"I remember Hunter-Killers."
Posted on 02/15/2008 5:27:11 AM PST by Travis McGee
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Glad to hear that they'll have a humane side... /s
Don’t want to wake up or disturb Joe and Judy Sixpack, sleeping a few miles away.
"I remember Hunter-Killers."
Exactly. Wait until robots start building new robots.
Once again my mind becomes boggled at our continuing advancement in weaponry
Do they have the ability to "see" or attack through multiple canopy Jungle?
Can they fly, see and attack during a blinding monsoon?
If not - the NVA would soon discover that shortcoming and STILL be able to move unmolested through much I Corps.
What WOULD have been great in Vietnam -- was SERIOUS and UNRESTRAINED large scale attacks against infrastructure, dams and civilian populations in NORTH Vietnam and the rail/road/bridge links between North Vietnam and Southern China.
The North could replace everything we destroyed or killed before we could fully refit/redeploy for the next onslaught .
The SAME error of allowing our enemy SANCTUARY in his homeland -- was made, as we are now making in the Middle East..
Fight like WWII, end like WWII.
Fight like Vietnam, end like Vietnam.
As our brother TomasUSMC has often warned.
But we have lots of other stuff ready to take us out.
I'm not trying to save anything any more. I'm keeping my goals smaller: I'm just tryin' to get laid.
No doubt, triple canopy would make this ineffective, as would severe monsoon rains.
I’m writing the insurgency in Tennessee part of my new book. It’s winter, and there is very little canopy at all. The best the guerrillas can do is move during bad weather, when the UAV sensors are ineffective, or the drones are grounded.
I’m looking for other potential ways to counter them, and not coming up with much.
Of course, a lot of their effectiveness is based on perception. They can see everything in a small area, most all the time, day or night. But they still need guidance based on intel. They can’t see all of a vast area all the time. When they do find and kill some terrorists in Iraq or wherever, that victory is trumpeted,and puts the fear into many other potential enemies, makes them afraid to move around outside for fear of a missile from nowhere.
Bigger is better?
Who knew....
Easy to do, if you're willing to lower your standards enough.
(Sound of inconsolable sobbing...) I wuz born too late.
Seriously, though - how difficult would it be to train us old, broke-down vets to employ such a device? Not that I'd really want to sit at home with a beer in front of me, PJ's and bunny slippers on, and blow away terrorists...I'd hate it. Just hate it...
That goes to my point. The notion of the civilian populace defeating the military is a forlorn fantasy. In that unlikely and nightmarish extreme, the role of the rebels would be to hold out long enough to convince the military, or elements of it, to flip to the other side.
The Reserves and Guard would flip first. They don't usually live on base, and are fully integrated into civilian life. If things are cast in us-and-them terms, they're more likely to consider themselves one of the "them."
I sincerely hope we never have the opportunity to test either sides of that equation.
Amen.
Matt,
I must have been asleep and missed the fact that you’re working on a new book.
Congrats...
Now that my grandkids are old enough for their own copy, I need to up my order to 6 this time around... Let us know when you’re ready to ship.
Question:
Have you looked into selling your books as MP3 audio downloads - suitable for iPod or other MP3 players?
I’ve noticed more and more of my old fart friends have finally discovered the joy of having a book read to them as they drive, fish, rest, wait in doctor’s offices or sit in hospital beds.
Yours is the ONLY “real” book I’ve read in years.
It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.
How about decoys — mannequins heated to at or about 98.6°F, mounted on some sort of motorized wheels so they can be seen moving. Sort of like planes use flares to distract heat-seeking missiles.
Then, of course, there are always tunnels. Worked pretty well for the Viet Cong.
In the article, it says that this cohort of pilots is AF pilot officers - but the next cohort will be enlisted.
I mean that they will have the capability to fight and fly according to pre-programmed parameters and under supervision, but have the capability to go it alone and continue the mission if comms are lost. If you don't think the military is going to want that capability, guess again.
The ability to monitor and intervene, of course, but also the capability to do the mission hands off. No ground crew required.
Proving they can have their cake, and eat it too.
The Reaper is “Predator-B”. There’s been talk about the next stage “Predator C” which will be a faster turbojet version
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