[BGB] What is shooting down our Helicopters in Iraq?

[tballou at comcast.net]

NPRs On Point on WBUR is doing a show in Helicopter losses today.  You can pull a archived version to listen to if you wish.

http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2007/02/20070208_a_main.asp

--Tom
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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: DSeanBarnett at aol.com
>  
>  
> In a message dated 2/7/2007 12:38:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> tballou at comcast.net writes:
> 
> Well  today's Marine Sea Knight is number 5 in 2 weeks.  
> 
> I haven't  heard anything about what is shooting them down.  Have any of you  
> guys?  
> 
> Per the BBC one witness said it was a missle that got the  46 today.  
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6338787.stm
> 
> Its  not the most stealthy (heat masked) nor armored helicopter in the  
> inventory.  Was it just dropped by a lucky RPG shot, HMG fire or are they  using 
> man portable SAMs?  
> 
> --Tom
> 
> 
> 
> I heard on the news that they think they are being taken down by  small arms 
> (HMGs?), as they have adopted the tactic of flying very low to  prevent 
> shoulder-fired SAMs from getting a bead on them.  Apparently there  are some 
> Chinese 
> and North Korean manufactured SAMs in Iraq that are good enough  to be a 
> threat against our IR countermeasures.
>  
> Sean  
> dseanbarnett at aol.com


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