Cannon Fodder

[Robert]

Originally Posted by Limahl

Can you be more specific ?

SOCOM has a few meanings wthin the US military.

I was on about the system which identifies friendlies/eventually enemies.

[Darrin]

Originally Posted by Robert

I was on about the system which identifies friendlies/eventually enemies.

Oh, you mean IFF (Identify Friend or Foe)?

[mejinks]

You can have all the hi tech gadgetry in the world, but if your intel is pants (as it was in this case) you will always be worse off.

Im not saying the pilot is blameless, but why wasn't there up to date information on the position of troops? I mean we live in an age of GPS which will give you accuracy down to inches.

[killerkebab]

Originally Posted by mejinks

You can have all the hi tech gadgetry in the world, but if your intel is pants (as it was in this case) you will always be worse off.

Im not saying the pilot is blameless, but why wasn't there up to date information on the position of troops? I mean we live in an age of GPS which will give you accuracy down to inches.

Unfortunately we don't live in an age in which we trust everyone with the locations of the troops. I assume compartmentalisation is to blame here, though I am far from an expert in military strategy

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by Mark

Shackley is a first-rate troll, and dirtydog isn't a whiter-than-white character either.

I don't know about the involvement of UK ATCs in that situation, but otherwise you are of course factually correct. Unfortunately they have a very long history of USA-bashing on that forum.

WTF?