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2014-08-13 Iraq

US air drops to surrounded Yazidis lacked parachutes, exploded on impact

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Posted by Frozen Al 2014-08-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Speaking of which, Ukraine

Posted by newc 2014-08-13 01:03|| 2014-08-13 01:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Frozen Al hit the nail on the head! What more can one say/think?

Posted by borgboy 2014-08-13 03:36|| 2014-08-13 03:36|| Front Page Top

#3 JPADS (Joint Precision Airdrop System) GPS guided systems like the SHERPA have been around for years. Kicking door or ramp bundles form 15k AGL is 1940's, Burma Hump technology's...or worse.

Posted by Bill Thriper8766 2014-08-13 05:47|| 2014-08-13 05:47|| Front Page Top

#4 An altitude of 15k will make most small-arms fire ineffective. It's a 'one off' however, as ISIS will likely be quick to secure and use MANPADS to engage subsequent re-supply drops. Higher altitudes could also indicate someone is managing or de-conflicting the airspace to prevent another April, 1994 style friendly fire shoot down. Some may recall the downing of two U.S. UH-60's and the loss of 26 U.S. personnel in the same region of Irag, by the USAF.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-08-13 06:14|| 2014-08-13 06:14|| Front Page Top

#5 I seriously doubt thus story, because it's not the first time we've air-dropped relief supplies.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2014-08-13 09:12|| 2014-08-13 09:12|| Front Page Top

#6 IMO too.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-08-13 10:02|| 2014-08-13 10:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Jawas say BS, have footage.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-08-13 10:22|| 2014-08-13 10:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Likely a pallet or two landed sideways due to wind, and broke up. No parachute? Bullshit.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-08-13 13:38|| 2014-08-13 13:38|| Front Page Top

#9 Didn't they make a big deal in Afghanistan that the pallets with emergency rations were made to break apart during it's descent so one person couldn't control all the food. IIRC there was a stink that the food packets were the same color as cluster bomb bomblets and most of these emergency rations ended up being fed to livestock.

Posted by Snavise Cholurt4299 2014-08-13 17:38|| 2014-08-13 17:38|| Front Page Top

#10 Sent it out as a false flag and I was told it's BS. DERP they say.

Posted by newc 2014-08-13 21:31|| 2014-08-13 21:31|| Front Page Top

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