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Islamic State reveals US equipment failures

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:00 pm
by Pigeon
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.

Re: Islamic State reveals US equipment failures

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:27 pm
by Pigeon
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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 /

Re: Islamic State reveals US equipment failures

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 1:39 am
by Royal
Didn't they intercept a huge supply drop the other day?

Re: Islamic State reveals US equipment failures

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 1:47 am
by Royal
Trojan Horse Ebola.

Re: Islamic State reveals US equipment failures

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:07 am
by Pigeon
Royal wrote:Trojan Horse Ebola.
Operation Crazy Horse

Re: Islamic State reveals US equipment failures

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:08 am
by Royal
Missile look weathered. Is that from the Gulf War?

Re: Islamic State reveals US equipment failures

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:13 am
by Pigeon
Said tob e 22-sep-2014