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Offline SunTracker

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« on: January 08, 2004, 05:02:12 PM »
No injuries, landed safely.  How come this didnt make the news?  Testament to the strength and safety of U.S. planes.
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Offline lord dolf vader

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« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2004, 05:30:38 PM »
they were buzzy with the mortar attack or helecopter down  today maybe?
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Offline Chairboy

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« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2004, 06:30:30 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2004, 10:08:46 PM »
Man... Im going through sensory overload here... my first thought was 'why would anyone fire a missile at a Corvette?'
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Offline Fishu

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« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2004, 10:21:02 PM »
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Testament to the strength and safety of U.S. planes.


The airbus made it down too and was designed to be kept away from possible missiles :D
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Offline Gixer

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« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2004, 11:55:54 PM »
"Testament to the strength and safety of U.S. planes"

Also to the couple of civilian planes that have been hit too. Really I don't think a single MOPAD hit is going to take down something as big as a C-5 like in the movies.



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« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2004, 12:01:45 AM »
Do you mean....  MANPAD?

Which movies show a MANPAD taking out a big plane?
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« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2004, 12:20:50 AM »
These dorks dont even know the capabilities of their weapons.
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« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2004, 12:30:49 AM »
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These dorks dont even know the capabilities of their weapons.



Works better than rocks.
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« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2004, 01:35:47 AM »
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These dorks dont even know the capabilities of their weapons.


16 choppers down in what 8-9 months , that mortar attack last week, only way it would have been better was a second hit 20 mins after the first - hitting the hotel with 122mm rockets when the big boys were in town and getting away clean - you're dealing with special forces with lots and lots of practice.....these guys are good.
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« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2004, 02:19:43 AM »
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they've accomplished their objective: to show they still have the will and capability despite the recent US offensive and the capture of Hussein.  


LOL and in your opinion they did that? Two tards with an old SA-7 doesnt really show **** in my book.
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« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2004, 02:39:33 AM »
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"Two tards with an old SA-7" that managed to get close enough to the airport fire the missile and successfully intercept the C-5 and then get away with it shows a lot.


No it doesnt.

First, a C-5 on final or takeoff is pretty much impossible to miss.

Second, to get "close enough to the airport" to hit a landing or departing C-5 is really a joke GS. If we assume that the terrorists had the crappiest of the crappy equipment, they came with an SA-7. That has a ceiling of 4500 meters. If you are trying to shoot down a landing or departing C-5, and your ceiling is 4500 meters, you could very well be several kilometers from the airport. To expect or even assume that the US forces should have all those dozens of square kilometers under constant surveillance is really absurd. Even for you.
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« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2004, 02:47:33 AM »
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LOL! The Iraqis are attacking the airport with mortars too and ground traffic near the airport come under RPG attack now and then. You just keep underestimating them, it won't matter because luckily the US forces know better.


Oh, Im sorry, I thought we were talking about the C-5 that was hit by a missile.
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Offline Hortlund

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« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2004, 03:00:36 AM »
Well, then you tell me what kind of conclusions you draw from the number of attacks and the quality of those attacks against American troops in November and the number of attacks and their quality against American troops since the capture of Saddam.
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Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2004, 04:28:09 AM »
Take a valium guys, you are both on (to) something :D
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