JSF and close air support

"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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impression that such weapons require a considerable amount of advance
planning.

A high percentage of navy fighters in Afghanistan attacked targets
that were not known to the pilot when he launched from the carrier.
Perhaps these were not JADAMs?

JDAM can be programmed in flight. One of the worst fratricide cases during
OEF occured in Dec 01 when the special operator on the ground apparently
mistakenly gave the crew of of the supporting B-52 his own coordinates
instead of those of the target, resulting in a JDAM striking near their OP
and killing three SF troops and five allied Afghan soldiers.

Brooks



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On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 08:45:25 -0500, "Kevin Brooks"
wrote:


JDAM can be programmed in flight. One of the worst fratricide cases during
OEF occured in Dec 01 when the special operator on the ground apparently
mistakenly gave the crew of of the supporting B-52 his own coordinates
instead of those of the target, resulting in a JDAM striking near their OP
and killing three SF troops and five allied Afghan soldiers.

Brooks

This is the fault of the design of the plugger. When his system
froze, he rebooted it. The default coordinates are the location of the
unit itself, which is why he and his buddies got bombed.




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