STARTED! Baghdad Being bombed - Post made by Mr. OverclockerBloke, War Fanatic

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To put an end to all the Market Missile speculation:

"We won't have a final answer until we're in Baghdad ourselves."

From this Statement:
US: MARKET WASN'T TARGET

Blasts in a Baghdad market place that killed up to 15 civilians may have been caused by a stray Iraqi missile or deliberate Iraqi sabotage, a US military spokesman has said.

Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, America's deputy director of operations based in Qatar, said US forces had not aimed at targets in the area.


He added the blasts could have been caused by Iraqi surface-to-air missiles falling back onto the city.

He said: "We think it's entirely possible that this may have been an Iraqi missile that went up and came back down or even an Iraqi attack.

"We won't have a final answer until we're in Baghdad ourselves."

The blasts devastated a street in northern Baghdad on Wednesday and witnesses blamed US missiles.

Brigadier General Brooks added: "We have no intention of harming civilians unnecessarily."

During his briefing in Qatar, he told reporters that Iraqi forces are becoming increasingly desperate in their actions.

"Iraqi regime forces are seizing children from their homes telling their families that they must fight for the regime or they will all face execution," he said.

He also said Coalition forces had proof that Saddam Hussein's forces are hiding weaponry in cultural, religious and historical landmarks, promising to destroy it without damaging the buildings.

"We remain true to our stated purposes of liberating the regime and the oppressed people of Iraq," he said.
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So there we have it, it could turn either way!
 
To put an end to all the Market Missile speculation:

"We won't have a final answer until we're in Baghdad ourselves."

From this Statement:
US: MARKET WASN'T TARGET

Blasts in a Baghdad market place that killed up to 15 civilians may have been caused by a stray Iraqi missile or deliberate Iraqi sabotage, a US military spokesman has said.

Brigadier General Vincent Brooks, America's deputy director of operations based in Qatar, said US forces had not aimed at targets in the area.


He added the blasts could have been caused by Iraqi surface-to-air missiles falling back onto the city.

He said: "We think it's entirely possible that this may have been an Iraqi missile that went up and came back down or even an Iraqi attack.

"We won't have a final answer until we're in Baghdad ourselves."

The blasts devastated a street in northern Baghdad on Wednesday and witnesses blamed US missiles.

Brigadier General Brooks added: "We have no intention of harming civilians unnecessarily."

During his briefing in Qatar, he told reporters that Iraqi forces are becoming increasingly desperate in their actions.

"Iraqi regime forces are seizing children from their homes telling their families that they must fight for the regime or they will all face execution," he said.

He also said Coalition forces had proof that Saddam Hussein's forces are hiding weaponry in cultural, religious and historical landmarks, promising to destroy it without damaging the buildings.

"We remain true to our stated purposes of liberating the regime and the oppressed people of Iraq," he said.
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So there we have it, it could turn either way!
 
As an unamed British Soldier said yesterday about Basra - Some of us feel like we must fight this was with our hands tied behind our backs -

When refering to a question of why dont they just go into Basra and sort it out.
 
As an unamed British Soldier said yesterday about Basra - Some of us feel like we must fight this was with our hands tied behind our backs -

When refering to a question of why dont they just go into Basra and sort it out.
 
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1400: Several hundred tribespeople are reported to have died at the hand of Iraqi forces in a village near Kirkuk, says the BBC's Jim Muir in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq.

Is it that hard for the Iraqi forces to fight our troops, rather than these defenceless people.

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1400: Several hundred tribespeople are reported to have died at the hand of Iraqi forces in a village near Kirkuk, says the BBC's Jim Muir in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq.

Is it that hard for the Iraqi forces to fight our troops, rather than these defenceless people.

:mad:
 
Originally posted by Sleepy
U.S. military intelligence is warning American troops that Iraqi soldiers have begun to use a wire-guided missile system against American tanks that the U.S. military previously did not know they possessed.

It is called the AT-14 Kornet surface-to-surface missile. It has a range of 3.5 kilometers, and it is emerging as the Iraqis' most effective direct-fire weapon against U.S. armor in the desert of southern Iraq.

Radio Free Europe
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Russian, i beleive?? Not sure though.


Kornet (AT-14)
In October 1994, the KPB Instrument Design Bureau introduced the Kornet (AT-14) ATGM system. The Kornet was developed introducing a laser beam-riding missile with automatic command-to-line of sight (SACLOS) guidance. The operator simply has to keep the sight on the target to ensure a hit. The laser beam-riding system is also less vulnerable to countermeasures. The Kornet was specifically designed to replace the Konkurs, which has been in service with the former Soviet and Russian armies for over twenty years.

The Kornet, which has a claimed ability to penetrate 1100 to 1200 millimeters of steel armor protected by explosive armor, provided a formidable antitank weapon system. However, even with the improved capabilities the Kornet has over earlier systems, an ATGM with all-weather, day or night, immunity to countermeasures, and fire and forget capabilities was still highly desired.
 
Originally posted by Sleepy
U.S. military intelligence is warning American troops that Iraqi soldiers have begun to use a wire-guided missile system against American tanks that the U.S. military previously did not know they possessed.

It is called the AT-14 Kornet surface-to-surface missile. It has a range of 3.5 kilometers, and it is emerging as the Iraqis' most effective direct-fire weapon against U.S. armor in the desert of southern Iraq.

Radio Free Europe
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Russian, i beleive?? Not sure though.


Kornet (AT-14)
In October 1994, the KPB Instrument Design Bureau introduced the Kornet (AT-14) ATGM system. The Kornet was developed introducing a laser beam-riding missile with automatic command-to-line of sight (SACLOS) guidance. The operator simply has to keep the sight on the target to ensure a hit. The laser beam-riding system is also less vulnerable to countermeasures. The Kornet was specifically designed to replace the Konkurs, which has been in service with the former Soviet and Russian armies for over twenty years.

The Kornet, which has a claimed ability to penetrate 1100 to 1200 millimeters of steel armor protected by explosive armor, provided a formidable antitank weapon system. However, even with the improved capabilities the Kornet has over earlier systems, an ATGM with all-weather, day or night, immunity to countermeasures, and fire and forget capabilities was still highly desired.
 
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