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16-07-2006, 18:03 #41Member
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Re: Aerial Re-supply goes wrong in Iraq
Nope! Normally they're pretty good at that sort of thing!
Machines don't fight wars. People do, and they use their minds. Really?
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16-07-2006, 18:08 #42Senior Member
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Re: Aerial Re-supply goes wrong in Iraq
In the Times (I think), it mentions that the aerial resupply of paras in Afghanistan went wrong when the helicopter dropped of supplies of food and water to the Taleban. So it's not just the septics
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Re: Aerial Re-supply goes wrong in Iraq
Funny old thing...friend of mine used to work for a British company which made remote STEERABLE delivery chutes for exactly this problem.....displayed the kit at RIAT Fairford a coupla years ago...polite interest from various people but no takers...very simple bit of kit too.
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17-07-2006, 10:28 #44Senior Member
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Re: Aerial Re-supply goes wrong in Iraq
Originally Posted by Goatman
tried that up at Warcop a few years ago...great on paper, but difficult to control on a low level, fast approach or the wind is up
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Re: Aerial Re-supply goes wrong in Iraq
uh-huh....so that rules out WHAT percent of operational re-supply drops ? ....and the rest ? Originally Posted by moving-target-survivor
It seems not much has changed since Arnhem....
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17-07-2006, 13:17 #46Senior Member
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Re: Aerial Re-supply goes wrong in Iraq
Originally Posted by Goatman
uh-huh....so that rules out WHAT percent of operational re-supply drops ? ....and the rest ? Originally Posted by moving-target-survivor
It seems not much has changed since Arnhem....
Don Cabra
it means that some very experienced para/rm/inf blokes turned around to us and said 'nice but no thankyou'
wtf do you think it meant?
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Re: Aerial Re-supply goes wrong in Iraq
[quote="moving-target-survivor"]
Offence obviously taken where none was intended......I saw this kit demo-ed and it seemed to meet a plain need...if the end-users gave it the thumbs down on operational ground fair enough - take more water with it MTS..... Originally Posted by Goatman
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17-07-2006, 14:15 #48Senior Member
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point taken.... but stop looking for a sub-agenda where none exists. Originally Posted by moving-target-survivor
Offence obviously taken where none was intended......I saw this kit demo-ed and it seemed to meet a plain need...if the end-users gave it the thumbs down on operational ground fair enough - take more water with it MTS..... Originally Posted by Goatman
as you say, the end-users (i met) gave it the thumbs down on operational grounds. Thay concluded that it was easier for a paratrooper to opperate them in from the air, rather than by a person from the ground
That said, I know that other people may well have adopted them for parachute insertions - pathfinders and the usual special-school outings.
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17-07-2006, 21:13 #49Senior Member
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Re: Aerial Re-supply goes wrong in Iraq
Umm, that video was in iraq was it? Same iraq that "over there" was filmed in? Cos it looked quite a bit like Southern California type vegetation to me....
edited to add, "ah it was afghan apparently, just read the comments""What kind of Terrorist are you?"
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Re: Aerial Re-supply goes wrong in Iraq
[quote="moving-target-survivor"]
I'm confused! You're saying that there is a air drop system that exists operated a paratrooper onboard with the payload? Originally Posted by Goatman
point taken.... but stop looking for a sub-agenda where none exists. Originally Posted by moving-target-survivor
Offence obviously taken where none was intended......I saw this kit demo-ed and it seemed to meet a plain need...if the end-users gave it the thumbs down on operational ground fair enough - take more water with it MTS..... Originally Posted by Goatman
as you say, the end-users (i met) gave it the thumbs down on operational grounds. Thay concluded that it was easier for a paratrooper to opperate them in from the air, rather than by a person from the ground That said, I know that other people may well have adopted them for parachute insertions - pathfinders and the usual special-school outings.
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