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2014-06-19 Iraq

Iraq requests US air strikes on militants

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Posted by Fred 2014-06-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant

#1 See RT@SKYNEWS BREAK > US SAYS IT HAS STARTED FLYING MANNED [F-18's?] + UNMANNED SURVEILLANCE AIRCRAFT IN IRAQ @AKHBAR.

B-52 BUFF'S andor B-1's would be better???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-06-19 23:13|| 2014-06-19 23:13|| Front Page Top

#2 JM,
The big boys have to have clear targets first.

Advanced Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System (ATARS) is a system for image acquisition, data storage, and data link used by the United States Marine Corps on its F/A-18D Hornet aircraft. It consists of the Advanced Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System (ATARS) with infrared and visible light sensors, two digital tape recorders, and a Reconnaissance Management System (RMS); an interface with the APG-73 Radar Upgrade (Phase II) which records synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery;

That is, at night, through a sandstorm, you get the picture.

and a digital data link mounted in a centerline pod. ATARS fits in the nose in place of the nose gun, with a small datalink pod mounted on the centerline station. The digital data link will transmit imagery and auxiliary data to any Common Imaging Ground/Surface Station (CIG/SS) compatible system including the Joint Services Imagery Processing System (JSIPS) or Marine Tactical Exploitation Group (TEG) based ashore and Navy JSIPS (JSIPS-N) aboard ship.

Back at the ranch, near real time. Pass the popcorn.

Posted by Squinty 2014-06-19 23:30|| 2014-06-19 23:30|| Front Page Top

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