this is the British version of Boeing's AGM-114 Hellfire. More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brimstone_missile
Posted on 09/25/2009 7:47:35 PM PDT by Steelfish
VIDEO: New Precision Missile Takes Out The Taliban While Leaving Civilians Unharmed
MATTHEW HICKLEY 26th September 2009
The Ministry of Defence has released the first cockpit footage of a new precision missile which can kill a Taliban fighter with such a small explosion that nearby civilians are unharmed.
The Dual Mode Brimstone guided missile is shown blasting a gunman who has dug himself a firing position or 'murder hole' in the base of a thick mud walled compound in the heart of a village in Afghanistan's Helmand Province.
Whereas the 1,000lb bombs commonly used in such air strikes would have flattened the settlement and could have killed dozens of people, the Brimstone's warhead kills the enemy gunman while barely damaging the rest of the compound, and the surrounding streets are untouched.
On target: The Dual Mode Brimstone guided missile blasts a gunman who hid in a 'murder hole' [Pic in URL]
The pilot is able to programme the missile's fuse from the cockpit before firing it, selecting the level of destructive power by adjusting the way the warhead detonates.
The Royal Air Force is anxious to distance itself from claims that coalition air strikes are killing thousands of Afghan civilians each year, and to demonstrate the care taken by its pilots to prevent so-called 'collateral damage.'
While Britain's Harrier jets and Apache helicopters have dropped hundreds and bombs and missiles on Taliban targets in recent years, the MOD has made a point of not releasing cockpit footage or photographs of air strikes in recent years to avoid handing propaganda opportunities to the enemy.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Bet it leaves a mess on bystander’s clothes, though . . .
Lol.
Now we know why 0bambi has the GPS coordinates of all our front doors....
this is the British version of Boeing's AGM-114 Hellfire. More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brimstone_missile
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HMMMMMMMM....they kill 3000 Americans on 9/11 and send kids to suicide bomb people.
We are so compassionate that we spend gabillions to blow up one person at a time.
Nope....don’t care. Carpet bomb the f@$# out of the entire place gets my vote.
No more Wuss weapons!! No genius, not innovative...wussy and ineffective. Wars kill. Period. That’s why they are Hell.
...and fire and brimstone will fall from the sky.
I still remember the complaints against the neutron bomb — The ultimate capitalist weapon because it kills men without destroying their equipment.
Exactly. We could develop a weapon that would only kill the guilty and do so in the most painless and humane way possible, while at the same time tucking the innocent civilians safely in bed with a warm glass of milk and those who oppose us would simply find new reasons to oppose us.
We have a such a weapon ... they’re called Special Forces.
That was amazing. Like sniping from the air.
The mud brick wall was barely scathed.
Colatteral damage is a Good Thing.....
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