Islamic State reveals US equipment failures

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Islamic State reveals US equipment failures

Post by Pigeon » Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:00 pm

Some interesting pictures in this article at Janes.

Spoiler - Here's a BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile that did not make it the target.

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A TLAM warhead

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US officials said that the USS Arleigh Burke in the Red Sea and the USS Philippine Sea in the northern Gulf fired 47 TLAMs at positions used by the little-known Al-Qaeda affiliate called Khorasan west of the city of Aleppo on 22 September.

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Re: Islamic State reveals US equipment failures

Post by Pigeon » Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:27 pm

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Wiki states these babies cost around 1.5 million each. Damn good money being made building and selling these.

So, $75M in missiles lobbed at the "little-known Al-Qaeda affiliate called Khorasan".

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Re: Islamic State reveals US equipment failures

Post by Royal » Fri Oct 24, 2014 1:39 am

Didn't they intercept a huge supply drop the other day?

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Re: Islamic State reveals US equipment failures

Post by Royal » Fri Oct 24, 2014 1:47 am

Trojan Horse Ebola.

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Post by Pigeon » Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:07 am

Royal wrote:Trojan Horse Ebola.
Operation Crazy Horse

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Re: Islamic State reveals US equipment failures

Post by Royal » Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:08 am

Missile look weathered. Is that from the Gulf War?

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Re: Islamic State reveals US equipment failures

Post by Pigeon » Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:13 am

Said tob e 22-sep-2014

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