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2008-05-04 Iraq

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-05-04 02:29|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Demon Child of Assault Breaker

Posted by George Smiley 2008-05-04 10:07|| 2008-05-04 10:07|| Front Page Top

#2 These should be made a part of special forces units. Imagine placing this 40 miles from your operation, and calling in the percision attacks against targeted terrorists leaderships.

one report says they've used this 6 times against special groups command and control.

when you combine the necessary Human intel with special forces and or spotter networks like the sons of iraq, a lot of lives can be saved and a lot of collatoral damage eliminated.

The network interfaces of these combinations offer incredible performance advantages.

Posted by Thraviper Panda2099 2008-05-04 10:14|| 2008-05-04 10:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Steel Rain, it ended Desert Storm damn near before it started.

Posted by George Smiley 2008-05-04 10:17|| 2008-05-04 10:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Bringing GMLRS to SOF is hard because of the range limits on the launchers. Perhaps the upcoming PAM systems will fix that.

Posted by rammer">rammer 2008-05-04 13:25|| www.blogoram.com]">[www.blogoram.com] 2008-05-04 13:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Can you imagine three of these, with immediate reload capabilities, replacing the turrets of a WWII battleship? Add a launch/recovery system for a UAV, with immediate download to the fire control center, and you've got a weapon system that can cause havoc to ports, harbors, and defenses while staying 35-40 miles out of range of any counter-battery fire. I'm surprised the Marines aren't screaming for something like this.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-05-04 16:21|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-05-04 16:21|| Front Page Top

#6 The Alabama Is here in Mobile, sitting on the bottom, but still dry in-hull, I'd love to see her re-commissioned, stripped of turrets, nuke-powered, (One or two of those Submarine plants would do it) and back as a missle launcher platform, she'd be damn hard to hurt, fill her with ping-pong balls and unsinkable too.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-05-04 18:08|| 2008-05-04 18:08|| Front Page Top

#7 Special Forces (Green Berets) communicate and train with locals. Special Operations such a Delta, Seals, Rangers, Spec Ops Marines break things. Please don't confuse the missions (though Centcom and DOD seems to be doing so).

Posted by tipover 2008-05-04 21:54|| 2008-05-04 21:54|| Front Page Top

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