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IED Emplacement Team Vaporized (a.k.a. Three Express Tickets to Allah)
Military.com ^
Posted on 12/04/2008 7:09:47 PM PST by DadOfFive
UAV Predator takes out an IED emplacement team with a Hellfire Missile in Iraq.
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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: drone; ied; vapor
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There's a reason it's called Hellfire.
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posted on
12/04/2008 7:09:47 PM PST
by
DadOfFive
To: DadOfFive
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posted on
12/04/2008 7:15:12 PM PST
by
freebilly
To: DadOfFive
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posted on
12/04/2008 7:15:59 PM PST
by
ought-six
( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
To: DadOfFive
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posted on
12/04/2008 7:16:31 PM PST
by
Per-Ling
To: DadOfFive
Awesome video. All their virgins look like Miss Piggy.
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posted on
12/04/2008 7:17:34 PM PST
by
unkus
To: DadOfFive
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posted on
12/04/2008 7:18:41 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(Obama/Biden '08: "We Are Not Ruled By Murderers, But Only--By Their Friends."--Rudyard Kipling)
To: DadOfFive
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posted on
12/04/2008 7:20:28 PM PST
by
Ditto
To: SLB; Squantos; Travis McGee
I love a story with a happy ending.
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posted on
12/04/2008 7:23:45 PM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Obama: Carter's only chance to avoid going down in history as the worst U.S. president ever.)
To: Ditto
I just had to watch it again. Gotta love it.
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posted on
12/04/2008 7:25:18 PM PST
by
unkus
To: DadOfFive
I have seen a lot of these videos, and I admit that I have no idea how far away the drone, Apache or other aircraft might be. I am amazed at how oblivious these people are to what ever may be flying around, nighttime not withstanding.
We have a helicopter base about 25 mies away. Often choppers fly nearby. Blackhawks and Kiowas are not silent. I do not know what an Apache sounds like. I still can’t believe these idiots don’t hear anything.
To: DadOfFive
Obama is deeply distressed.
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posted on
12/04/2008 7:27:49 PM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(I'll give Obama the same amount of respect the left gave Bush)
To: DadOfFive
Hellfire. When your enemy positively, absolutely has to be blown to little bits.
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posted on
12/04/2008 7:28:49 PM PST
by
DemforBush
(Millions of conservatives have got your back, Sarah!)
To: Pelagius of Asturias
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posted on
12/04/2008 7:30:35 PM PST
by
dartuser
("If you torture the data long enough, it will confess, even to crimes it did not commit")
To: Pelagius of Asturias
Wikipedia states that in general the Hellfire missile’s range is ~8km.
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posted on
12/04/2008 7:40:44 PM PST
by
TexGuy
(If it has the slimmest of chances of being considered sarcasm ... IT IS!)
To: FreedomPoster
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posted on
12/04/2008 7:41:32 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: dartuser
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posted on
12/04/2008 7:43:03 PM PST
by
Publius6961
(Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
To: DadOfFive
My favorite Dave Clark 5 song
I'm in pieces, bit and pieces...
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posted on
12/04/2008 7:43:20 PM PST
by
tx_eggman
(I own two rare photos. Houdini as he locks his keys in his car and Norman Rockwell beating a child.)
To: DadOfFive
Um, those dudes got vapourised....heh.....heh heh heh....
To: Pelagius of Asturias
UAVs are operating at medium altitude, typically around 15,000 feet. They are quiet, and very hard to spot with the naked eye. Moreover, both Predators and Reapers (the next-gen UAV) carry Hellfires. More than likely, the drone that shot them was the same one that spotted them. The sensor operator (an airman or NCO) detected the activity, and confirmed it with command element running the mission. Once confirmed, the drone pilot, sitting next to the sensor operator, was cleared hot, and you saw the rest.
To: DadOfFive
Note: That was not the rapture.
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posted on
12/04/2008 8:57:08 PM PST
by
Tigen
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