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2003-03-05 Iraq

Britain tells America how to avoid âfriendly fireâ

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Posted by Steve White 2003-03-05 09:33 am|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And after that unfortunate incident in Afghanistan when we killed those Canadian troops, I'd say this is long overdue.

Posted by Dar Steckelberg 2003-03-05 08:30:17|| 2003-03-05 08:30:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Amen to that.

Posted by Ptah 2003-03-05 09:22:31|| 2003-03-05 09:22:31|| Front Page Top

#3 substandard identification methods, eh?

hmmmm, I'm actually very curious about this. Since most of the friendly fire incidents involved either close air support, or attacks on our own armor it's intriguing to think of what the brits will offer the US in the way of instruction. Sighting anything through FLIR is a bit tricky. I wonder if they are just talking about familiarization or some kind of marking scheme.

Interesting.

-DS
"the horns hold up the halo"

Posted by DeviantSaint 2003-03-05 10:27:29|| [www.livejournal.com/~deviantsaint] 2003-03-05 10:27:29|| Front Page Top

#4 The UK lost 15 men in the last Gulf War, nine of which to that one A10 friendly fire incident. That's a regrettable statistic. Can't blame the army for trying to reduce the effect of what was the major cause of British casualties last time round.

Posted by Bulldog 2003-03-05 10:49:50|| 2003-03-05 10:49:50|| Front Page Top

#5 We lost more peoole over there in GW1 to friendly fire then we did to the Iraqis. Anything that can be done to rectify that situation is worth trying.

Posted by tu3031 2003-03-05 13:29:38|| 2003-03-05 13:29:38|| Front Page Top

#6 I would suggest, also, that the DOD round up some prints of "Gods and Generals", fly them over to Kuwait priority, and have the whole expeditionary force watch the movie, so that they have an object lesson on just how disastrously costly "friendly fire" can actually be.

Posted by Joe 2003-03-05 16:42:04|| 2003-03-05 16:42:04|| Front Page Top

#7 This is just intelligent and probably overdue. Combat can be highly confusing, particularly in poor weather and/or night.

I hope it helps.

Posted by jonesy 2003-03-05 18:37:53|| 2003-03-05 18:37:53|| Front Page Top

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