800 missiles to hit Iraq in first 48 hours

SMH.AU.COM ^ | 26 Jan, 2003 | Andrew West

[Happy2BMe]

Metalboy..

Checked the site:

"About a dozen human shield volunteers will spend their last day in England, painting and decorating the double-decker buses that will ferry them in convoy to Baghdad. The convoy comprising volunteers from Britain and around the world, will leave from outside City Hall on Saturday and drive through Europe picking-up more human shields en route. The convoy will arrive in Baghdad on 8th February where the volunteers will stay until the imminent threat of war has passed.

The convoy, led by former US Marine and Gulf War veteran, Ken Nichols O’Keefe, has attracted volunteers of all ages and backgrounds.

How high up in the DNC is Ken O'Keefe?

These fools apparently have a couple of double-decker busses they are going to ship over to some point where they can drive into Baghdad by Feb 7th.

Suckers better hurry if they want to help light up the gates of Bagadaddy.

I hear this lady is a team leader and one of their dubble-deckker-buzz drivers:

Hi! My Name is "Taliban" Patty Murray But You Can Just Call Me Traitor!

Listen To My Radio Show "Taliban" Patty - Live From Baghdad! [strum, strum] "Where have all my neurons gone . . ."

[metalboy]

that is great... "Taliban Patty gets the surprise of her life when she discovers the "shields" have in fact become "targets"..run awaaay.." I bet they kill this Patty and this ken O,Keefe once the volunteer shields find out what the hell they`ve gotten themselves into.I like the questions they pose for the shields, like it`s some sort of European vacation from hell for the incredibly naive.

· What's the route?
The route is instant death from idiocy
· Where do we sleep on our way through Europe?
Lunch will be served with on an board movie showing dead Kurds from gas so you can see just what type of psycho your supporting
· How much money should I bring with me and in what form?
Money is unnecessary for the soon to be deceased. Make sure all your affairs are in order wills ect.
· What's the weather like in Iraq at the moment, what sort of clothing do I need?
Light overcast on Wednesday, with a slight cyanide breeze from the middle east. Burial clothing is a matter of choice
· How Can I Help?
If you are the last to die, you can help in grave digging until your time has come
· What happens when we get to Iraq?
When you her the US fighter jets coming, lay down immediately on your back and then you realize that you just made the biggest damn fool mistake of your life.
· What do I need to take with me?
Brains would be preferable, but since you don`t have any I wouldn`t worry about it.
· How do we get back?
(Can you believe this question?)
· Will there be any training regarding safety, language basics, and 'what if...?
Yes, being a shield is a skill that requires intensive training..Ready?..lets begin: 1. Lie on your back 2. Get killed
· Are there any potential problems with water or food in Iraq?
Yes, and there are problems with torture, murder, gas, Saddam (you ever hear of him?)
· How long will we be there?
Only for an eternity

[Blueflag]

Actually, if you do a little supposin', you can reach much more shocking figures. As follows.

Let's suppose you have a rough total of 60 platforms that can launch cruise missiles, and each carries a magazine averaging 15 ready warshots -- attack subs, surface ships, B-52s, B-1s.

Now suppose they have a relatively slow salvo rate of 1 missile per minute EACH.

If we wanted to, we could, therefore, place 800 cruise missiles in flight in 15 minutes.

Now, some have to fly farther than others, and cruise missiles have (duh) programmable flight paths.

So, with a good missile attack tasking order, we could impact/detonate all 800 missiles on, say 500 targets, at the same time.

The artillery folks know how to do this. We could do it with cruise missiles. The entire battlefield could explode at once.

IN ADDITION, while the cruise missiles are in the air, the B-2s and stealth fighters are approaching their primaries, and are accompanied by some intense ECM packages from the Navy. The wobbly goblins can hit one or two targets. The B-2s can drop precision weapons on 20+/- targets.

Again, with a coordinated plan and a well-executed ATO, all the ordinance from the B-1s and stealth fighters could arrive on target at the 'same time' as the cruise missiles.

Welcome to the coordinated battlefield environment, Iraq.

One last point. Modern precision weapons can shut down civilian infrastructure/utilities without destroying it. In the space of 30 minutes, Iraq will be reduced to an armored infantry with 1920s communications capabilities.

[Blueflag]

Third to last paragraph should read B-2s, not B-1s. We regret the error.

[Blueflag]

For some fun 'what if?' math, read my thoughts two posts up. ;-)

[DCPatriot]

The world is too small for Germany to pull another act like they did in the 1930's.

Damn, they make fine automobiles though!

[xzins]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/829884/posts?page=43#43

Ping to the above post by Blueflag. Awesome coordinated strike mathematics.

Request ping to respective military lists

[deport]

German troops to guard U.S. military facilities

[Happy2BMe]

"So, with a good missile attack tasking order, we could impact/detonate all 800 missiles on, say 500 targets, at the same time."

We need you in the head office - tnx for the data.

[Mr. Lucky]

German is now the major power in Europe

No, I think the United States is now the major power in Europe; the whole rest of the planet, too.

[timestax]

Let's do it!!

[Travis McGee]

Which is pschologically more crushing, a single 800 missile "time on target" attack, or 800 missiles over 48 hours, going off every few minutes?

I can't decide, so LET'S DO BOTH!

[Blueflag]

Remember, this is just the first salvo. Then the general purpose air to mud guys take over. 1800 sorties per day-- from BUFFs to F-18s to Jaguars-- over and over. The fun never stops.

It's simply not over until we win.

[ASA Vet]

Briggitte who?

[xzins]

Let's do both...

Can you even imagine what that would be like!!

If I picked out a couple thousand prime targets and hit them all simultaneously and then ran a continuous 48 hour targeting of lesser sites, we would have a stone age culture when the smoke cleared.

I'd locate and take out their gps jammers just prior to the initial onslaught.

Any ideas how to do that? Nah...never mind. I'm always afraid the bad guys read these pages.

[Travis McGee]

Actually I think we are going to go for very few hard kills, we need to run this country after we're finished with Saddam's regime!

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[ko_kyi]

Curtis LeMay would be proud!

"Sunday Punch" version 2.0

[LTCJ]

Any people who produce Briggitte Bardot can't be ALL bad.

Don't forget, Bardot was an export product.