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Re: Oh for Pete's sake

Posted by Jeff on Mon Dec 22, 2003 09:54:21 PM

In reply top Oh for Pete's sake posted by Jim _angry right now_ on Mon Dec 22, 2003 12:09:09 PM

from what I read it was a free fire mission, pick your own targetsin other words.
now, considering biological and chemical weapons could be dispersed by even an old cropduster who is to say a spray bar or similar was not fitted?

I am not condoning the loss or anything but saying that considering how I know the australian airforce had a squadron of hudson bombers at least that were fitted to spray gas during WW2 then why not in this day and age use a fighter to survive the higher threat environment, even an old one like this, to do the same thing?

anyway, it was probably put there to do exactly what it did, soak up bomnbs better used on something else.

the pity is it is now a lost part of everyone's heritage but the iraqis in particular.

: Will all due respect. I know an important mission is going
: on over there, but FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!
:
: The US military brags about sophisticated high-res satelli
: tes, high-tech recon, precision-guided munitions and all t
: hat lot, and this couldn't be prevented? Aren't the target
: s identified in the pre-mission briefings?
:
: That plane probably hadn't flown for nearly 40 years and i
: t couldn't have been made airworthy to carry WMD--period.
: And then some trigger-happy jet jockeys blow up a piece of
: history like they are in a video game.

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