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| Afghanistan |
| Heartwarming A-10 strike on Taliban patrol |
| 2012-04-26 |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #14 They do crazy shit because they are dead men running. It doesn't matter what they do at that point. They could break out in a nice chorus of Y-M-C-A, goats are our babes, ... and still wouldn't get a chance to start the next verse. |
| Posted by: rammer 2012-04-26 22:58 |
| #13 Why do those guys keep moving after the initial hit? Wouldn't they have a better chance of avoiding the second and third hits if they'd play dead? They may not know it was an air attack. They may also think there's a nearby ground presence that will head down there to police up the area. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2012-04-26 19:29 |
| #12 (FYI that was a reference us old people will get. For you young'uns, cf. Full Metal Jacket ) |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2012-04-26 19:11 |
| #11 Why do those guys keep moving after the initial hit? Wouldn't they have a better chance of avoiding the second and third hits if they'd play dead? These were not well disciplined Taliban. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2012-04-26 19:07 |
| #10 Be still my heart. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-04-26 18:41 |
| #9 One way to solve the recidivism with the o'Gitmo tag and release program (re:US Mulls Handing Taliban Guantanamo Detainee to Afghan Govt). |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-04-26 15:46 |
| #8 Why do those guys keep moving after the initial hit? Wouldn't they have a better chance of avoiding the second and third hits if they'd play dead? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-04-26 15:14 |
| #7 OS is spot on. Stabilization almost looks like it came from a nearby ridge or hilltop post. If it's aerial, it's probably not the cam so much as the software. |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2012-04-26 14:57 |
| #6 luv the flying jihadi bits |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-04-26 14:12 |
| #5 Second look: You're right, definately not a gun cam. Could be a Tiger Shark. Very low and slow. They oftentimes work in tandem. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-04-26 14:09 |
| #4 UAV took that footage - the stabilization they have in the cameras is pretty remarkable. Definitely not footage from the A-10, line of attack is nearly perpendicular to the observation point. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2012-04-26 14:03 |
| #3 You fly, gun cam runs itself until you vector it elsewhere ie, pick new target. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-04-26 13:37 |
| #2 my guess is the footage is from a predator. |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2012-04-26 13:23 |
| #1 This has got to be chopper footage. Can't see how you keep the camera covering the same spot for a couple of minutes without some kind of hovering capability. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2012-04-26 13:15 |