Posted on 10/01/2015 11:57:17 AM PDT by lodi90
The U.S. Air Force’s senior intelligence officer said Thursday that Russia lacked precision-guided weapons for its bombing campaign in Syria and would likely inflict substantial civilian casualties as a result.
Lt. Gen. Robert P. Otto, the Air Force’s deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, told reporters in Washington that it appeared the Russian forces were using “dumb bombs” instead of weapons guided by lasers or satellites. The Russian air strike campaign began Wednesday in areas north of the city of Homs that are controlled by anti-government rebels.
“To me, it was representative of what you’d expect from dumb bombs, being dropped from airplanes at medium altitudes, which is not that impressive,” Otto told journalists from the Defense Writers Group.
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War hurts. Who would have thunk?
The current accuracy of gravity bombs the Sovs are using far exceeds the capability of WWII systems, there is no comparison.
“Why waste high priced ordnance on mussies?”
Because you only want to hit the baddies. All Muslim sects have an honor code to come to the defense of innocent Muslims, particularly if they’re attacked by non-Muslims. Being allied with a Shia minority and bombing innocent Sunnis is a great way to stir up volunteer Sunni jihadists from 100s of million Sunnis. We’ve walked this tightrope for 12 years in Iraq and are still there.
How so?
Not to be confused with the dumb bomb we have in the White House.
Saw some of the attacks on BBC and they need a lot of practice
Save for later ( lots of good responses)
Personally, I am waiting to see some TU-95s loaded with 500 pounders do the Russkie version of Arc Light over there.
Think Sherman's March to the Sea.
Wars end when the decision makers have their wives and daughters begging them to please make it stop.
Russians practice actual war, not “police actions”.
Maybe Vlad should have checked with 0bama before deciding what bombs to use?
But less than 10% of those 1000 aircraft x 8 WWII bombs per aircraft (on a big raid, maybe every third day at most) with 10 crew per bomber + 5-10 ground crew ... But less 10% fell within 500 feet of the target.
By the end of Reagan's buildup of conventional forces/start of Gulf War I, we'd be able to carry more weight from an A-10 or A-6 or A-1, fly three or four missions a day, keep the aircraft over target for hours between re-arming trips with air-to-air refueling, and use only 1 bomb per target with a 90% HIT rate on targets as small as a single tank. And an A-1 or A-10 only needs one pilot.
Machiavelli said "Do not do your enemy a small injury", by which he meant do not use just enough force to piss him off, while not impairing his willingness and ability to retaliate.
In WW2 we devastated Germany and Japan. Yet we don't see Japanese and Germans demonstrating in the streets in 1946 about any desire for revenge. Nobody there wanted to give us a reason to come back and finish the job.
The Muslims will always be able to drum up some reason for jihad. Doing it this way gets the war over with sooner.
Much more cost effective; why spend the considerable extra money for smart bombs when a "raghead" is a "raghead"?
Makes sense.
and REALLY, REALLY, REALLY making Obama look like a fool:
Just for shits and giggles, Putin should give a briefing with "Comrade General Ezekiel" on the day's specific targets and call the Russian/Iranian/Chinese/Assad organization as:
Ground Operations Group (GOG), and the Navy/Marine detachment at Tartus and Latakia as:Marine Assault General Operations Group (MAGOG).
Watch heads explode......either that or the world.
“Doing it this way gets the war over with sooner.”
Are you dumb? The Soviets followed the massive bombing strategy in Afghanistan. They were there less than 10 years and lost 15K troops while killing 100,000 mostly civilians. We’ve been there 14 years using precision munitions and have lost less than 4K while killing 40,000 mostly combatants.
Tell me again which strategy is better?
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