767-332ER From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 2030 posts, RR: 12 Posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 8 hours ago) and read 1056 times:
Fox, CNN, abc and NBC are reporting that the "shock and awe" air campaign is about to commence using B-52's, B-2's, F-117's and a combination of F-15's and carrier based fighters.
Twinjets...if one fails, work the other one twice as hard!!!
Artsyman From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 4741 posts, RR: 43 Reply 2, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 8 hours ago) and read 1007 times:
It has begun, and whether you like this war or not, it is horrible to see it
Hkg82 From Hong Kong, joined Apr 2002, 1219 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 7 hours ago) and read 998 times:
Wolf Blitzer went off the air moments before the bombardment started so we could hear the anti-aircraft gun fire, and all of a sudden KABOOM! Explosions everywhere!!
Shock and Awe campaign is currently under way.
I don't know how there can't be any civilian casualties as a result of these latest strikes. Of course the Iraqi government is probably going to exaggerate the reports.
Artsyman From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 4741 posts, RR: 43 Reply 11, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 7 hours ago) and read 975 times:
B757300 From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 4114 posts, RR: 25 Reply 14, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 7 hours ago) and read 960 times:
MOAB maybe. Then again any large explosion will create a mushroom cloud. Given the right atmospheric conditions, even a 1,000 pounder will create a small mushroom cloud under the right conditions. So it was either a large bomb, a large secondary explosion, or both.
Hkg82 From Hong Kong, joined Apr 2002, 1219 posts, RR: 1 Reply 15, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 7 hours ago) and read 962 times:
It certainly looked like it!! That intense!!
According to a retired Air Force General who's now commenting on CNN these strikes, they're likely to be Tomahawk cruise missile attacks rather than aircraft bombing....
B757300 From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 4114 posts, RR: 25 Reply 17, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 7 hours ago) and read 934 times:
Some of those explosions are too large to be TLAM's which only carry a 1,000 pound warhead. So either they were either Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missiles (CALCM's) or more than likely it was a B-2 strike. If you notice how all the explosions were all neatly in a row which seems more like a bomber strike than a missile strike.
AviationMaster From Switzerland, joined Oct 1999, 2464 posts, RR: 38 Reply 18, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 7 hours ago) and read 925 times:
I don't think it was the MOAB, since it can only be launched from the C-130. But then again who knows, as I was watching a plane passed over the CNN's guys hotel and seconds later there was a loud BOOM.
United777 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 1648 posts, RR: 1 Reply 23, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 7 hours ago) and read 871 times:
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