see if the topic comes up again.
From http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom1/Lists/Press%20Releases/DispForm.aspx?ID=2821
OPERATION SWARMER CONCLUDES
[…]
The [confiscated] caches included:
– Six shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles
– Over 350 mortar rounds and three mortar systems
– 26 artillery rounds
– A variety of IED-making materials and other military items
– Over 120 rockets
– Over 3200 rounds of small-arms ammunition
– 86 rocket-propelled grenades and 28 launchers
– Six landmines
– 12 hand grenades and 40 rifle grenades
– 34 rifles and machineguns of various types

By: MD

MD — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 00:05:24 +0000

RE: Power plants at risk, physically, yes, the gear is subject to physical tampering, any fool with a nice chunk of pipe or a length of steel cable or chain can cause a bit of damage. Internally, depends on who’s power protection gear is inside of it. Pretty much everything that is said in the story is detailed in a book published in the late 70’s called “Technologic Terrorism”… no new news here people.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 00:02:21 +0000

Duke out of the tourney, G’town in. Why couldn’t they be good when I went there?
Go Hoyas!
Georgetown Law, class of ’03.