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2007-02-14 Iraq

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Posted by Bobby 2007-02-14 06:31|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Link to video on Strategy Page is here.

It looks to me like a heat seeker as it tracks the helicopter during a banking turn.

Posted by DanNY 2007-02-14 09:02|| 2007-02-14 09:02|| Front Page Top

#2 More pipe bombs near IRG compounds, please. And a pinch of explosives at several gas refineries, too.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2007-02-14 10:15|| 2007-02-14 10:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Ruski AAMs via Syria?

Posted by gromgoru 2007-02-14 10:43|| 2007-02-14 10:43|| Front Page Top

#4 It looks to me like a heat seeker as it tracks the helicopter during a banking turn.

2 missiles

Posted by RD 2007-02-14 12:54|| 2007-02-14 12:54|| Front Page Top

#5 What more proof do we need for the WH to show the Loony Left that we really, really, REALLY need to quit fucking around and start carpet bombing the living daylights out of any area that fires more than a cigarette lighter up. Looked to me like the crew of that helo tried to find a good spot to put it down after they realized they were hit, but initially thay may have underestimated the severity of the damage.
An auto-rotation might have gotten them on the ground sooner, since it appeared in the video that the driveshaft was still intact and both heads were still in sync. If the missile hit the tailpipe, there is substantial metal between it and the hydraulic lines and flight control linkage running up the aft pylon, so there should ahve been some control authority available back there.
God rest their souls, and damn those opposed to getting this over with successfully.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-02-14 16:56|| 2007-02-14 16:56|| Front Page Top

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