Friday, July 03, 2009
Fragging in Afghanistan
During the Vietnam conflict, the fragging rate (assaulting a superior officer using a fragmentation grenade or other explosive) rose from 1 incident per 3,300 servicemen in 1969 to a peak of 1 per 572 servicemen in 1971.
Of course opinions differ but fragging appears to have begun in Afghanistan/Pakistan.
IMO: All the more reason to use advanced drones. There have been strong suggestions that some alleged drone strikes were actually carried out by Pakistani F-16 jets. It may be much more politically convenient for the Pakistani government to point the finger at the U.S. when it comes to killing its own people. The Autonomous Rotorcraft Sniper System is also really quite cheap, can be only $4 per trigger pull rather than about $100,000 for a Hellfire.
Of course opinions differ but fragging appears to have begun in Afghanistan/Pakistan.
IMO: All the more reason to use advanced drones. There have been strong suggestions that some alleged drone strikes were actually carried out by Pakistani F-16 jets. It may be much more politically convenient for the Pakistani government to point the finger at the U.S. when it comes to killing its own people. The Autonomous Rotorcraft Sniper System is also really quite cheap, can be only $4 per trigger pull rather than about $100,000 for a Hellfire.
# posted by uv : 7:27 PM
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