To: ewing
Where are the AC-130 Gunships?
If they are not in this war , why not?
To: gitmogrunt
Yes, I want to see Spooky and Spectre plying their trade.
48 posted on
03/24/2003 8:22:53 AM PST by
The Vast Right Wing
(Some drink from the fountain of knowledge, the French and Germans only gargle)
To: gitmogrunt
Where are the AC-130 Gunships? Overhead. Particularly at nighttime.
If they are not in this war , why not?
They're very much in the war, just much less visible because the best time for their operations is nocturnal, when our enemy attempts to move forces under what he believes to be the cover of darkness. And hopefully, they're raining their fire and steel far from US units- the last sort of *blue on blue* or *friendly fire* incident we'd want to see is ine involving US troops and a Spectre gunship.
For further light reading, see the details of *The Angel of Death* in Afghanistan, as reported by Robin Moore in The Hunt for bin-Laden, his account of our previous several months of war in Afghanistan.
-archy-/-
61 posted on
03/24/2003 9:35:02 AM PST by
archy
(Keep in mind that the milk of human kindness comes from a beast that is both cannibal and a vampire.)
To: gitmogrunt
air defense in the area is still operational, or they would be. too dangerous, they need all anti-air to be clear.
To: gitmogrunt
You will see the AC 130 later I'm sure. They do very well as an anitpersonnel weapon, to demoralize and otherwise decimate the enemy. To my knowledge, they aren't any better against armor than more conventional platforms, and alot more target
67 posted on
03/24/2003 10:27:53 AM PST by
Scarlet_Pimpernil
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