2007-01-08 00:16:44 · 8 answers · asked by yuygj2000 2 in Environment
It's a weasly way of saying "we shot our own people". Friendly Fire just sounds better in the same way that "unscheduled disassembly" sounds better than "the shuttle exploded".
2007-01-08 00:30:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps the most prominent casualty of friendly-fire in US history is Stonewall Jackson. That mishap may very well have cost the South the war.
2007-01-08 08:47:54 · answer #2 · answered by Col. Forbin 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's getting fired on or hit with friendly forces ammunitions.
2007-01-08 08:21:20 · answer #3 · answered by Reme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soldiers being hit with their own artillery, small arms fire, air launched ordinance, tank ordinance. Usually created by poor / inaccurate intelligence about enemy positions. Also created by inaccuracy of artillery / ordinance. Happens more than the govt tells us.
2007-01-08 08:27:49 · answer #4 · answered by devil dogs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its called friendly fire if a military unit accidently opens fire on another military unit within the same army.
this is of course not intended to happen and normally leads to investigations, why it happened
2007-01-08 08:20:09 · answer #5 · answered by blondnirvana 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Friendly fire is when one militaries attack damages troops that are aligned with them, rather than their opponents.
This can be accidental, as in the case of crossfire. Or intentional, as in the case of misidentifying targets.
2007-01-08 08:23:24 · answer #6 · answered by polk2525 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Friendly fire" is not fire in the burny flamy sense of the word.
It describes the firing of ammunition at one's own troops instead of the enemy, by mistake. Ridiculous, I know.
2007-01-08 08:19:20 · answer #7 · answered by bonshui 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing that you need to remember is that "friendly fire" isn't.
2007-01-08 11:56:16 · answer #8 · answered by Xam 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋