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Video: He Who Lives by the Bomb, Shall Die by the Bomb
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| 8/12/06
Posted on 08/12/2006 9:17:15 PM PDT by llevrok
500 pounder dropped on guys planting IED - they never knew what hit them.
Please go to the link to see the whole video.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
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To: Cobra64
Pixie dust and fairy magic.
Oh and a +3 Dwarven Helmet of Leet Jihadi Butt-Kicking and General Bad @$$ery.
:)
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posted on
08/12/2006 11:48:36 PM PDT
by
Killborn
(Pres. Bush isn't Pres. Reagan. Then again, Pres. Regan isn't Pres. Washington. God bless them all.)
To: Cobra64
The target is 'locked' by a guidance system and the warhead is coming from someplace else, isn't that true?
Therefore, the view you're getting in the video is an automated one and not in control of the pilot.
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posted on
08/12/2006 11:56:05 PM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
To: sonic109
At that speed they had to be at some distance for the guys on the ground not to hear the jet coming . Or they were going supersonic. ;-)
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posted on
08/13/2006 12:34:38 AM PDT
by
wyattearp
(Study! Study! Study! Or BONK, BONK, on the head!)
To: llevrok
Great. Too bad there weren't any Human Shields nearby. But anyway, this is great.
To: ClaireSolt
I don't know what Paveway (laser guided) kits cost. JDAM (GPS) kits are about 20K with the bomb body costing about 2 bucks per pound.
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posted on
08/13/2006 1:18:59 AM PDT
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: ClaireSolt
Out of curiosity, what do you think that op cost? Much, much more than they were worth, but if you are carrying a .45 and see a mouse, I suppose one has to make do.
But that discounts the value of the target vehicle and its occupants.
To: Gorzaloon
And, if you figure that the IED they were planting could maim or kill one of our guys....it is WELL worth it.
500 lb bomb - $10,000
Laser guided targeting system - $20,000
Predator Drone - $90,000
Three 1-way tickets to hell - Priceless.
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:09:38 AM PDT
by
KeepUSfree
(WOSD = fascism pure and simple.)
To: KeepUSfree
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:18:03 AM PDT
by
DocRock
To: llevrok
I'm a sucker for movies with happy endings.
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:19:27 AM PDT
by
Clink
("Government is not the solution, government is the problem".--Ronald Reagan)
To: llevrok
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:27:58 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Enterprise
"Gimme three steps mister" didn't work here I guess.Lol.
Three steps isn't enough when a 500 pounder is dropped on top of you.
The end result was the same though.
" Never see me no more, for sure "
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:32:24 AM PDT
by
csvset
("It was like the hand of G_d slapping down and smashing everything." ~ JDAM strikes Taliban)
To: llevrok
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:34:10 AM PDT
by
Begin
(Mister, we could use a man like Ronald Reagan again.)
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To: Northern Alliance
To: KeepUSfree
Thanks. Could that have one of those 500lbs of concrete bombs?
To: csvset
"" Never see me no more, for sure " LOL
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posted on
08/13/2006 7:55:04 AM PDT
by
Enterprise
(Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
To: Enterprise
Of course, there is no way to know what damage it averted. However, saving soldiers from injury is not the object of war, unless you are with John Murtha and want to put them all in Okinawa. btw, I do not oject, as I said, I am curious, only.
To: Gorzaloon
I like your comment about the mouse and 45. I guess you might consider that the alternative might be that army of 500,000 to be everywhere. If that is the choice a predator is probably cheap.
To: ClaireSolt
Out of curiosity, what do you think that op cost?500-pound GP bomb: $500
GPS guidance module: $2000
Red mist: Priceless
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posted on
08/13/2006 8:35:39 AM PDT
by
JoeGar
To: ClaireSolt
I know. I think the best solution is to put Murtha on Okinawa.
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posted on
08/13/2006 8:52:44 AM PDT
by
Enterprise
(Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
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