H&I Fires* 25 April

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Ry sent along this interesting piece from Arms and Influence titled The End of Battle? Basically a discussion of how the confluence of technology is taking us from "The Final Argument of Kings" to "The War of the Flea." I'll have to gather my thoughts and see if I can find time to work up a post on the subject myself.

I have simply *got* to get that post on "The Persistance of Failed Ideas" done.

Daniel Glover of the National Journal has published his piece on the Milblogger Conference. I got quoted, and in context!

Some people have too much time on their hands...

Carnival of the Recipes is up!

Michael Fumento blogs a firefight. -The Armorer

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Drudge has put up a link to this little nifty chart on GAS Prices accross the land. How do you compare?

I've heard of Mid Air Refueling, but Mid Air Repairs???

On a more pensive note, how about some Geo-Political Comentary? HA-HA AMERICA!!! (Note: Message therein may not be suitable for everyone. I may not agree with all its contents, but it's a good reflection on how others see us)

And on a more uplifting note: BEYOND IRAQ - BOQ

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For those who may be interested, I've created a "One Stop Shop" for links about the Fran O'Brien's saga. - FbL

*A term of art from the artillery. Harassment and Interdiction Fires.

Back in the day, when you could just kill people and break things without a note from a lawyer, they were pre-planned, but to the enemy, random, fires at known gathering points, road junctions, Main Supply Routes, assembly areas, etc - to keep the bad guy nervous that the world around him might start exploding at any minute.

Not really relevant to today's operating environment, right? But, it *is*

The UAVs we fly over Afghanistan and Pakistan looking for targets of opportunity are a form of H&I fires, if you really want to parse it finely. We just have better sensors and fire control now.

I call the post that because it's random things posted by me and people I've given posting privileges to that particular topic. It's also an open trackback, so if (Don Surber uses it this way a lot) someone has a post they're proud of, but it really isn't either Castle kind of stuff, or topical to a particular post, I've basically given blanket permission to use that post for that purpose. Another term of art that might be appropriate is "Free Fire Zone".