[Calvin Locke]

45 miles for a moving vehicle.

69 miles for a stationary target.

[going hot]

Imagine you are in a vehicle. Imagine that vehicle is 45 miles distant from nearest threat, you can visualize an area 45 miles from where you presently sit.

Then imagine someone dropping a load from that 45 mile distant area, and that missile coming down through your sunroof.

Must be a pants wetter!

[going hot]

28 times! for your friends.

[TXnMA]

"45 miles for a moving vehicle."

"69 miles for a stationary target."

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Precision weapons (like Hellfires) & the GBU-53B -- require Precision Target Designation.

QUESTION: Remember the real-time videos of Suleimani's vehicle exploding -- and the photos of his corpse -- including his ID'ing finger ring?

Who took those?

ANSWER: The same SF operators who DESIGNATED his vehicle -- from the ground, with an encoded laser designator.

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In an era where UCAVs are becoming evermore effective, this sounds like a la$t-ga$p effort of the "Fa$t-Mover Cabal" within the USAF to hang onto the CAS mission -- while safely keeping their hyper-expensive Fast-Mover jets & the @SS3$ of their their scarce & expen$ive pilots 45 - 69 miles back in "CYA Territory".

TXnMA