I can see it now. I guy designating a target, another guys walks in front of him, laser dot on helmet, fins on the ordinance correcting, whine of falling ordinance...
Actually, guided ordnance is great. But accidents like this are inevitable in a war. We really don't know how many people have died over the centuries from friendly fire. Ever play a first person combat game like Counterstrike with FF turned on? You do a lot of apologizing to teammates. Can get pretty crazy in real life too. Things happen very fast in combat. Just in training we had accidents. -Gary > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 9:24 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: We bombed ourselves again :-( > > > It wasn't a dumb bomb. It was a smart bomb. It is the kind of > bomb that was > guided in by ground troops. > > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011205/ts/attack_military_dc_129.html > > At 09:52 AM 12/5/2001 -0500, you wrote: > >Reminds me those "friendly fire" incidents from the Gulf War... > > > >Why the hell are we using "dumb" bombs around areas where our > own troops are? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
