Iraqi foreign affairs committee rejects UN resolutions....

[Dr Mordrid]

They're a rubber-stamp for Saddam, so it's not looking good for the peaceniks....

Dr. Mordrid

[GT98]

If the Iraqi's are stupid enough I say by January the first bombs will be falling....

[Dr Mordrid]

That long 'eh?

I'd say the bombing of his "palaces", radar installations, C & C communications networks and the special forces would start a lot sooner than that.

Dr. Mordrid

[Jammrock]

Bush was quoted as saying they will basically follow the last plan:

Bombard the hell out of Iraq from air and sea where the US can't be touched, then send in the ground forces once Saddamnit's forces are scattered.

I guess Saddam wants to go round 2 with the US.

Jammrock

[Dr Mordrid]

The plan I heard sounded more like the Afghan plan in part; attack less populated areas first to set up bases & staging areas THEN hammer them as soon as the runways are ready.

I also hear that they have had the Predator factories chruning them out as fast as they can for months.

Damn.....that's an evil little piece of hardware.

Dr. Mordrid

[The PIT]

Going back to the predators I hope theres no plans to sell to tin pot countries.

[ALBPM]

Those Poor Dumb Bastards.......

At least we don't have to wait till Friday to find out.

[Technoid]

Originally posted by ALBPM
Those Poor Dumb Bastards.......

You took the words out of my mouth

[Dr Mordrid]

Originally posted by The PIT
Going back to the predators I hope theres no plans to sell to tin pot countries.

Problem is they can probably come up with their own for short range use. Have you seen the latest hardware for R/C model aircraft? Damned sophisticated stuff and you can get it for very large "models". One of the largest I've seen was a four engine B-17 that was over 14 feet long...and it could drop "practice" bombs weiging at least a couple of pounds. Even the remote TV viewing is there for the buying.

The development team for birds like the Predator used off the shelf R/C stuff for their concept tests and prototyping then changed over to high-tech control gear for long range testing and production.

Where other countries would come up short is that the Predators are controlled not by line-of-sight radio control but by MilStar2 satellite links that cannot be scrambled (spread spectrum digital transmissions). This allows Predators to be launched close to the target area but then be controlled from as far away as the satellites allow.

They can hover over an area for 24 hours if need be.

Dr. Mordrid

[The PIT]

Sounds like the terminators coming doesn't it.

[Dr Mordrid]

You think Predator is bad with the HellFires think what it'll be like in 2007 (or sooner) when those 100 KW solid state lasers go into production. No big chemical tanks necessary, just a turret and a power supply.

Most likely: an APU with capacitor banks for building a big current surge for the shot. Supposedly they'll fit into a HumVee so putting 'em into a large ROV shouldn't be a problem.

Dr. Mordrid

[KvHagedorn]

Originally posted by The PIT
Sounds like the terminators coming doesn't it.

Nope.. that's a different Schwarzenegger movie.

[Dr Mordrid]

I think he's referring to the hunter-killers shown in the first Terminator movie.

Dr. Mordrid

[The PIT]

I've got a better weapon. Nurses just drop them via parachute over any country and they'll surrender in a matter of minutes.
If you don't believe me just come on our helpdesk and they'll have you screaming for forgiveness within five minutes.

[RichL]

Nurses, pfft!

Nurses are sweet natured angels compared to the hell spawned harpies that are the Doctors secretaties or worse - Administrators.