tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1/tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.9438-2010-01-21T15:57:43ZComments for H&I Fires 8 July, 2008We'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 2003-2010Movable Type 4.12tag:www.thedonovan.com,2008://1.94382008-07-09T04:38:06Z2008-07-09T13:59:32ZH&I Fires 8 July, 2008Denizenshttp://www.thedonovan.com
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That's after a the mixed signals from Iran about the continued negotiations underway and the possible climb down to some previous comments about *gasp* Iran blocking the Hormuz Straits if attacked. Iran is considering negotiating, but saying they are not going to negotiate. Hey! Is Obama running Iran?
Of course, that last announcement happened late in the day when trading was closing in the US, so I imagine that tomorrow will see oil prices back on the rise. What I find interesting is all the that military parading around that they call "war games". These are really quite small affairs and rarely includes large scale mobilization. At least compared to the US version of "war games". Further, most of the equipment they show is old, though they splash some new paint, add a component and call it new. Further, Iran has limited gas refinement capabilities, depending largely on re-importing the gasoline product after exporting the oil. They have limited, if any, "reserves" already pumped.
The most dangerous weapon that Iran has is not its technology, but the number of men in its forces. Then that comes down to, who is loyal and who is not.
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*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. Of course, now I have to call them UAS's, because someone got a Legion of Merit for the name change.Anyway, I call the post H&I Fires because it's random things posted by me and people I've given posting privileges to that particular topic. Another term of art that might be appropriate is Free Fire Zone.]]>
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