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2019-06-18 Iraq

Missiles hit Iraq base hosting US troops

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Posted by trailing wife 2019-06-18 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1 So, ShotSpotter can track gunfire in American cities, but, the US Military has no idea where mortars and rockets come from?.....
You have got to be kidding.
Maybe they are looking in mirrors TW? Stupid.

Posted by Thimp Clusort2035 2019-06-18 00:50|| 2019-06-18 00:50|| Front Page Top

#2 I’m just a simple little civilian housewife, Thimp Clusort2035. I’m afraid I have no idea what can and cannot be known in either environment — no doubt some of our considerably more experienced readers can explain it to both of us.

The other possibility, of course, is that they do know, but have no intention of sharing while they’re hunting. Loose lips, and all that. That's one reason we strongly discourage those who know non-open source things from sharing that kind of information in this wide open environment. So if those who know decide not to answer our curiosity, we’ll have to be understanding.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-06-18 01:18|| 2019-06-18 01:18|| Front Page Top

#3 I’m just a simple little civilian housewife
Not, LMAO

Posted by Thimp Clusort2035 2019-06-18 01:26|| 2019-06-18 01:26|| Front Page Top

#4 So if those who know decide not to answer our curiosity, we’ll have to be understanding.
It was a rhetorical question, burgers all know that, Sensitive One.

Posted by Thimp Clusort2035 2019-06-18 01:29|| 2019-06-18 01:29|| Front Page Top

#5 My dear, you know I am indeed a little civilian housewife (slightly less nearly 5’ than I used to be, darn it!) and I am absolutely dreadful without blatant clues like LOL or those cute little winky emoticons. The problem is that verbal subtleties fly over my head — sometimes literally. There was this party when I was in the early years of adulthood, the three tall gentlemen I happened to be conversing with, and the chair I had to stand on so that I wasn’t talking directly to their diaphragms...

Pax?

Posted by trailing wife 2019-06-18 02:56|| 2019-06-18 02:56|| Front Page Top

#6 I wonder who is telling Iran they can win against the US?

Wasn't Kerry seen talking with Iranians in Paris a month or so back?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2019-06-18 03:36|| 2019-06-18 03:36|| Front Page Top

#7 ...well, he did with the 'North Vietnamese' at one time in Paris.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-06-18 06:25|| 2019-06-18 06:25|| Front Page Top

#8 Would have to think some drones or satellites could figure out where the missiles are being launched from.

In the meantime, confine ~~Kerry~~ Lurch to Taji. If nothing else but for pure entertainment factor.

Posted by Woodrow 2019-06-18 06:34|| 2019-06-18 06:34|| Front Page Top

#9 So a quick check finds articles about Kerry meeting with Iranian officials less than two weeks ago.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2019-06-18 07:27|| 2019-06-18 07:27|| Front Page Top

#10 Given Tom Clancy's write ups on fire finder radar I would be surprised if they weren't tracked, but, they do have to be in the air a while to get a good reading and the fire spot needs to stay there. So, I can see that it's not like shooting back at the perp in a gun fight.

Posted by AlanC 2019-06-18 07:31|| 2019-06-18 07:31|| Front Page Top

#11 Technology only works when applied.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-06-18 09:28|| 2019-06-18 09:28|| Front Page Top

#12 Need new glasses. When I first read it I thought it said measles.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2019-06-18 12:22|| 2019-06-18 12:22|| Front Page Top

#13 These are unguided rockets. The katyusha, not a missile but a rocket, was always considered a nasty animal. The BM13 platform that fires it can be mounted on a number of truck chassis and is quite modular. Mount the 32 rocket artillery on a fast Isuzu-turbo diesel powered vehicle and equip four (or even 2) extensible stanchions, and you've got a mobile artillery that can send 16 M13 rockets flying within seconds, fold up and get to launch point 2 before the rockets hit.

The rockets themselves are hopelessly inaccurate, but in half dozens can still lay down tonnes of concentrated damage to areas. Weighing around 45 kilos, the rocket is fast and difficult to detect once in the air. The one tell is a singsong of the launch itself, and can be picked up by field acoustic sensors.

The rockets and launchers in question have got to be from Saddam's stockpiles because in the 2003 war these things were heavily used. The rag-heads have made several makeshift launchers for these rockets, including those featuring donkeys ☺, and one which involves four poor bastards holding a steel rail and one unlucky summbitch steadying the rocket itself as it's launched. But all they have to do afterward is hide or run away. Even though hitting anything is pure luck.

Since not many rockets were launched (only 3 were reported ) I think the launch vehicle could be some rag-head variant that allows limited launch capacity and very low signature.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-06-18 12:44|| 2019-06-18 12:44|| Front Page Top

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