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 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/hi_fires_13_mar.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:58:46 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts come in below this one. Note: If trackbacking, please acknowledge this post in your post. That's only polite. You're advertising here, we should get an ad at your place... ********************************* Cowards. -- Heh. Apparently the heirs to the Persian Empire don’t like 300 very much. -- UN says, again, that the Intl Community should do something abut Darfur. So do it already. Don’t call us. We’re busy. --ry ***************************** I see the Guardian UK has been reading the Castle (check their terminology - that's no... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/hi_fires_13_mar.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/hi_fires_13_mar.html Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:57:19 -0600 The River Rats are back, I hope the learning curve is not as steep as the PBRs and Heavies had to experience, but lets get them lads some real black berets. Posted by Old Fat Sailorr at March 13, 2007 7:33 PM Pabst Blue Ribbon? LOL]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/hi_fires_13_mar.html#comment-57954 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/hi_fires_13_mar.html#comment-57954 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:59:50 -0600 Ledger - There are 2 answers to that question: 1. (Least Likely) They were acquired during the Iran-Iraq war through the CIA. 2. (Most Likely) They were reversed engineered knock-offs. Iraq did a lot of that with everything from US MK-84s to South African 155mm artillery rounds. I would like to see a picture of the bomb in question. The knock-offs don't have internal plumbing for electrical fusing. In the GP aerial bomb category; all of the ones I saw were: 1. Locally produced knock-offs 2. Eastern block 3. Shipped through a 3rd party e.g. Jordan All of the ones I saw that were identified as MK-82, 83, 84 were knock-offs lacking internal plumbing. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/hi_fires_13_mar.html#comment-57910 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/hi_fires_13_mar.html#comment-57910 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:20:32 -0600 Coalition Forces also found or captured many weapons caches to include two aircraft bombs, one 500-lb MK-82 bomb, 50 155mm artillery shells, one complete 82mm mortar system with over 100 rounds... -Centcom How did an American bomb fall into the enemy’s hands? A dud? A bomb stolen from coalition ammo stores? Got any guesses? Can it be used for a bobby trap? see: Centcom ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/hi_fires_13_mar.html#comment-57902 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/hi_fires_13_mar.html#comment-57902 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:50:05 -0600 The River Rats are back, I hope the learning curve is not as steep as the PBRs and Heavies had to experience, but lets get them lads some real black berets. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/hi_fires_13_mar.html#comment-57887 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/hi_fires_13_mar.html#comment-57887 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:33:46 -0600