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RE: Saddam's Final Gamble
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:53 pm
by Terminus
ORIGINAL: Lava
ORIGINAL: Terminus
The F-117 was brought down during the Kosovo war in 99, by an SA-3. Supposedly, the pilot dipped below the clouds (that particular campaign was plagued by unending crap weather), and the missile battery fired on backup optical direction. Kablammo!
Hmm..
I read an interview of the SAM battery commander. He said that the Americans were using the same routes over and over, so he moved his battery to line him up directly in their path. He did use optical guidance, from what he said, but that was so as to not warn the pilot by turning on his radar.
Ray (alias Lava)
Yeah, well... The US
would say the weather was to blame, and the Serbs
would say that the Americans were predictable.
RE: Saddam's Final Gamble
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:55 pm
by golden delicious
ORIGINAL: Terminus
Yeah, well... The US would say the weather was to blame, and the Serbs would say that the Americans were predictable.
It does sound pretty plausible. The stealth aircraft have this reputation for invulnerability, and the Serbs have one for military incompetence. I can definitely see the USAF getting cocky and paying for it.
RE: Saddam's Final Gamble
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:56 pm
by Terminus
Absolutely didn't say it wasn't plausible. Just listing the knee-jerk explanations that both sides would offer.
RE: Saddam's Final Gamble
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:50 pm
by JMS2
ORIGINAL: Mad Cow
ORIGINAL: ralphtrick
ORIGINAL: Lava
Thought they "fixed that."
Wasn't the complaint that missiles were too ineffective?
Ray (alias Lava)
We're looking at it.
Turn 9:
Apaches - 46
Tornados - 12
A-10's - 2
B-52 - 5
B-1B - 6
F-15 - 5
Hornet's - 22
We got this check from Saddam, and now nobody can't complain that SAMs don't work [;)] Actually, not all aircraft are 100% lost, a significant % is only damaged and returned to the replacement pool.
I believe this is now fixed.