Posted on 06/13/2014 3:03:26 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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Why hasn't President Obama unleashed U.S. Air Power (close-air support) to assist Iraq's democratically-elected government from being conquered by ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) ?
What about Al-Qaeda's GIFT from Obama-Clinton of over 400 Surface-to-Air missiles stolen from Libya's former military arsenal ?
Is Obama afraid of being caught with "blood on his hands" with the death of U.S. Air Force / Army pilots ...
... killed when providing CAS (close-air-support) to prevent Iraq from being conquered by the ISIS ?
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Nothing about this guy surprises me.....FYI:
~How well trained must a person be to hit an F-16 at strafing speed with a Stinger?
Are Stingers Laser/Fly-by-wire/IR or just old “Canon EOS”, AKA: point and shoot?~
In fact it is a no-brainer to take out a jet with Stinger or similar East-bloc system.
Especially F-16 which is a single engine after-burning aircraft. It has an ideal thermal signature for such a weaponry to lock-on and it certainly won’t make it after getting a single warhead into engine.
Dedicated groung attack platforms like A-10 or Sukhoi-25 are less vulnerable because they are armored, twin-engine and their motors aren’t burning at such a rate but still Manpads are advanced enough to lock on it and they are slow enough to get multiple hits while loitering over target.
Thanks for this link.
It solves a lot of mystery re who, where and why in Benghazi, Lybia, Syria and now Iraq.
Yes they do. A B1 just killed some US troops in Afghanistan last week while trying to get them out of an ambush.
China developed ICBMs in the 70s?
They didn't care to fight when westerners invaded their country. It's no surprise that they still won't fight when they are fighting other Arabs.
China couldn’t deliver a nuke to this country until Clinton gave them the technology to do it.
When Clinton got into trouble the Chinese promptly threatened to nuke the West Coast.
You are incorrect. Clinton gave China technology for cruise missiles (among other things) but the Chinese built and tested ICBMs back in the 70s.
“Why hasn’t President Obama unleashed U.S. Air Power (close-air support) to assist Iraq’s democratically-elected government from being conquered by ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant)?”
One doesn’t need to speculate about missiles.
Just look at his actions since the “arab spring” began. He has always and everywhere supported the most radical, murdering, terrorist faction to be seen.
He’s not unleashing fiery death upon their heads because he wants them to win.
B1s drop jdam bombs which is not the same as what a10, ac130, or helicopters do.
I never said it was.
You don't know what you are talking about. Not only are there 3 required operator engagement actions (active, uncage, trigger pull), there are other requirements such as inserting the BCU, getting target lock, super elevation, and lead. These have to be done in the correct order.
Stinger is not a point and trigger pull weapon.
Thanks for your input but I’m fully aware of all the above. I also know how to use an SA-14 system and have basic understanding of Stinger operations as well.
It won’t take much effort for anyone to learn it as well.
Have a great day
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