[Dog]

I have a question ......who tasked the Apaches to take on the Medina RG with AAA in the area. I'm just a armchair general....but it seems to me we don't attack an armor force with copters with AAA nearby..

General McInterney said we didn't have the unmanned drones or J-Stars over the battlefield.

We didn't see the AAA...

[Quilla]

I have a question ......who tasked the Apaches to take on the Medina RG with AAA in the area.

Well of course, I don't know but I have read several theories on a few threads. One being that they caught us by surprise having moved AAA further south. Another freeper stated the landing site was hardly disturbed indicating a controlled landing from possible mechanical failure. If we were caught with our guard down (as with the surrender that turned fatal in An Nasiriyah), I'm sure we are adjusting war plans.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Think about it a minute:

Are we going to know coming up over a ridge line at full speed which "prepared defensive site" has just armor or just cannons (easy for chppers to attack), a mix of armor and AAA (more difficult, will need softening up and double air attack), and which are "only troops" with anti-armor rockets, and which are just troops with only AK-47's?

So, you either slow down and drop bombs on everything - too slow, and wastes ammo you're gonna need later; or assault as hard as you can with what you've got available - making certain assumptions about what weapons are still hidden?