Photo: Missile Gets Saddam's Sons

NewsMax.com ^ | 8/06/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[Centurion2000]

LAND SHARK !

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Nice photo, but how do we know it just isn't a photo of urban training somewhere?

Well, gee. Considering this is nothing but a blood for oil fiasco taking place in the Nevada dessert somewhere, I agree. This stuff never happened.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Y'all need a couple of these to control meetings.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

(T)urban Hunter.

[FReepaholic]

Man, the house looks awfully close. Hope those boys remembered what the minimum arming distance is for the TOW warhead.

[ErnBatavia]

Looks like one of those seedy neighborhoods around Phoenix airport.

You're right...looks like the neighborhood where Crazy Steve has his shrimp processing plant!

[rabidralph]

It looks like Evian.

[CyberAnt]

The guy who owned it was a RELATIVE OF SADDAM'S; a cousin or uncle I think. That should account for it.

[nothingnew]

Sky rockets in flight...afternoon delight...

FMCDH

[Imagine]

Do you think these set off the alarms in the cars parked nearby?

[paws_and_whiskers]

"We guarantee quick service installing air-conditioning in your villa for those hot summer days and nights."

[mountaineer]

Go to the dissident frogman and click on the red button for a little fun with Uday and Qusay.

[wysiwyg]

That itty-bitty missile doesn't look like all that big a deal. What happens when it hits the house?

I'll put it this way: That is a TOW missile. Its 24 kg warhead was designed to destroy main battle tanks. With one hit.

[wysiwyg]

Nice Land Cruiser in that picture. Wonder who it belongs (belonged?) to.

[RoughDobermann]

That itty-bitty missile was designed to penetrate Soviet tank armor...

[kms61]

Newsmax is rather late on the uptake with this one. I've seen that photo in a number of places over the past couple of weeks.

There's a story going around that Uday and Qusay were taken out at close range by the original assault team, and the bombardment was just a cover...Someone told me they heard one of the Fox news analysts say this the day it happened. Can't verify that, just passing it along.

[Slainte]

Oh, it's there too.

[AAABEST]

It's a TOW missle. (Tube launched, Optically tracke Wire guided). Not the best choice for buildings and bunkers as it's not HE and mainly used as an anti-vehicle/anti-tank weapon.

Most of it's effectiveness is due to the secondary explosions caused by lighting up the fuel and ammo, after it drills through armor with a concentrated blast intiated by a sensor in the head.

It will suck the inards out of any troops occupying a vehicle due to pressurization, but again, it's not the best choice for a building. It's probably not what killed them, although it's possible.

[humblegunner]

Y'all need a couple of these to control meetings.

Air-Burst has always looked like fun.. I figure the steps saved
during deer hunting alone would pay for the ordnance.

[aculeus]

This blogger has the photo complete with sound effects, music ... and a cartoon.

(Ya gotta push his button.)