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2006-05-17 Africa Horn

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Posted by Fred 2006-05-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 AC 130's got to be based out of Djibouit right? If thats really what they saw.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2006-05-17 09:29|| 2006-05-17 09:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, if's it's an AC-130 Spectre, it isn't a 'surveillance' aircraft, but a heavily armed gunship with a 40mm cannon, a 105mm cannon and a 25mm gun. Surveillance via large ground explosions must be a new technique.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-05-17 10:25|| 2006-05-17 10:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Last week, Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys has paid instant visit to Beledwein town, capital of Hiran province in central Somalia, where he was buying ten armoured vehicles with no engines from Hawadle clan; each costs of $5,000 to enforce his militiamen in Mogadishu, as one of the dominant clans in the region, as the weekly local journal of National Post published on Monday.

Fat lot of good engine-less armored vehicles will do for him. Must be desperate.

while plane thought to be surveillance aircraft known as AC-130 was flying over Mogadishu city during the latest clashes.

It's got a targeting system that makes the enemy piss in their pants...

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2006-05-17 10:53|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2006-05-17 10:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Ok, we need a term other than "Sisi Clashes".

Sounds like a lot of screeching and hair-pulling.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-05-17 13:36|| 2006-05-17 13:36|| Front Page Top

#5 I kinda like it.

Posted by Fred 2006-05-17 14:02|| 2006-05-17 14:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Cut out the bottom of those engineless APC and make a FAFV.

Yes, F is for Flintsone.

Posted by 6 2006-05-17 14:17|| 2006-05-17 14:17|| Front Page Top

#7 can't you see a bunch of skinnnies pushing these around the town for battle?

Posted by Frank G 2006-05-17 14:44|| 2006-05-17 14:44|| Front Page Top

#8 Yep, 60 pulling and 60 pushing. 1 gunner and 1 warlord riding in style.

Armoured sedan chairs will be the next breakthrough.

Posted by 6 2006-05-17 15:14|| 2006-05-17 15:14|| Front Page Top

#9 Surveillance via large ground explosions must be a new technique.

It's called "reconaissance by fire," I believe.

Posted by Mike 2006-05-17 15:20|| 2006-05-17 15:20|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm a mechanic by trade, engineless armord cars are easily "Engined", just find out who made the cars, and either send off for an engine, or buy/steal a truck made by the same folks.
Or you can always turn the local hot rodders loose, you might get a funny sounding armored car, but I'd bet it would run very much faster than "Stock"

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-05-17 19:22|| 2006-05-17 19:22|| Front Page Top

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