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| US Drone Thwarts Base Attack, Kills 11 Rebels |
| 2005-09-06 |
| A unmanned US spy plane Monday thwarted an Iraqi rebel mortar attack on a sprawling US base, firing two missiles which killed 11 insurgents and wounded four more, the military said. A US Air Force Predator expended two Hellfire missiles against a mortar firing position in the vicinity of Balad" in central Iraq, the Air Force said for its part. The vehicles took the wounded to a hospital in Khalis, in Diyala Province" where US and Iraqi forces arrested six of the suspects 11 dead + 6 arrested. Quite a crowd for a mortar attack, trainees? |
| Posted by:Gruns Phong1349 |
| #12 Anymoose, the GAU-8 cannon system weighs in more than the drone, we'd need a much much lighter system (hence why metal storm is being tested). |
| Posted by: Valentine 2005-09-06 23:22 |
| #11 How come they don't release the movie with the story? |
| Posted by: Penguin 2005-09-06 22:50 |
| #10 Prob a single mortar team + resupply + defenders, as two or more mortar teams plus latter will defin be too large, too noisy, and too radioactive to hide from base sensors and US air recce and SATWAR. As for A10-style/sized armed UAVS, its coming. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2005-09-06 22:50 |
| #9 The only thing that troubles me is the use of expensive Hellfires ($58,000/per) on those toadstools. We *should* have drones in pre-production by now that could replicate an A-10 Warthog in weapons systems and better it in other ways. Had this drone been firing 30mm gatling gun it could have hosed these lizards at a discount. Right now, the A-10 rules the CAS air. A drone equivalent would be astounding. Imagine what a combat division could do with 30 of those SOBs? A fully functional A-10 costs about $2.4M The drone equivalent might be half that much. It doesn't need to pack all the weapons systems that the full version does, and getting rid of the pilot would give it hours more air time and ammo. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-09-06 22:24 |
| #8 lol..like the handle mr/mrs wrinkle! |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-09-06 22:19 |
| #7 Re #1. Maybe we should learn something from Saddam: chop off their hands and send them home. We could at least chop off their fingers, leave them their thumbs and pinkies so they can wipe their @rse and pick their noses. OTOH, practicing sex change operations on wounded insurgents would make for an interesting social dynamic. Might make some of the jihadis think more seriously about the virgin count as well. |
| Posted by: wrinkleneck_trout 2005-09-06 22:15 |
| #6 Depends on whether the drone comes under enemy AAA fire. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-09-06 21:23 |
| #5 Are drone operators eligible for medals? |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-09-06 21:11 |
| #4 What a bunch of jihadi maroons. allan says no virgins for you. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2005-09-06 20:29 |
| #3 How many jihadis does it take to operate a mortar? 20: 11 dead, 6 arrested, 1 to hold the video camera, and 2 to chant "allahu akbar". |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-09-06 20:18 |
| #2 Oh, yeah! Kool-aid's here! |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-09-06 19:51 |
| #1 why save any of them? they are terrorists, out of any uniform and as noted ssoooooooo many times on RB before, not subject to Genevea or any comfort. 9MM lobotomies |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-09-06 19:50 |