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2004-11-04 Iraq-Jordan
US forces use AC-130 Gunship(s) on Fallujah rebels
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Posted by ZoGg 2004-11-04 11:01:30 PM|| || Front Page|| [11139 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 I want to program a bug, probably perl, that takes the casualties admitted by Islamic/Arab opponents and translates them into reality. I mean, there has got to be enough "they said / we got" pairings in the news history of recent conflicts for a decent data set.

Perhaps "a teenage girl lost her right leg" would translate to "Hassan shot from the roof and got his legs and nuts blown off."
'course, it would only be as useful as a one-time pad if we didn't keep it sooper sekrit. But it would be fun.
Posted by Asedwich  2004-11-04 12:34:30 AM||   2004-11-04 12:34:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Aw, now you've gone and done it. Attracting Spectres is definitely an option-limiting move. Not to mention life-shortening. Since they can see you, very clearly when you have no idea they are circling overhead, loaded for bear, you can keep the baby ducks BS to yourself - it ain't selling to anyone who knows their shit. Basically, you're fucked. Enjoy your fate, fools, Dubya's back in town and the shit is definitely hitting the fan now.
Posted by .com 2004-11-04 12:36:42 AM||   2004-11-04 12:36:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Dubya's back in town and the shit is definitely hitting the fan now."

Actually, the re-election of dubya may slow down the timetable a bit. Oh, it will still happen, but the motivation to "get it finished before kerry pulls the plug" is gone.
Posted by Dave 2004-11-04 1:09:56 AM||   2004-11-04 1:09:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Catching all them baby ducks on infrared video as well for play back.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom  2004-11-04 1:10:43 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com]  2004-11-04 1:10:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Heh - Good point. Y'know, it prolly works both ways, depending upon the problem at hand. Political BS finally taking a back seat to dealing with realities - as and when they need dealing with.
Posted by .com 2004-11-04 1:12:29 AM||   2004-11-04 1:12:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Spo'D - Look! A baby duck packin' an RPG! What will we do???? Lol! "Mr Hospital Official" is saying what the current powers in town tell him, of course, and likely that's whatever the Al Jizz fuckwit on the other end of the cell phone suggests will sound good to their gullible Arab anti-US audience. Not worth warm spit up against gun camera footage, however, lol!

I'm looking forward to the "stray" cruise missiles that wipe out the Al Jizz offices in Qatar. Or the kinetic concrete "bombs" that "hang up" during a Buff arclight run and just "happen" to release over Qatar on the return leg. Pity, that. So sorry.
Posted by .com 2004-11-04 1:20:52 AM||   2004-11-04 1:20:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm looking forward to the "stray" cruise missiles that wipe out the Al Jizz offices in Qatar.

Faster, please.
Posted by Zenster 2004-11-04 1:34:23 AM||   2004-11-04 1:34:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Fulfilling prophecy!

Jeremiah 50:38"...There is a devastation upon her waters, and they must be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and because of [their] frightful visions they keep acting crazy."
Posted by smn 2004-11-04 1:49:48 AM||   2004-11-04 1:49:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 
Ramadan Greetings from the sky to every jihadee in Falluja & Ramadi!
Sorry we are late but we had to vote!
Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-11-04 2:38:48 AM||   2004-11-04 2:38:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 These guys do not understand the USAF celebration of the victory of the TANG vet instead of the squid.
Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-11-04 7:11:31 AM||   2004-11-04 7:11:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 .com, just a minor point. The SPECTREs (AC-130H) are working Afghanistan. The friendly skies of Iraq are being patrolled by SPOOKY (AC-130U). Same result though. The bad guys are just as dead. From what little I hear from that part of the world, it looks like the order has been given and the execution timing released to the operational commanders.
Posted by RWV 2004-11-04 8:38:30 AM||   2004-11-04 8:38:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 The difference between an H and a U specifically being you're either dead or very dead? Grading system?
Posted by Howard_UK 2004-11-04 8:45:19 AM||   2004-11-04 8:45:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom  2004-11-04 8:47:12 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com]  2004-11-04 8:47:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 Cracking pic! 'H' or 'U'?
Posted by Howard_UK 2004-11-04 8:50:09 AM||   2004-11-04 8:50:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#15 Here Howard, some specs for you.
http://www.specwarnet.com/vehicles/spectre.htm
Posted by Asedwich  2004-11-04 8:58:44 AM||   2004-11-04 8:58:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#16 I'll have to check Jihad Unspun to see how many AC-130's have been shot down today. I figure all of them, especially if there were CIA operatives on board.
Posted by tu3031 2004-11-04 9:04:20 AM||   2004-11-04 9:04:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#17 Many thanks - my afternoon is now complete. Picture duly placed on office wall..
Posted by Howard_UK 2004-11-04 9:04:42 AM||   2004-11-04 9:04:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#18 AC-130U
AC-130H
Posted by domingo 2004-11-04 9:12:03 AM||   2004-11-04 9:12:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#19 Howard I can't remember were I got the original jpg that I doctored up. I really should crop it too.
Don't know which variant it is.
the original picture is titled ac-130.jpg about a metric ton of those on the net. I think is is a spectre? I could be all ate up and wrong though.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom  2004-11-04 9:19:04 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com]  2004-11-04 9:19:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#20 Thanks, and thanks to Domingo - found this interesting:

Special operators want the new gunship, or AC-X, to be much smaller than a C-130, with fewer crew members. They want it to be stealthy, with the speed and maneuverability of a long-range jet fighter. They want it equipped with directed energy weapons and non-lethal technologies, and it should be able to engage targets from any angle-above and below, front and back.
Posted by Howard_UK 2004-11-04 9:24:02 AM||   2004-11-04 9:24:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#21 ...victory of the TANG vet instead of the squid.

A squid would have been OK, but we wanted one with more backbone.
Posted by SteveS 2004-11-04 10:25:29 AM||   2004-11-04 10:25:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#22 SPECTRE: When it has absolutely, positively has to be DESTROYED overnight!

The Right Weapon in the Right Place at the Right Time.

"You can run. But you'll just die tired!"

Jack.
Posted by Jack Deth  2004-11-04 12:45:48 PM||   2004-11-04 12:45:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 #7 I'm looking forward to the "stray" cruise missiles that wipe out the Al Jizz offices in Qatar.
Since Qatar is one of our few "friends" in that part of the world, can't we just focus some "technology" that scrambles and freezes up the picture endlessly, like my DirectTV does when a thunderstorm in coming through? I mean like time it so it freezes up right near the conclusion to "Trading Burqa's" or something so they never find out Acmeds reaction to moving his prayer rug to the foyer and creating a bigger greatspace for hosting the family at Rameddan?
Posted by Capsu78 2004-11-04 1:35:47 PM||   2004-11-04 1:35:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#24 LOL Capsu!
Posted by Shipman 2004-11-04 3:17:28 PM||   2004-11-04 3:17:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#25 AC-130s = Whack a mole
Posted by Capt America  2004-11-04 5:10:08 PM||   2004-11-04 5:10:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#26 Pocketa, Pocketa, Pocketa,
crackcrackcrackcrackcrack
boomboomboomboomboomboom
pocketapocketa pockta
crack
uhhhhh uhhhhh uhhhhhh uhhhhhh
Posted by Walter M 2004-11-04 6:05:45 PM||   2004-11-04 6:05:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#27 I saw earlier AC-130s in action several times in Vietnam, especially during the siege of An Loc. This included one of the first TiC missions with the 105 howitzer. A platoon of NVA tanks had foolishly exposed themselves under the alleged cover of darkness, and the big plane picked them off one by one. They went up like Roman candles. One of them was just 600 meters from my grounded chopper, as close as I have ever been to hostile armor (and too DAMNED close). As it brewed up, flames torching fifty feet into the air from the blown hatches, my first thought was, "Shit, there are four guys in that thing" quickly followed by "better them than me." That's war.
These missions were very dangerous, since countermeasures against shoulder-fired SAMs were inadequate in those days, but they really swung the balance. Vietnam gunship crews went balls to the wall for the guys on the ground, American and ARVN alike, and they should have our thanks and admiration for all time.
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-11-04 9:49:44 PM||   2004-11-04 9:49:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#28 Spooky understands.
Posted by Matt 2004-11-04 10:44:22 PM||   2004-11-04 10:44:22 PM|| Front Page Top

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