UK's first live test firing of the Tomahawk Land Attack Block 4
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Azagoth said:
I don't have any sauce for you right now other than the Why We Fight documentary (approx 1h24m in) which states:
During the first 6 months of the iraq war, 50 precision airstrikes were conducted against Iraqi leadership; of these strikes, none hit its intended target.
Im sure the report that came from will be buried somewhere in the interweb but i cba to find it
Yup, Osama bin Laden who is often only detected fleetingly, then loiters in the same spot for half an hour or so before disappearing without trace again should be an easy target.XPE said:
As sr4470 observed - "I'll bet those defence contractors are laughing all the way to the bank".
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Clinkz said:
Surely thats because the intended target moved before the missile could strike, not because the missile missed its programmed target. Also in shock and awe im sure that more than 50 precision airstrikes were used.
Clinkz said:
Which only means that the intended target, i.e. Iraqi hierarchy personal, weren't killed during the strike. The bomb probably hit it's intended target area but the principle wasn't there any more, no doubt due to the delay in tasking an aircraft with the correct ordnance onto the target.
Azagoth said:
which is where these new missiles come in useful, if there's a sign of intelligence, they launch and can fly around the battle field, when the hard evidence comes in, the warhead is reprogrammed and then it can hit it's target within minutes.
Troop said:Anyone have a guess at what were paying for this ?, total waste of money, why do we need more ways of killing people
I hope your joking, lets see what would happen if we got rid or our armed forces, see how the world would react to us.
Troop said:Anyone have a guess at what were paying for this ?, total waste of money, why do we need more ways of killing people
Ok, at a rough guess I'll say £630K per missile and you can never have too many ways of killing people.
Azagoth said:
And that makes it better how? The bombs did not assassinate their intended target. Since they were dropped in urban areas the likelihood that innocent people lost their lives is extremely high.
With a zero percent success rate how can you justify this tactic 'for the greater good'?
Its the equivalent of dropping a brick in a nest of ants hoping to kill the queen.
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The UK Skynet defence system is already online.Serj said:
All a bit far-fetched don't you think?AcidHell2 said:
- the missile is launched;
- it whizzes around unnoticed at 500mph, just over the horizon;
- our "HumInt" source sees a good target (e.g. his Mother-in-law);
- he gets on the blower to dispatch - on an 0845 number;
- he listens to Vivald's "Four Seasons" a few times;
- dispatch has gone home and an answering machine tells him to call another number;
- eventually, he gets through to "The Man" - who has to call someone else to get the target coordinates changed
Efour2 said:
How about defending all our peace keepers, troops and our sovereignty around the world. As well as a show of strength to rogue nations and individual terrorists.
I demand operation human shield to be implemented, to protect our dedicated boys in the forces. To swell numbers we can use the pc brigade, Global warming lobby and green peace members.Azagoth said:
Shackley said:
Nope and as for the rest of that post
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Frontline tales of forces shortages
Still, not to worry, they will soon have Tomahawk Land Attack Block 4® on their side
And they can always feel proud that they are helping to make investors in the "Defence" industry richer
Still, not to worry, they will soon have Tomahawk Land Attack Block 4® on their side
And they can always feel proud that they are helping to make investors in the "Defence" industry richer
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