Does Iraq war = Training to invade BRC?

DangerMouse · Post by **DangerMouse** » Thu May 27, 2004 10:48 am

With the 509th being shipped to Iraq. Does that mean they are simply training to invade Burning Man and want to keep the training out of the eyes of civilians?

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Thu May 27, 2004 10:59 am

that's hilarious.

yeah.....uh.....

wait a minute

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Thu May 27, 2004 12:12 pm

DangerMouse wrote:With the 509th being shipped to Iraq. Does that mean they are simply training to invade Burning Man and want to keep the training out of the eyes of civilians?

Actually, the Nevada ANG as well as the Navy have used BRC for training purposes in past years... those F-18s and C-130s weren't flying over merely for the fun of it.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Thu May 27, 2004 12:17 pm

Simply Joel wrote: Actually, the Nevada ANG as well as the Navy have used BRC for training purposes in past years... those F-18s and C-130s weren't flying over merely for the fun of it.

Those fuckers are great. ( and I'm not into millitary shit.) ya cant see em commin till they're right up on top of ya and they're gone just as fast as they came.

scared the shit outta me last I was at BRC. It was great.

So they still do that huh?

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Thu May 27, 2004 12:18 pm

not the c-130's

DangerMouse · Post by **DangerMouse** » Thu May 27, 2004 12:47 pm

If those are Spooky or Spectre versions of the C-130 I'd be more scared of it than the F-18s...

Then again a regular C-130 can drop a MOAB or Daisy-Cutter.

Then there's the armored OpFor division out of Fort Irwin in California that does desert training.

Alpha · Post by **Alpha** » Thu May 27, 2004 12:53 pm

DangerMouse wrote:Spectre versions of the C-130

From militaryfactory.com:

These heavily armed aircraft incorporate side-firing weapons integrated with sophisticated sensor, navigation and fire control systems to provide surgical firepower or area saturation during extended loiter periods, at night and in adverse weather.

(emphasis mine) -- yep, that sounds like Burning Man alright.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Thu May 27, 2004 11:39 pm

Alpha wrote:
DangerMouse wrote:Spectre versions of the C-130
From militaryfactory.com:

These heavily armed aircraft incorporate side-firing weapons integrated with sophisticated sensor, navigation and fire control systems to provide surgical firepower or area saturation during extended loiter periods, at night and in adverse weather.
(emphasis mine) -- yep, that sounds like Burning Man alright.

So is this from a C-130? (for those that have slo connections, forget about it.

calsur · Post by **calsur** » Fri May 28, 2004 1:21 am

So I was on a little training exercise down in Honduras with the Army and before we went out we got told a Spooky was going to come looking for us. We all figured “NO PROBLEM!”, just 12 of us in the woods. Spooky did not stand a chance.

So later we are skulking through the woods and I get a call on the radio. It went kind of like this:

Spooky : Team XX, we have you locked up, please acknowledge.

Me : Fuck you Spooky, you do not have us.

All of a sudden it is daylight! And Spooky is telling me that they will be willing to provide additional proof of being caught but we would not survive it. I declined their offer. That was back in 1985.

Do not fuck with Spooky .

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Fri May 28, 2004 11:51 am

that's some fucked up shit DF

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Fri May 28, 2004 12:09 pm

stuart wrote:that's some fucked up shit DF

whaaaa,

that's what it looks like from a C-130 right.

I wanna know........really.

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Fri May 28, 2004 2:03 pm

couldn't be a c-130. that vid was shot from a platform. No fixed wing aircraft is gonna give you that kind of relatively stationary platform.

DangerMouse · Post by **DangerMouse** » Fri May 28, 2004 2:12 pm

Spooky/Spectre outfitted C-130s.

Imagine a fairly low altitude aircraft with side-firing armaments. They then circle around the target with their armaments facing towards the insid of the circle. They then can track and engage said targets by saturating the area with concentrated fire.

IE: Shred the everliving crap out of anything in its path.

They've been around since the Vietnam days with various revisions over time. I'v read reports of something like rounds of amunition per square foot on the older versions.

DangerMouse · Post by **DangerMouse** » Fri May 28, 2004 2:15 pm

If you want a Spooky/Spectre AC-130 (Gunship version of the C-130) go here: http://www.factsofisrael.com/blog/archives/000560.html

DangerMouse · Post by **DangerMouse** » Fri May 28, 2004 2:18 pm

Er, sorry video of/information on.

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Fri May 28, 2004 3:22 pm

stuart wrote:couldn't be a c-130. that vid was shot from a platform. No fixed wing aircraft is gonna give you that kind of relatively stationary platform.

I am guessing, if not a C-130, that it was a rotary wing aircraft (Apache, Kiowa) but not likely a Blackhawk or Huey.

DangerMouse · Post by **DangerMouse** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 9:40 am

Whatever it was that was some serious firepower.

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:33 am

And now, with the invasion of Falugia, this becomes more pertinant!

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