Hi,
I saw this video on YouTube and was wondering what it's from? Is it from a hovering apache helicopter or something?
WARNING:
Video shows an American crosshair shooting at poor, helpless Iraqis installing an irrigation system into their field so some images may shock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra2PYa-xhXo&NR
2006-12-10 01:12:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
lol, thx guys....but i was joking bout the irrigation system...
im just anti-war.
2006-12-10 01:43:11 · update #1
This video is taken from the FLIR (forward looking infra-red) gun camera. In laymans terms. It is an AH-64 Apache. The sytem is Built to endure front-line environments, it can operate during the day or night and in adverse weather using the integrated helmet and display sight system. The Apache is also equipped with some of the latest avionics and electronics, such as the Target Acquisition and Designation System, Pilot Night Vision System (TADS/PNVS), Black Hole passive infrared countermeasures, nap-of-the-earth (sic) navigation, and GPS.
The advanced model, the AH-64D Apache Longbow, is equipped with an improved sensor suite and weapon systems. The key improvement over the A-variant is the AN/APG-78 Longbow dome installed over the main rotor which houses a millimeter-wave Fire Control Radar (FCR) target acquisition system. The elevated position of the radome allows detection and (arcing) missile engagement of targets even when the helicopter itself is concealed by an obstacle (e.g. terrain, trees or buildings). Further, a radio modem integrated with the sensor suite allows a D-variant Apache to share targeting data with other AH-64Ds that do not have a line-of-sight to the target. In this manner a group of Apaches can engage multiple targets but only reveal the radome of one D-variant Apache.
The gun used is the M230 30mm Cannon. A touch of overkill but well deserved. If they are digging drainage ditches etc then why are they doing it a night, hence the night vision ....hmmm suspicious.
2006-12-11 23:33:19 · answer #1 · answered by rgrahamh2o 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's from a FLIR camera on a helicopter, most likely an Apache from the way those guys were maneuvering the reticle. Remember that Iraq is Zulu +3 time zone, so if those guys were "installing an irigation system" they were doing it at at 9:30PM on a winter night (check the date stamp on the Camera).
2006-12-10 01:32:54 · answer #2 · answered by Big Blair 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe you got it all wrong. What you were watching was some soon to be formal insurgents setting up roadside bombs for the purpose of killing troops on the move.
The video was made by spy in the sky drones equipped with anti personnel weapons and controlled by command center, probably in Qatar or the UAE!
2006-12-10 01:55:45 · answer #3 · answered by briang731/ bvincent 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How are you anti-war? Here is a group of people setting up to assasinate some American troops and the got caught and neutralized. You may not like the policies in place but to say you are anti-war based on this video....... What are you doing for your country or even community to make it a better place Alex?
2006-12-10 03:05:55 · answer #4 · answered by spag 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Why do I enjoy this video so much? It's like watching a mouse think the cheese is his when in the background the cat is slowly creeping toward the unsuspecting rodent then blam!!! Cat snack!
2006-12-10 06:04:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has to be an apache, judging by the movement and the firepower it expelled. These guys got what they deserved!
2006-12-10 06:41:47 · answer #6 · answered by Ian P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
seen it before they were trying to hide a gun before they reached a check point got what they deserved
2006-12-10 01:24:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is. from my experience they had nothing to do there in the middle of the knight
2006-12-10 01:42:21 · answer #8 · answered by yosi v 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋