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To: FlipWilson

What is “base denial”?


24 posted on 09/02/2014 7:48:26 AM PDT by PastorBooks
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To: PastorBooks

Crater the runway so enemy aircraft can’t use it.

Burn any remaining fuel, knock down the tower, raze the buildings, sabotage the ground vehicles...


28 posted on 09/02/2014 7:56:47 AM PDT by null and void (If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
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To: PastorBooks
What is “base denial”?

Durandal munitions, or the cruise missile variant that drops "bomblets", basically land mines all over the runway and tarmac.

Here is a picture after IDF used Durandals on the Beirut Aiport:

Note: Every RAF Tornado lost in Gulf War I was due to them flying straight down the runway and delivering munitions. Iraqis placed their ZSU-23-4 and ZSU-57s at the end of each runway and lit the Brits up.

36 posted on 09/02/2014 8:25:17 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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