Fact is, these former career SEALs were not rookies at this. They know better than us that we’re not fighting neandertals or bushmen. That “invisible” IR laser is only invisible if you are fighting aborigines or feral pigs.
In a smart-phone world, the IR Laser is a visible as a bright visible green or red laser. You turn it on to help the fire support make the shot, or you don’t turn it on, since you are painting a bright green line right back to your pos.
In fact, expert Taliban mortarmen in A-stan are getting first shot kills on allied positions using locations acquired by digital cameras and smart phones, never mind NODs. LAD discipline is now a key concern, due to it being a two-way light anymore. Nobody would know this better than the SEALs.
One tidbit I read today said that two AC-130 gunships were DEPLOYED TO IRAQ last year. Were they already “in country” on 9-11? Be a good question for a reporter if any cared.
But assuming they were not, was the Pred armed? Do we fly around Libya with bare bomb racks? Really? Why would that be, when Obama is the biggest “targeted killer” in US presidential history?
So was there a Spectre above? Or an armed Predator? Or another platform that had already crossed the int’l air space and were overhead?
No way would former career SEALs be flashing around an “invisible” IR laser just to store up grid locations for future reference. A mortar crew firing is a “right now” problem. “Invisible” IR lasers, what a joke in Benghazi, home of more Iraq and A-stan jihadists than any other town in Islam!
Anybody who thinks the SEALs would just be waving “invisible” IR lasers around to get locations for future ref (if they were still alive!) is clueless.
They would not risk putting on a light aimed straight back at their position unless it was to drop ord on the bad guys RIGHT NOW. Not a second longer than needed. Unless they were begging the guys with trigger authority to go hot.
In which case, just damn.
Using your argument, why would he laze if the aircraft wasn’t ready to drop? Why would he bother unless the aircraft was already lined up and had permission to engage?
The lasers I used in the military were not in the visible spectrum. They may have detectors for ground guys now, but it wasn’t an issue when I was last in Afghanistan in 2007. Still, technology marches on...
Geotagging hurts ...... BTTT !
Stay Safe.
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