Zarqawi Killed - At last!

• lwflee

  12 Jun 06, 20:42

  Originally posted by sgFish:

  any idea what the bombs that killed him were? It said they were 500 pound weapons. Were they Mk-82s, 82Rs, GBU-12s or GBU-38s?

  Not sure how accurate, but according to the Arizona Daily Star Online,
  

  The first bomb that struck al-Qaida leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was a Paveway GBU-12 model finished in Tucson at Raytheon Missile Systems.
  It was followed by a GBU-38 strapped to a satellite-guided Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), said Lt. Gen. Gary North, the top U.S. air commander in the region.

• touchstone_2000

  13 Jun 06, 12:59

  Originally posted by lwflee:

  How accurate is it?
  
  Well if you lase or paint a truck driver through the driver's window, the LGB will be hitting the driver on the head through the same window.
• MobyDog

  13 Jun 06, 21:51

  Originally posted by lwflee:

  I dun think it was seriously considered. After the somalia nonsense, they probably prefer to just JDAM the bugger from above.

  And killed a 16 yr old mother and her infant ???
• lwflee

  14 Jun 06, 05:58

  Originally posted by MobyDog:

  And killed a 16 yr old mother and her infant ???

  And? This is the US remember?
  
  
• lwflee

  14 Jun 06, 05:59

  Originally posted by touchstone_2000:

  How accurate is it?
  
  Well if you lase or paint a truck driver through the driver's window, the LGB will be hitting the driver on the head through the same window.

  I think you misunderstood me. I was referring to the accuracy of the newspaper report - Journalists not, imo, being the paragon of accuracy and honesty they are supposed to be.