Comments on: Mahdi Army Using ‘Flying IEDs’ in Baghdad

By: upchuckie_cheezits

upchuckie_cheezits — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:13:36 +0000

This is my first time at this site so I may be asking a question which may have been answered before, or which is obvious to everyone but me. If so, my apologies.
Why do Iranians mark their 107mm rockets with date and lot labels in English?

By: hj

hj — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:48:27 +0000

Our troops need to invade our own government, specifically those who have motives in directing our government to fight and hate.

By: Smith

Smith — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:28:38 +0000

And to those who want to invade Iran — with what army? Afghanistan and Iraq currently have the Total Force (all services) stretched to the max in order to sustain it. Iran has a population of about what, 70 million? How on earth do you intend to exert control over that large of territory and population?
A limited incursion is more feasible, but from what we saw of the last limited incursion into Iran (Hussein in the early 1980s) it would offer no lasting advantage for he who attempted it.
The only option for Iran now is air strikes, which thankfully both the US and Israel greatly excel in.

By: Smith

Smith — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:17:07 +0000

At least there is one small consolation — bomb builders who work out of their garages have a difficult time surviving their own learning curve.

By: Da' Buffalo Amongst Wolves

Da' Buffalo Amongst Wolves — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:16:47 +0000

Nothing new here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyusha_rocket_launcher

By: pedestrian

pedestrian — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:21:00 +0000

>I’d have to guess they’ve run out of the pre-war stockpiles.
I hope so, but there are more rumors coming from Pentagon about China exporting weapons to these terrorists via Iran. Is this a nother proxy war of a New Cold War against China?

By: pedestrian

pedestrian — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:14:23 +0000

>Anti-air IEDs? How do those work?
Aerial IED may be the more often used term back then. It was also mentioned in Defense Tech. You may also look at the article from Telegraph for a brief explanation. This was one of the most shocking IED concepts I have ever heard in my life. However, there are also reports that denies such IEDs, and not much is known about it, and it has not been often used.
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002108.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/1508142/US-helicopters-in-Iraq-face-menace-of-‘aerial-bombs’.html

By: Jimbo Jones

Jimbo Jones — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:04:35 +0000

i bet the antiwar lefties are rejoicing about this…

By: Brad B.

Brad B. — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:46:11 +0000

Sven, it’s safe to assume that whoever built this thing was never able to field test it. Because of that, the US releasing data on the range of the weapon would only help the builders either develop tactics based on it’s capabilities or help improve the weapon. That’s why it should remain classified.

By: Sven Ortmann

Sven Ortmann — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:15:17 +0000

“The US military said the range and size of the warhead on the IRAMs is classified.“
OMG. They don’t want civilians to know abut foreign weapons. That’s BS. As long as it’s no Western weapon design but an adversary design there#s no good reason fro classifying.
This classifying does not protect our secrets, but protects secrets of “them” that were already compromised.