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To: blueunicorn6

——Close Air Support from 30,000 feet is possible these days.-——

Maybe, but if I have a heavy MG position 75 feet from me, I prefer CAS that can get an eyes on after I pop smoke and myself not get hit by the resulting shytstorm.


62 posted on 12/22/2016 2:41:56 PM PST by redcatcherb412
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To: redcatcherb412
Maybe, but if I have a heavy MG position 75 feet from me, I prefer CAS that can get an eyes on after I pop smoke and myself not get hit by the resulting shytstorm.

If that MG position is truly 75 FEET from your position, I think I would trust a dedicated weapons system operator looking at a magnified video or IR view of the target and lasing the exact spot until a 500 lb bomb turns it into a smoking hole, than I would a pilot with Mark I eyeballs trying to unload 30mm rounds while also avoiding controlled flight into terrain.

Or more realistically, you call in an Army AH-64 Apache who will expend a laser guided Hellfire.

69 posted on 12/22/2016 3:26:52 PM PST by Yo-Yo ( Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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