http://defensetech.org/2007/04/03/chaff-from-wheat-21st-century-style/ The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:06:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://defensetech.org/2007/04/03/chaff-from-wheat-21st-century-style/#comment-158777 Max Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:46:46 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2427#comment-158777 Excellent. Kudos to our men and women in uniform. Excellent. Kudos to our men and women in uniform.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/04/03/chaff-from-wheat-21st-century-style/#comment-158776 Ward Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:19:51 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2427#comment-158776 Oh, c'mon, Dakota. If that ain't surgical then what is? Take the bad guys out of a tree line and take the weapon out and leave surrounding structures untouched? That's a pretty deft touch, attack-wise. Oh, c’mon, Dakota. If that ain’t surgical then what is? Take the bad guys out of a tree line and take the weapon out and leave surrounding structures untouched? That’s a pretty deft touch, attack-wise.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/04/03/chaff-from-wheat-21st-century-style/#comment-158775 Dakota Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:12:02 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2427#comment-158775 >>""The "strafing" looks more like a cluster munition attack, does it not? Or maybe it's just 30mm HE rounds?""<< I thought so to, at first, but it looks more like fronds coming off the palm trees. .... And I really do not think that kind of strike counts as "surgical". ""WWII air raids..."" WWII? So what? We are light years away from that. Surgical? --No. Effective? --Yes. What was new about that kind of attack (compared to past wars) was the use of a UAV to find the bad guy, follow the bad guy and guide our weapons onto the bad guys. And most likly at night. Surgical? Naw. »”“The “strafing” looks more like a cluster munition attack, does it not? Or maybe it’s just 30mm HE rounds?””«
I thought so to, at first, but it looks more like fronds coming off the palm trees.
.…
And I really do not think that kind of strike counts as “surgical”.
”“WWII air raids…”“
WWII? So what? We are light years away from that.
Surgical?
–No.
Effective?
–Yes.
What was new about that kind of attack (compared to past wars) was the use of a UAV to find the bad guy, follow the bad guy and guide our weapons onto the bad guys. And most likly at night.
Surgical?
Naw.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/04/03/chaff-from-wheat-21st-century-style/#comment-158774 TrustButVerify Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:40:32 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2427#comment-158774 I'd say 30mm rounds followed up by some sort of PGM, which points to an Apache. But I understand US aircraft have been making more strafing attacks recently due to better gunsights, and it looks more like a JDAM than a Hellfire explosion. Anyone who'd like to see the effects of non-surgical bombing need only read about WWII air raids. Stone knives and bearskins, so to speak. I’d say 30mm rounds followed up by some sort of PGM, which points to an Apache. But I understand US aircraft have been making more strafing attacks recently due to better gunsights, and it looks more like a JDAM than a Hellfire explosion.
Anyone who’d like to see the effects of non-surgical bombing need only read about WWII air raids. Stone knives and bearskins, so to speak.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/04/03/chaff-from-wheat-21st-century-style/#comment-158773 Wembley Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:07:14 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2427#comment-158773 If that was surgical, I'd really hate to see one that was messy. It would be interesting to know what weapons were being used though. If that was surgical, I’d really hate to see one that was messy.
It would be interesting to know what weapons were being used though.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/04/03/chaff-from-wheat-21st-century-style/#comment-158772 bespoke Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:57:26 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2427#comment-158772 The "strafing" looks more like a cluster munition attack, does it not? Or maybe it's just 30mm HE rounds? The “strafing” looks more like a cluster munition attack, does it not? Or maybe it’s just 30mm HE rounds?

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