We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/unclear_on_the_concept.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:57:43 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification A french artillery piece from WWI. Made of paper. Explains a lot... right? Actually, no. Also known as a Quaker Gun. Obviously, used for deception purposes - whether as in pretending to have something more powerful than you have for deterrence purposes (see May Day Parades at Red Square, or early Nazi Party Rallies at Nueremburg), or to deceive the mean people who suck and are trying to kill you as to the location of your *real* toys - so they can die surprised, later, when they miscalculate and you end up killing *them,* the bassids! I just picked on... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/unclear_on_the_concept.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/unclear_on_the_concept.html Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:51:15 -0600 Aviation Week upon being told that most of NATO air's hits were on decoys: "If bombing decoys will keep the whole Serb Army busy replacing those decoys, then they won't be doing any ethnic cleansing." Heh. Clueless... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/unclear_on_the_concept.html#comment-37193 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/unclear_on_the_concept.html#comment-37193 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:36:07 -0600 can say that things have improved and I can't say by how much--that's getting into OPSEC territory. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/unclear_on_the_concept.html#comment-37188 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/unclear_on_the_concept.html#comment-37188 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:35:47 -0600