Re: US Pilot achieve a whole new level of fail
Well, I wouldn't normally, but I promised.Originally Posted by Hooahguy
I mean ok? I never disagreed with what you were saying in regards to this matter anyways. I simply wanted confirmation.
Ouch.
Well, I knew it was an AC130 a couple of days ago, or whenever that was revealed - I'm not sure that's relevant, though - I didn't say it wasn't a gunship either, just that it was human error - pilot or gunner is semantics. I suppose if it had been a Super Hornet I would have been wrong too because they have weapons operators, ditto an Apache gunship.I mean I don't remember you mentioning that it was an AC-130, you also blamed "the pilot", but the one pulling the trigger in an AC-130 is "a gunner" usually.
Oh really?And let's not pretend that the whole "they can just write some GPS-app" in any way applies to an AC-130 since that one does not use GPS-guided bombs.
What kind of precision munition do you imagine it was?
Possibly these?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Diameter_Bomb
Or these?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-176_Griffin
Maybe these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-44/B_Viper_Strike
Looks like only the J and W variants carry bombs, and all the bombs designed to attack static targets like buildings use a combination of GPS and/or laser targeting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130
So, yeah, you could totally write an App for that.
You are suggesting that MSF had not previously notified the NATO-led airforce of the hospital's location - were that the case it would already have come out by now and there's no reason to suppose MSF are lying about that, nor do they have any motive to.Not to forget that it is still weird that the HQ did not notify them that they were shooting at a hospital after the hospital notified the HQ, unless we assume they are plain murderers and ignored the order to cease fire. Which is possible but seems a bit odd given that they should know they could hardly get away with that.
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