Islamic State reveals US equipment failures
Islamic State reveals US equipment failures
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.
A TLAM warhead
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.
Spoiler - Here's a BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile that did not make it the target.
A TLAM warhead
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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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".
/ Please play and listen to the Star Spangled Banner now /
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Didn't they intercept a huge supply drop the other day?
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Trojan Horse Ebola.
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Operation Crazy HorseRoyal wrote:Trojan Horse Ebola.
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Missile look weathered. Is that from the Gulf War?
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Said tob e 22-sep-2014