Dang, them bombs shore is smart!

[chequita guevara]

D'oh!

Pentagon Confirms Missiles May Have Struck Iran -- Two Pentagon officials now confirm that three U.S. cruise missiles may have gone astray in Iran. The officials say U.S. and Iranian officials are discussing the matter and that Iran realizes that any hit was unintentional.

Well that doesn't seem right. I mean, if those missiles could go that far off course, what's happening near where those missiles are supposed to be landing>

[BeBMan]

Not an accident, but a preemptive strike

[DinoDoc]

Link?

This is the first I've heard of that.

[DRoseDARs]

I would hope that it's simply a matter of their intended targets being that damned close to the border with Iran...

...otherwise, "Opps..."

[Inverse Icarus]

mechanical failure is the great equalizer when it comes to weaponry.

so our smart bomb can realize it's failing and scream "f*ck" as it falls to earth.

[Az]

A problem in the people operating the weapons, I think we should fix them.

[MichaeltheGreat]

There are two reasons for them to go off course - damage to control surfaces from AAA fire or lucky smallarms fire, and misprogramming of target coordinates.

Considering there are three strays out of a couple hundred that have been fired, this sounds like another big to me.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
There are two reasons for them to go off course - damage to control surfaces from AAA fire or lucky smallarms fire, and misprogramming of target coordinates.

Considering there are three strays out of a couple hundred that have been fired, this sounds like another big to me.

Just to be clear: it's not three strays out of a couple hundred. It's three strays acknowledged out of a couple hundred. I think Che's point about how well or poorly the rest are hitting their targets is well taken; this administration, even more than Bush I, has a strong interest in downplaying (i.e., lying about) civilian casualties.

[Aro]

Maybe those smart bombs are using Windows as OS in those little smart chips. This explains everything...

[axi]

Let's hope that Tomahawks have better construction quality that the space shuttle...

This reminds me of the missile that hit the chinese embassy in Belgrade, in 1999.

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Aro
Maybe those smart bombs are using Windows as OS in those little smart chips. This explains everything...

BSOD - Reset to Default Target: Any Brown People.

[faded glory]

"Maybe those smart bombs are using Windows as OS in those little smart chips. This explains everything... "




I can just imagine Centcom tracking these things. And all of a sudden.... "You have preformed an illegal operation, Cancel, Details"

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by axi
Let's hope that Tomahawks have better construction quality that the space shuttle...

This reminds me of the missile that hit the chinese embassy in Belgrade, in 1999.

but we were aiming for that. we just didnt know it was an embassy.

[faded glory]

Ya it hit its target. It was just a matter of a map mess up. The building used to be a military stucture.

[CerberusIV]

The component most likely to fail in any machine is the nut holding the keyboard.