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| U.S. bombs Iraqi radar moved no-fly zone |
| 2002-12-18 |
| U.S. jets Wednesday bombed an Iraqi military air defense radar that was moved into the southern no-fly zone near Al Kut and could threaten the aircraft, according to U.S. Central Command. It was the fourth such strike in five days, and the third time in the same period Al Kut was on the target list. Al Kut is about 100 miles southeast of Baghdad. The strike occurred at approximately 4:30 a.m. "Yawn...Honey, time to get up and fix the radar." On Monday, jets enforcing the southern no-fly zone struck a communications site near Al Kut. On Sunday, jets bombed mobile radar and cable repeater sites. On Dec. 14, aircraft bombed at least three military air defense communications facilities, including one in Al Kut. I don't care how many he's smuggled in, at some point Saddam has got to run out of radars. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 Blind them first. Thats a very good point Frank, nice work. |
| Posted by: Cobra Snake 2002-12-19 06:52:45 |
| #4 Current price for a JDAM kit is $18,000. Don't know what the bomb costs, but it can't be much. |
| Posted by: Steve 2002-12-18 15:52:57 |
| #3 Which costs more, a radar installation or an iron bomb with satellite guidance package? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-12-18 15:11:53 |
| #2 Where is all this radar equipment manufactored in the first place? Perhaps we could have a talk with the, er, Ukrainians about how we're getting a little tired of bombing the radars -- overtime, flight pay, cost of 1,000 bombs -- so perhaps the Ukes oughta close the spigot. Failing that, we could remind them that the big, bad Russian bear to the north has, throughout history, generally considered Ukraine to be another "federated republic." |
| Posted by: Steve White 2002-12-18 14:39:23 |
| #1 D'ya get the feeling there's something around al kut that the Iraqis are real interested in protecting? |
| Posted by: mojo 2002-12-18 14:36:06 |