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| Iraq |
| Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Forces battle terrorists near Doura |
| 2007-08-02 |
| Iraqi Security Forces, with U.S. Special Forces as advisors, detained two suspected al-Qaeda terrorists while conducting an intelligence driven operation in the Doura neighborhood of Baghdad, July 29. The two targeted individuals were detained without incident. Iraqi Security Forces also seized one AK-47, two loaded magazines and more than $3500 U.S. dollars. After completing the raid, Iraqi and U.S. Forces received enemy fire from several buildings across the street. After positively identifying four armed insurgents, U.S. Special Forces called in precision aerial fires that resulted in four insurgents killed. An immediate battle assessment confirmed the four insurgents were killed and no Iraqi civilians present. No Iraqi or Coalition Forces were injured during this operation. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 It seems to me that SF might find use for a specialized drone aircraft in a situation like this. One of the great concerns in lower-level situations like this is collateral damage, which can render a typical aircraft's weaponry ineffective. Too much of a good thing. So why not have a limited number of small drones available that could do one thing very well? Sniping. That is, the drone has what amounts to a .308 rifle on board with a 30 or 40 rounds of ammo. It also has a good camera and target association software. When the ground control identifies an individual involved in hostile activity through the drone's camera, it "marks" him with software that then tracks him and takes the shot, even taking into account that he is moving, with an accuracy better than what the ground controller could do. That is, the software could take into account many of the variables so that it could even shoot a running man. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-08-02 10:02 |