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| Afghanistan |
| British Army 'vacuum' missile hits Taliban |
| 2008-06-23 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #15 Let's bring back napalm and than they can be more squeamish. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-06-23 23:24 |
| #14 British forces in Afghanistan have used one of the world’s most deadly and controversial missiles to fight the Taliban. Apache attack helicopters have fired the thermobaric weapons against fighters in buildings and caves, to create a pressure wave which sucks the air out of victims, shreds their internal organs and crushes their bodies. What's so controversial about that? It's what they want. They get to go to heaven and have their 72 virgins and not have to consider the wife and kids they leave behind. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has admitted to the use of the weapons, condemned by human rights groups as “brutal”, on several occasions, including against a cave complex. OK. Fine. All you The use of the Hellfire AGM-114N weapons has been deemed so successful they will now be fired from RAF Reaper unmanned drones controlled by “pilots” at Creech air force base in Nevada, an MoD spokesman added. That's how it's done! and those "pilots" can use the human rights groups headquarters for target practice until they get it just right. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-06-23 21:19 |
| #13 Someone needs to ask these twits this question: If we're killing them, does it really matter HOW they die? Do they really think Thermobaric weapons are MORE painful than putting 3-4 holes in their body and them bleeding out over several minutes/hours? Personally, the more they suffer, the better. Course, I have no mercy or compassion for the enemies of my country. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2008-06-23 20:05 |
| #12 Wasn't that big mother propane tank bomb thingee we used in Viet Nam to clear LZ's and collapse tunnel complexes essentially one of these Thermobaric gizmoes? |
| Posted by: James Carville 2008-06-23 20:03 |
| #11 GC9023, that story should be highlighted under "Why we win" |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-06-23 19:15 |
| #10 XM1060 |
| Posted by: Gomez Cravins9023 2008-06-23 19:07 |
| #9 We use thermobaric rockets too don't we? Shoulder fired units, they knock the hell out of em, usually collapse the whole building. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-06-23 18:15 |
| #8 Thermo-Barak O-BAM-a! Sorry, couldn't resist. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2008-06-23 17:57 |
| #7 They can say the big boy words. /Mr Rogers voice Can you say Thermobarics? Ther - mo - bar - ics. Of Course you can! |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-06-23 17:43 |
| #6 If HRW had their way, troops would be armed with squirt guns and Nerf bats. Agreed. Spitballs would be banned (after all they have 'spit' on them.....) while the terrorists will be armed with nukes and defend themselves with human shields. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-06-23 17:40 |
| #5 As Monty Python put it, "lightly killed..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2008-06-23 17:09 |
| #4 And, since the organ shredding and asphyxiation happens fairly quickly, the terrorists don't suffer for very long. If HRW had their way, troops would be armed with squirt guns and Nerf bats. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-06-23 16:51 |
| #3 Human Rights Watch argues they are “particularly brutal” and that their blast “makes it virtually impossible for civilians to take shelter”. Um... I hate to break it to you, but a 500lb bomb hitting your building doesn't allow you much for "taking shelter" either. At least with the "enhanced blast" hellfire, the orphanage for fuzzy ducks and baby bunnies isn't peppered with pieces of building, bomb and terrorists. Limits collateral damage so to speak. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-06-23 16:46 |
| #2 Basic Weapons Theory: The louder Human Rights Watch screams, the more effective the weapon. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-06-23 16:32 |
| #1 Got hit by a vacuum missile, eh? That sucks! |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-06-23 16:23 |