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"Paul F Austin" wrote in message
. .. This is the first big lessons learned to come out of Iraq War-2. Between the Apaches getting put out of action by massed gunfire and the demonstrated advantages of UAVs, the Army decided that Comanche was last-war's weapon. There's also another factor: the development of GPS-guided munitions and the arrival of the JSTARS command platform with its powerful side-scanning radar that could track targets hundreds of miles away. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, JSTARS planes frequently guided attack planes carrying JDAM and JSOW weapons to attack targets with great accuracy where the launch plane was well away from MANPAD rockets and low-altitude AA guns. At the rate things are going, we may see after 2010 stealthy fast-flying UAV's dropping GPS-guided bombs and launching TV/laser-guided missiles. In short, the days of low-flying attacks by manned aircraft are coming to an end. -- Raymond Chuang Sacramento, CA USA |
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