McCain was a POW when U.S. began to use laser-guided bombs

tribune-review ^ | salena zito

[Nowhere Man]

I heard that over Hannity today and was thinking about what I know of Vietnam War history, I do believe laser guided bombs came in use for the first time around 1968 to 1972, give or take. McCain was captured in 1965 so he was a POW before they has laser guided smart bombs.

[LSUfan]

What a pure scumbag Rockefeller is.

[Salena Zito]

Three Vietnam vets confirmed that

[Reaganesque]

Senator Rockefeller, is it true, sir, that when someone massages your head and neck you get taller?

[Williams]

Wow, the left will get worse and worse like a spoiled brat unless they are denounced forcefully and embarrassed publicly.

Rockefeller shows you how crazy they are - we're supposed to "sympathize" with the enemy McCain was attacking in war, and view McCain as "cowardly" or "uncaring" because he did his duty fighting for our side. That is just so twisted.

[Mr Rogers]

I don’t believe A-4s EVER dropped laser guided bombs.

[Uri’el-2012]

Does that mean that Sen. Rockefeller is an ignorant fool as well as a liar ?

[dbacks]

[What a pure scumbag Rockefeller is.]

WTF does it have to do with anything anyway? Jeezus, those dem bung wipes smear everything they come into contact with. They are scum, pure and simple.

[Williams]

Yes, it's important that Rockefeller is wrong and an idiot, he probably thinks we used laser bombs in WWII.

But who the Hell would dare, except a degenerate left winger, to attack a fighter pilot who does their duty and uses our best technology in war, as somehow a bad person for doing their duty? Rockefeller just insulted every American serviceman and woman who contributes to combat without shooting the enemy at point blank range.

[ilgipper]

Every day I am more disgusted by the sub-human vermin in the Democratic party. Someone needs to demonstrate to the people of American who these scum really are.

[BGHater]

A interesting history behind the LGB. One of the first targets destroyed by one was the Thanh Hoa bridge. With out LGB we would have alot more [John McCain's]POW's.

"Dragon Slayers," original art by Robert Bailey. Navy F-4 Phantoms and A-4 Skyhawks attack the Thanh Hoa Bridge (Dragon's Jaw) in North Vietnam. One hundred and four pilots were shot down within a seventy five square mile vicinity of this infamous target. The communists used the bridge to push Russian and Chinese supplies southward to the front by rail, truck and foot. It stood for almost ten years against every conceivable ordinance that the Americans could muster via air power, surviving wave after wave of determined airmen. For the North Vietnamese, it assumed a prominence that approached mythical status and became a symbol for the North of their determination, fortitude and cause. Presented by oldgloryprints.com

"Jaws of the dragon," original art by Stan Stokes. The Ham Rong Bridge in North Vietnam was a frequent target for F-105s. Ham Rong translates into English as “Dragon’s Jaws,” and this very important north-south rail and highway line was a vital supply link in allowing the North Vietnamese to send streams of men and materials south. The Ham Rong Bridge was 546 feet long and was 56 feet wide. SAMs and antiaircraft batteries heavily defended it. From 1965 to 1968 almost seven hundred aircraft flying about 800 sorties had attacked the bridge, hitting it with more than 10,000 tons of high explosives. Despite these attacks, repair crews worked around the clock, and the bridge remained usable. The North Vietnamese knew that American fighter-bombers would have to pass directly over the Dragon’s Jaws to release their bombs. A wall of antiaircraft fire would be directed directly over the bridge during such attacks, and a horrific toll was exacted on attacking American aircraft. Presented by Stan Stokes Art

Unguided bomb craters known as "Valley of the Moon" mark the approach to Thanh Hoa Bridge. Photo presented by Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate.

[MARTIAL MONK]

Ahhh but you have to give him credit. He’s a veteran....of the Piss Corp.

[Chinstrap61a]

Unfortunately, the laser-guided "smart" bomb wasn't in service while John McCain was flying combat missions. While he and his fellow Navy, Marine, and Air Force pilots and crews were fighting the North Vietnamese, they had to get down close to their targets through some of the heaviest antiaircraft defenses of all time so they could ensure a hit on their targets.

In other words, our pilots risked their lives to press in close to hit the enemy, rather than just releasing the bomb and risking innocent bystanders.

When the LGB entered the inventory, the pilots could attack from a higher altitude and evade after release because the bomb had a very high probability of striking the target and again, not hit innocents.

What is it that liberals and enemy sympathisers like Rockerfeller fail to understand about that?

[jwalsh07]

The issue isn’t technology, the issue is that Jay Rockefeller is a limousine liberal commie loving piece of shit.

[Lumper20]

Not sure when they had the microchip to drop those bombs, but; I would guess about 73. Maybe some AF jet pilots know? I doubt McCain had them as he was shot down. I would guess he may have had improved camera sights to drop regular bombs?

[Right Wing Assault]

What happened when they [the missiles] get to the ground? He doesn't know.

No, numbnut. The whole point of laser-guided bombs is that you DO know where they go.

[Hoodat]

Is this the same Sen. Rockefeller who was the first to state for the record that Iraq was an “imminent” threat?

[LSUfan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIe1eLdWgeU

[Road Warrior ‘04]

What, with all of Rockefeller's military experience, I'm sure he knows what he's talking about. What's that? He's never served in the military? He was a VISTA volunteer?

Well, I guess he doesn't know what he's talking about and he IS a blithering fool and idiot!