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WARPLANES: The Avalanche Weapon
Strategypage.com ^
| March 22, 2002
| Stephen V. Cole
Posted on 03/22/2002 11:24:45 AM PST by John H K
US strike planners used a new tactic in the Afghan War: deliberately triggered avalanches. By having geologists study the terrain through recon photos, they could pick out areas that were "rockslides waiting to happen". If Taliban or al Qaeda troops were downhill from these areas, bombs were targeted to hit the mountainsides to trigger huge waves of crushed rock. Doing this provided surprise, as the targeted troops did not realize they were under attack when bombs landed a mile or two away from them. In one case, a large concentration of troops in a forested area could not be accurately targeted with bombs, but sending thousands of tons of rock into the forest destroyed the unit.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; airstrikes; avalanches; tactics; talibanlist; warlist
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About 10 seconds till some nitwite HR group declares this "inhumane."
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posted on
03/22/2002 11:24:45 AM PST
by
John H K
To: John H K
Hmmmmmm.
To: John H K
If Mohammed will not come to the mountain, the mountain must come to Mohammed.
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posted on
03/22/2002 11:29:25 AM PST
by
Poohbah
To: John H K
Ashes to ashes. Dust to ...
Rocks!
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posted on
03/22/2002 11:31:01 AM PST
by
Southack
To: Poohbah
"If Mohammed will not come to the mountain, the mountain must come to Mohammed"
Ohhhh, that is sooooo good!
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posted on
03/22/2002 11:32:46 AM PST
by
Warren
To: Poohbah
beat me to it...
To: Poohbah
Hmmm. I think this is more a case of dropping the mountain on Mohammed rather than bringing the mountain to Mohammed. It is certainly more satisfying that way.
To: Poohbah
LOL! -- Ex-cellent!
To: John H K
About 10 seconds till some nitwite HR group declares this "inhumane."
Good! Then we'll know we're doing exactly the right thing! Rock on, brothers!
Musta been hell on wheels in the old Al-Q'aeda weenie roast.
To: Billy_bob_bob
He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you." (Matt. 17:20)
OK, so it was a mustard seed the size of a big-ass 2,000 lb bomb. But the mountain did move.
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posted on
03/22/2002 11:44:14 AM PST
by
r9etb
To: John H K
bump
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posted on
03/22/2002 11:45:22 AM PST
by
VOA
To: John H K
If Mohamad can not got to the mountain, than the mountain must come to Mhoamad. ;-)
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posted on
03/22/2002 11:46:33 AM PST
by
Zathras
To: Poohbah
Beautiful!
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posted on
03/22/2002 11:46:37 AM PST
by
deadrock
To: Poohbah
As usual, you da man! Good one! Har, har, har!
To: lentulusgracchus
Rock on, brothers! Heh-heh. Exactly.
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To: Constitutionalist Conservative
"Rock on,
ROCK ON!Drive them crazi-ah!
No serenade
No fire brigade
Just a PY-ro-man-i-a!"
Thought I'd supply a little Def Leppard...
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posted on
03/22/2002 12:08:01 PM PST
by
Poohbah
To: John H K
Rock-a-bye baby!
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posted on
03/22/2002 12:13:05 PM PST
by
usslsm51
To: Yehuda
I feel the earth move under my feet...
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posted on
03/22/2002 12:15:02 PM PST
by
Poohbah
To: DEADROCK
Saves a bunch of work for the Graves & Burial teams. Makes sense both militarily and financially.
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