[Vision2020] Bombing hospitals

[Don Kaag]

Ed:

During the initial air war, there are several methods of taking out 
anti-aircraft sites located on or near hospitals and schools.  
Air-dropped precision munitions set for "airburst" rather than 
penetration are one.  Other bombs which contain multiple small 
antipersonnel/anti-materiel bomblets are another.  Either are not 
likely to penetrate the roofs of buildings strong enough to mount an 
anti-aircraft battery.  Over-pressure might take out some windows.

In the medium-term attack, helicopter gunships like Army Apaches or 
Marine Super Cobras could simply hose them off of the roofs with their 
chin-mounted mini-chain guns: 7.62 ball or even armor-piercing ammo is 
not going to penetrate a steel-reinforced poured concrete slab roof.

Once we are in Baghdad or Basra, another alternative is an infiltrated 
Special Ops sniper team equipped with an optically-sighted Barrett 
M82A1 .50 Cal., semi-automatic, sniper rifle (...known in the trade as 
"The Finger of God".) Troops fired on by it find it very discouraging, 
and it is very precise.

Regards,

Don Kaag


On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 08:43 AM, eevans@moscow.com wrote:

> We've all seen Saddams "human sheild" tactics, for example placing 
> anti-
> aircraft sites atop hospitals and schools.
>
> Could some of you ex-military guys could discuss how we go about 
> handling these
> situations?
>
> Cheers,
> -Ed Evans
>
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