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| Afghanistan |
| Brits in heavy contact with Taliban - F15 arrives and that's all there is to that. |
| 2009-10-22 |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #8 "They got penned in and screwed" Without benefit of o***, I presume, Oscar. :-D You write like you're in the British military - welcome! |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-10-22 20:08 |
| #7 Nice film. Read Kipling's "Frontier Arithmetic" |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2009-10-22 19:12 |
| #6 Yes we do have UAV but a laughable amount and limited availability - and well as regards air support its the same story , every year defence spending is cut making ground troop vunerability greater Not too good for the nerves having 3 hour firefight, but im im honest the enemy didnt have 50 cal or the high ground, or were organised in a way anything close to us . They got penned in a screwed . |
| Posted by: Oscar 2009-10-22 17:12 |
| #5 GolfBravo, You forgot to mention it takes 20 minutes to transit to the battlespace, 10 minutes to find and kill the enemy, and 2 1/2 hours for the lawyers to haggle over the ROE. (Don't forget they get paid by the hour!) |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2009-10-22 16:44 |
| #4 Blown to hell in a fine red mist. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2009-10-22 15:31 |
| #3 ... 5B. Hemming, hawing, legalistic backtracking and ass-covering 6. Show trials |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-10-22 13:55 |
| #2 1. Prepare aircraft for mission 1A Check to see if mission is within new ROE 2. Transit time from Bagram to S. Afghanistan (300+ miles) 2A Check to see if mission is within new ROE 3. Identify target 3A Check to see if mission is within new ROE 4. Get final clearance to attack 4A Check to see if mission is within new ROE 5. Drop Bomb Elapsed time 3 hours Do Brits have armed UAVs? Where are Brit air assets from Kandahar? |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2009-10-22 13:44 |
| #1 Nice to see the bit at the end. You did have a reputation since WW2 of bombing both sides (partly due to the fact you're the only one in that space). It is disappointing that it takes 3 hours to call in an air-strike. Couldn't a UAV handle simple ground support? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2009-10-22 12:44 |