http://defensetech.org/2007/09/14/how-not-to-make-100-in-iraq/ The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:25:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://defensetech.org/2007/09/14/how-not-to-make-100-in-iraq/#comment-66353 iPhone Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:55:35 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3739#comment-66353 Very splendid Very splendid

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/09/14/how-not-to-make-100-in-iraq/#comment-66352 crimsontiger6 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:52:14 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3739#comment-66352 owned owned

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/09/14/how-not-to-make-100-in-iraq/#comment-166911 txzen Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:43:16 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3739#comment-166911 Ok consider this my CPA/Accounting friends. An IED blows up a million dollar tank or a 100k dollar humvee with 4 soldiers they cost 100k each to train and that each have 20k in equiptment. Then you consider you launch a 100k dollar hellfire and now they are fielding Vipyr strikes that cost a fraction of that I would guess 10k to 50k because they aren't rocket propelled and have half the size shaped charge and weight 40 percent as much. So the damage an IED team can and have done is way more than the cost of the ammunition plus it is pretty sick thinking of the cost of saving a life as how much they cost to replace so just start thinking about how much it is worth for your loved ones to get home to see you. This is also hitting people in a remote area very little chance for collateral damage and it stops the team from doing soething they could do over and over. Ok consider this my CPA/Accounting friends. An IED blows up a million dollar tank or a 100k dollar humvee with 4 soldiers they cost 100k each to train and that each have 20k in equiptment. Then you consider you launch a 100k dollar hellfire and now they are fielding Vipyr strikes that cost a fraction of that I would guess 10k to 50k because they aren’t rocket propelled and have half the size shaped charge and weight 40 percent as much. So the damage an IED team can and have done is way more than the cost of the ammunition plus it is pretty sick thinking of the cost of saving a life as how much they cost to replace so just start thinking about how much it is worth for your loved ones to get home to see you. This is also hitting people in a remote area very little chance for collateral damage and it stops the team from doing soething they could do over and over.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/09/14/how-not-to-make-100-in-iraq/#comment-166910 Brian Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:48:39 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3739#comment-166910 Paul, I bet there weren't any soldiers nearby. Besides, one missile is cheaper than a Humvee and the lives of several soldiers. Paul, I bet there weren’t any soldiers nearby. Besides, one missile is cheaper than a Humvee and the lives of several soldiers.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/09/14/how-not-to-make-100-in-iraq/#comment-166909 Paul Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:55:34 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3739#comment-166909 So how much does a typical piece of ordinance cost that took those fella's out? Wouldn't 3 bullets have been a lot cheaper? Yes I understand there is a risk to a solders life etc when they go out, but those guys looked to be in the open, did not seemed to be armed other than with some shovels.... yes their purpose was bad and they got what they deserved. I am not doubting that in anyway. But one missile for guys digging a hole? Isn't that a bit of a waste of tax payers dollars? So how much does a typical piece of ordinance cost that took those fella’s out?
Wouldn’t 3 bullets have been a lot cheaper?
Yes I understand there is a risk to a solders life etc when they go out, but those guys looked to be in the open, did not seemed to be armed other than with some shovels.… yes their purpose was bad and they got what they deserved. I am not doubting that in anyway. But one missile for guys digging a hole? Isn’t that a bit of a waste of tax payers dollars?

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/09/14/how-not-to-make-100-in-iraq/#comment-166908 Steven Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:27:21 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3739#comment-166908 Proportional force? You're kidding, right? Maybe we should have trailed these guys back to where they live, secretly dig a hole in their driveway and fill it with explosives, then blow them up when they drive to work the next day? Would that have been appropriately proportional for you? Get real. Proportional force? You’re kidding, right? Maybe we should have trailed these guys back to where they live, secretly dig a hole in their driveway and fill it with explosives, then blow them up when they drive to work the next day?
Would that have been appropriately proportional for you?
Get real.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/09/14/how-not-to-make-100-in-iraq/#comment-166907 miki Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:26:46 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3739#comment-166907 What about a war crime being comitted? What happened to proportional force? How about trailing em and arresting em later? What about a war crime being comitted? What happened to proportional force? How about trailing em and arresting em later?

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/09/14/how-not-to-make-100-in-iraq/#comment-166906 tc huang Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:02:29 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3739#comment-166906 I think there are nothing being left for these three persons. They just disappear from this world after explosion. Nothing beloging to these three persons, including their clothes, their muscles, their blood, and their bones etc., will be left after explosion. So, they are really evaporated from this world. I think there are nothing being left for these three persons. They just disappear from this world after explosion. Nothing beloging to these three persons, including their clothes, their muscles, their blood, and their bones etc., will be left after explosion. So, they are really evaporated from this world.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/09/14/how-not-to-make-100-in-iraq/#comment-166905 Jay Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:21:50 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3739#comment-166905 well.. the ultimate trophy video has already been done. the troops can go home now. there's nothing more to see in Iraq. and the message is more like. make love, not war. link in case embeddeing doesn't work. http://youtube.com/watch?v=8iNjVhDJ14c well.. the ultimate trophy video has already been done.
the troops can go home now. there’s nothing more to see in Iraq.
and the message is more like. make love, not war.
link in case embeddeing doesn’t work.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8iNjVhDJ14c

]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/09/14/how-not-to-make-100-in-iraq/#comment-66344 txzen Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:16:49 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3739#comment-66344 A video like this leaves little to the imagination. Videos from the other side could often be mere tricks of the camera placement. The camera is on the same side of the road as the IED so they go off and the hummvee is blocked out by dust but we don't often know how close the humvee was because of the angle. The answer is more satelite imagery of convoy routes along with more uav and ground stations along the way. A video like this leaves little to the imagination. Videos from the other side could often be mere tricks of the camera placement. The camera is on the same side of the road as the IED so they go off and the hummvee is blocked out by dust but we don’t often know how close the humvee was because of the angle. The answer is more satelite imagery of convoy routes along with more uav and ground stations along the way.

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