Soldato
I was going to make a lengthy post regarding theis subject, but after reading a few of the replies, I realise it's pointless. There's just too many people are convinced that every US serviceman is a bloodthirsty, trigger happy moron with no training and 100% acccurate and available intel on all situations.
And 99% of those spouting thier BS have about as much experience with anything to do with military operations as I have of walking on the moon.
Until you've been in a combat situation in ANY military, you have absolutely NO idea what actually goes on there. I'm not saying I'm a combat tested veteran that doesn't make mistakes, but I've at least been there and done that.
As for those spouting off about IFF (Indetification Friend or Foe) systems and such, please remember that not all systems have that. Neither of the two systems I worked on had it. Neither of them had the capability. And one was NATO Seasparrow (point defense missile system, note the NATO in there), and the other was CIWS Phalanx, the 6 barreled gatling cannon. Either one would completely demolish anything flying in the blink of an eye, but neither one could differentiate between an F-14, a Tornado, a Mig 27, or a Boeing 747. And there was no way to make them so. We had to rely 100% on other people determining the viability of the target, and that determination was made through AT LEAST 6 levels of the chain of command, and it was ALL done by voice comms. Oh, and generally to prevent enemy copying of IFF signals, they are changed on a weekly, sometimes daily basis. All it takes is one person forgetting to update thier IFF system, and all of a sudden they are automatically targetted because they come across as captured by enemy forces.
I literally cringe inside every time I hear one of you start voicing your opinions on the US military. Generally because the opinions voiced are 100% uneducated (almost as bad as the level of intelligence you give the average US servicemember) and are so biased by an unreliable media as to be almost 100% false. You pick out one little point of the whole story (as does the media source you get 100% of your info and opinion from) and tunnel vision it to death, to the point you won't even consider any other point.
And Richdog, Zip has a point. From the reader's point of view, you were targetting the US military exclusively and bashing them to hell. You came across as completely flippant with your remarks and the image I got was one of someone imitating a hairdresser flipping his/her hair over the shoulder with a limp wrist while clicking thier tongue in mock disgust. Whether that was your intention or not, that was the impression I got from your posts. ALL OF THEM in this thread. So before you go bashing the crap out of someone that has a completely outside point of view on this, he's not the only one that took your remarks in a negative way.
And 99% of those spouting thier BS have about as much experience with anything to do with military operations as I have of walking on the moon.
Until you've been in a combat situation in ANY military, you have absolutely NO idea what actually goes on there. I'm not saying I'm a combat tested veteran that doesn't make mistakes, but I've at least been there and done that.
As for those spouting off about IFF (Indetification Friend or Foe) systems and such, please remember that not all systems have that. Neither of the two systems I worked on had it. Neither of them had the capability. And one was NATO Seasparrow (point defense missile system, note the NATO in there), and the other was CIWS Phalanx, the 6 barreled gatling cannon. Either one would completely demolish anything flying in the blink of an eye, but neither one could differentiate between an F-14, a Tornado, a Mig 27, or a Boeing 747. And there was no way to make them so. We had to rely 100% on other people determining the viability of the target, and that determination was made through AT LEAST 6 levels of the chain of command, and it was ALL done by voice comms. Oh, and generally to prevent enemy copying of IFF signals, they are changed on a weekly, sometimes daily basis. All it takes is one person forgetting to update thier IFF system, and all of a sudden they are automatically targetted because they come across as captured by enemy forces.
I literally cringe inside every time I hear one of you start voicing your opinions on the US military. Generally because the opinions voiced are 100% uneducated (almost as bad as the level of intelligence you give the average US servicemember) and are so biased by an unreliable media as to be almost 100% false. You pick out one little point of the whole story (as does the media source you get 100% of your info and opinion from) and tunnel vision it to death, to the point you won't even consider any other point.
And Richdog, Zip has a point. From the reader's point of view, you were targetting the US military exclusively and bashing them to hell. You came across as completely flippant with your remarks and the image I got was one of someone imitating a hairdresser flipping his/her hair over the shoulder with a limp wrist while clicking thier tongue in mock disgust. Whether that was your intention or not, that was the impression I got from your posts. ALL OF THEM in this thread. So before you go bashing the crap out of someone that has a completely outside point of view on this, he's not the only one that took your remarks in a negative way.
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