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| Iraq |
| Task Force ODIN takes to the air -- bye bye IED Planters |
| 2008-01-23 |
| H/T Neptune Lex -- rest of article behind subscription Circling 3,000 feet above a heavily traveled convoy route north of Baghdad, U.S. Army Shadow and Warrior Alpha UAVs trained video cameras on four men planting a roadside bomb at a busy intersection. The images beamed to an Army ground station, whose operators radioed targeting data to a nearby Apache attack helicopter. The aircraft swooped in and killed the men with a 30mm automatic chain gun. Later, a bomb squad neutralized the explosive. This March 2007 attack, depicted in an Army video that the service allowed a reporter to see but declined to release publicly, was one of hundreds of successful missions by a high-tech, once-classified Army unit called Task Force ODIN, for “observe-detect-identify-neutralize.” The 14-month-old unit uses a network of Army UAVs, 10 modified C-12 surveillance planes and ground stations to spot and destroy improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and people who plant them. Now heading over to Afghanistan |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #8 And we know what music they should play when they make their attack runs, right? Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit! |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2008-01-23 21:06 |
| #7 this Asatru likes... better order the Norwegian "Freya" chocolates for these festivities... |
| Posted by: Querent 2008-01-23 19:47 |
| #6 DOH - I didnt read the article excerpt, just the comments - its in there. LOL. Just showed that I knew something but am too stupid to read. /is-it-friday-yet? I guess I still need to tie one one, a real a bender to mourn Fred leaving the race. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-01-23 19:13 |
| #5 Try this for an acronym: Observe Detect Identify Neutralize |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-01-23 19:11 |
| #4 They'd probably use Aztec gods as well, but they are so damnably hard to spell and pronounce right and what the hell do you do with all that "beating heart" bio-hazardous waste? Better to smash them with the hammer and hose off the paste |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-01-23 18:24 |
| #3 It's always a good sign when they select Asatru (Aesir) names. You know there is going to be some blood spilled with names like Odin, Thor, Tyr, and Ragnarok bandied about. They'd probably use Aztec gods as well, but they are so damnably hard to spell and pronounce right. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-01-23 18:19 |
| #2 I suppose the bombsquad gets "cleanup" duty? |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-01-23 18:00 |
| #1 I think ODIN should stand for: Observe, Demolish, Incinerate -- No IED guys anymore! |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-01-23 17:25 |