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2004-12-28 Home Front: Tech

120mm Mortar Smart Shell Causes a Revolution

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Posted by Steve 2004-12-28 11:11:58 AM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Cool!

Can I get one? :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-12-28 11:21:33 AM|| 2004-12-28 11:21:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 A Mad Mullah nightmare...

Posted by .com 2004-12-28 11:45:49 AM|| 2004-12-28 11:45:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Knock,knock!
Whose's there?
Ka.
Ka,who.
Ka-BOOM

Posted by Raptor 2004-12-28 2:18:22 PM|| 2004-12-28 2:18:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Raptor, wasn't that in a cartoon someplace (Bugs Bunny? Daffy duck?). The shell stops at the door, a hand emerges and knocks politely and when (whoever) answers *boom*....

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-12-28 2:22:22 PM|| 2004-12-28 2:22:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Next the in-flight programable GPS mortar round with terminal radar guidance. Costs less than a hammer.

Posted by Shipman 2004-12-28 2:48:35 PM|| 2004-12-28 2:48:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 The shell has a range of 15 kilometers, and the guidance system on the shell provides accuracy of several meters...

This is very disturbing to those of us who belive that smart munitions only serve to decrease civilian collateral damage... where's the fun in that?

Posted by Hyper 2004-12-28 2:50:22 PM|| 2004-12-28 2:50:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 where's the fun in that?
Hyper, the fun is in the precision. Anyone can level an entire city block. A true artist can drop one of these beauties into the cake at a wedding party without disturbing the valet parking guy.

Posted by Steve 2004-12-28 4:10:26 PM|| 2004-12-28 4:10:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Or the turbans with the RPGs...

Posted by Seafarious 2004-12-28 4:12:19 PM|| 2004-12-28 4:12:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Steve,

I guess I should have added "//sarcasm off"...

I was mocking those who proclaim the USA kills indiscriminately, while ignoring the obvious reason for producing smart munitions, whose function is to avoid killing innocent while killing-very-dead, um, non-innocents.

Make no mistake, I support 100% the World War on Islamo-fascists, and I like my wedding cake well-targeted:)

Posted by Hyper 2004-12-28 5:01:26 PM|| 2004-12-28 5:01:26 PM|| Front Page Top

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