Massive Bombing of Baghdad
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AlladinSane
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Nope
unclehobart
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Its strategic level stuff against individual bulidings and bunkers still. All F-117, F-111, B-2 stuff. The heavy bombers would just do ugly, ugly things.
MrBishop
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Dude...they're using B52's here...each can carry 100 cruise missiles, or huge amounts of reg. bombs.
They estimate is 90% smart bombs...what about the other 10%?
It's naive to think that every single person in and around those buildings is a general or a member of the Saddam elite.
After all...not everyone involved in 911 was a businessman...even though the WTC was a business complex.
Nah...women and children are being blown up and set alight here. We're talking dead!
They estimate is 90% smart bombs...what about the other 10%?
It's naive to think that every single person in and around those buildings is a general or a member of the Saddam elite.
After all...not everyone involved in 911 was a businessman...even though the WTC was a business complex.
Nah...women and children are being blown up and set alight here. We're talking dead!
AlladinSane
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'til I know the F-111 isn't used anymore...
unclehobart
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The B-52s would be used against the more open terrain ground troops. The payloads that they are capable of delivering would chew up mile long strips of turf. The bomb patterns seen on CNN were a string of 500-2000lb bombs ... no more than 8 at a time... which is right in line with the payload capacity of of fighter bombers like the F-111s and F-14s.
We'll have to wait until the end of the war to see what they say was used where.
We'll have to wait until the end of the war to see what they say was used where.
unclehobart
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...now cruise missiles... thats another story altogether. That can at least be done from far away. I just don't think that they would have such a trackable target like a B-52 flying directly over Baghdad considering the anti aircraft infrastructure that still remains. B-52s are just so huge, slow, and trackable. Fighters are capable of better self defense.
AlladinSane
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Much people volunteered themselves as human shields also. Including some from here...
I don't know, I hear they were gonna use the B52s with guided bombs. Its possible. From as high as the drop em, they're probably pretty safe. Remember, they were gonna use those EMP warhead to take out radar tracking and communications. If they have been using those already for a few days, there is no reason the B52s couldn't be used. Of course, I'm assuming they actually worked, and it was just propaganda and disinformation to scare them into surrendering Ya always gotta stay objective i guess
Ya always gotta stay objective i guess
unclehobart
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They won't use EMP munitions near population centers. They would destroy all civilian electronics with a mile. That would kill the lights, hospitals, radios ... Their use was declared a no no a while back because we are trying to minimize the impact to the civilian infrastructure.
...now isolated divisions in the field? ... absolutely.
...now isolated divisions in the field? ... absolutely.
unclehobart
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The 4 reporters in baghdad have just been expelled fromthe country. Ah well... no more fancy piccys from the hornets nest.
unclehobart said:
Take a look. The power is still on in Baghdad. Why? SO they Iraqis can keep their cell phone in working order & we don't wanna rebuild everything. If it get sshitty, that may change but for the moment you're watching one of the most careful destructions in history.
