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2012-04-26 Afghanistan

Heartwarming A-10 strike on Taliban patrol

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Posted by Besoeker 2012-04-26 09:13|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 This has got to be chopper footage. Can't see how you keep the camera covering the same spot for a couple of minutes without some kind of hovering capability.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2012-04-26 13:15|| 2012-04-26 13:15|| Front Page Top

#2 my guess is the footage is from a predator.

Posted by abu do you love 2012-04-26 13:23|| 2012-04-26 13:23|| Front Page Top

#3 You fly, gun cam runs itself until you vector it elsewhere ie, pick new target.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-04-26 13:37|| 2012-04-26 13:37|| Front Page Top

#4 UAV took that footage - the stabilization they have in the cameras is pretty remarkable. Definitely not footage from the A-10, line of attack is nearly perpendicular to the observation point.

Posted by OldSpook 2012-04-26 14:03|| 2012-04-26 14:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Second look: You're right, definately not a gun cam. Could be a Tiger Shark. Very low and slow. They oftentimes work in tandem.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-04-26 14:09|| 2012-04-26 14:09|| Front Page Top

#6 luv the flying jihadi bits

Posted by Frank G 2012-04-26 14:12|| 2012-04-26 14:12|| Front Page Top

#7 OS is spot on. Stabilization almost looks like it came from a nearby ridge or hilltop post. If it's aerial, it's probably not the cam so much as the software.

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2012-04-26 14:57|| 2012-04-26 14:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Why do those guys keep moving after the initial hit? Wouldn't they have a better chance of avoiding the second and third hits if they'd play dead?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-04-26 15:14|| 2012-04-26 15:14|| Front Page Top

#9 One way to solve the recidivism with the o'Gitmo tag and release program (re:US Mulls Handing Taliban Guantanamo Detainee to Afghan Govt).

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-04-26 15:46|| 2012-04-26 15:46|| Front Page Top

#10 Be still my heart. :-D

Posted by Barbara 2012-04-26 18:41|| 2012-04-26 18:41|| Front Page Top

#11 Why do those guys keep moving after the initial hit? Wouldn't they have a better chance of avoiding the second and third hits if they'd play dead?

These were not well disciplined Taliban.

Posted by OldSpook 2012-04-26 19:07|| 2012-04-26 19:07|| Front Page Top

#12 (FYI that was a reference us old people will get. For you young'uns, cf. Full Metal Jacket )

Posted by OldSpook 2012-04-26 19:11|| 2012-04-26 19:11|| Front Page Top

#13 Why do those guys keep moving after the initial hit? Wouldn't they have a better chance of avoiding the second and third hits if they'd play dead?

They may not know it was an air attack. They may also think there's a nearby ground presence that will head down there to police up the area.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2012-04-26 19:29|| 2012-04-26 19:29|| Front Page Top

#14 They do crazy shit because they are dead men running. It doesn't matter what they do at that point. They could break out in a nice chorus of Y-M-C-A, goats are our babes, ... and still wouldn't get a chance to start the next verse.

Posted by rammer 2012-04-26 22:58|| 2012-04-26 22:58|| Front Page Top

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