Posted on 04/29/2016 6:00:15 AM PDT by C19fan
The United States will soon surround the Islamic State on three sides with rocket artillery batteries. The plans follow months of aerial bombardment, but the ground-launched rockets represent an expanding and less-publicized element to the war. On April 26, the Pentagon announced it will send U.S. Army troops and the rocket launchers to southern Turkey. The ground combat branch already has similar units in Iraq and Jordan and the use of the launchers are by no means exclusive to these three countries.
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I assume these are a whole lot cheaper than sending F35s over target and approaching the same accuracy. Anyone know the range?
The MLRS is a bit bigger than the Nebelwerfer:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M270_Multiple_Launch_Rocket_System
And the smaller “HIMARS”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIMARS
And I’m guessing the ISIS refugees will need somewhere to run and Obama will invite them here riight?
“In November 2015, the United States Army revealed they had deployed the HIMARS to Iraq, firing at least 400 rockets at the Islamic State since the beginning of summer. HIMARS detachments were sent to Al Asad Airbase and Al-Taqaddum Air Base in Anbar province. On “”4 March 2016””, Army HIMARS systems fired rockets into Syria in support of Syrian rebels fighting ISIL for the first time, with the launchers based in neighboring Jordan.”
.. The plans follow months of aerial bombardment...
Months of the professional military following lightweight orders from the Community Organizer in Chief who is in awe of his own imagined military brilliance and inept planning and execution of military operations and ROE.
Why are we broadcasting military intent to God and [every] Country with ears?
The Turks are cooperating?
We must be targeting Kurds and Yazidi.
Means we likely have forward observers in ISIS territory. Very brave souls.
Erdogan is an Islamist. He sides with ISIS. Has from beginning. So has Obama. Both plotted emplacement of Morsi in Egypt, overthrow of Gaddaffi, smuggling arms to al Qaeda and ISIS in Syria.
I live in the “Big Nothing”, if I get it from here, surely everyone in DC knows what lying traitors these b_tards are.
“Where but in our great democracy could a common paperhanger rise to become both a military and naval genius?”
The first “non-combatant” to get it, and that’ll be the end of that.
Good to finally have the Queen of the Battlefield make her appearance. From what I have seen, ISIS uses their captured arty for point targets and to try and defeat minor obstacles. Once the professional US artillery makes its presence known, ISIS will soil themselves.
“A modern day version of the German Nebelwerfer.”
My father in law used to call those “the screaming me me’s”
Indeed. Any Forward Observer is a brave soul. Usually a young Lieutenant and an enlisted person with him.
I don't know, but it's probably the same reason Mrs. Bill Clinton gave "every country with ears" all of those emails.
Actually, I think the reason is just that Democrats, liberals, etc. are just not careful with security issues.
It doesn’t matter how many sides we can hold, the muzzy in chief won’t let our troops do anything to harm his buddies.
Drones are indeed very brave.
Are the guys in the truck when launching?
If so it must be quite the site and sound must be very loud.
Thanks C19fan.
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