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| Iraq | |
| US air drops to surrounded Yazidis lacked parachutes, exploded on impact | |
| 2014-08-13 | |
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| Posted by:Frozen Al |
| #10 Sent it out as a false flag and I was told it's BS. DERP they say. |
| Posted by: newc 2014-08-13 21:31 |
| #9 Didn't they make a big deal in Afghanistan that the pallets with emergency rations were made to break apart during it's descent so one person couldn't control all the food. IIRC there was a stink that the food packets were the same color as cluster bomb bomblets and most of these emergency rations ended up being fed to livestock. |
| Posted by: Snavise Cholurt4299 2014-08-13 17:38 |
| #8 Likely a pallet or two landed sideways due to wind, and broke up. No parachute? Bullshit. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-08-13 13:38 |
| #7 Jawas say BS, have footage. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-08-13 10:22 |
| #6 IMO too. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-08-13 10:02 |
| #5 I seriously doubt thus story, because it's not the first time we've air-dropped relief supplies. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2014-08-13 09:12 |
| #4 An altitude of 15k will make most small-arms fire ineffective. It's a 'one off' however, as ISIS will likely be quick to secure and use MANPADS to engage subsequent re-supply drops. Higher altitudes could also indicate someone is managing or de-conflicting the airspace to prevent another April, 1994 style friendly fire shoot down. Some may recall the downing of two U.S. UH-60's and the loss of 26 U.S. personnel in the same region of Irag, by the USAF. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-08-13 06:14 |
| #3 JPADS (Joint Precision Airdrop System) GPS guided systems like the SHERPA have been around for years. Kicking door or ramp bundles form 15k AGL is 1940's, Burma Hump technology's...or worse. |
| Posted by: Bill Thriper8766 2014-08-13 05:47 |
| #2 Frozen Al hit the nail on the head! What more can one say/think? |
| Posted by: borgboy 2014-08-13 03:36 |
| #1 Speaking of which, Ukraine |
| Posted by: newc 2014-08-13 01:03 |