4/7/2005: Information bombing

Undertoad · 04-07-2005, 10:59 AM

I had never seen this before, and it's striking. This is leafletting by jet, offered at Strategypage.

An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the "Black Aces" of Strike Fighter Squadron Four One (VFA-41), drops a Payload Delivery Unit Five (PDU-5) bomb filled with leaflets approximately 1 mile away from USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a training exercise. Leaflets lay out the consequences of actions in an effort to ensure local civilian populations are properly informed. Each leaflet is typically 3-by-6 inches in size, written in Arabic, and are dropped in fiberglass containers that explode over designated areas to increase scatter and drift to the ground. Nimitz and Carrier Strike Group Eleven (CSG-11) are currently conducting a Joint Task Force Training Exercise (JTFEX) off the coast of southern California. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Elisabeth Ann Saccotelli

Sure it's better than dropping REAL bombs, but who's gonna clean all that up? Huh? D'ja ever think of that??

Vegeta · 04-07-2005, 11:36 AM

I've actually always wondered that. But in the grand scheme of things, I'd say littering beats killing people, if the former can lessen the latter. Littering in America is entirely different however, and should be dealt with by killing people. *G*

And · 04-07-2005, 12:26 PM

Oh, don't worry, I'm sure somebody will die soon enough. Sneak attacks, suicide bombers, hypertense marine checkpoints, unexploded ordinance, stepping on a nail and getting tetanus...

Or maybe paper cuts...

Uryoces · 04-07-2005, 12:53 PM

It's an Honor Bomb:

"Greetings, insurgents!

Please shoot yourself in the head, and pass this on to any other insurgents in your immediate area.

Allah Ackbar!"

LabRat · 04-07-2005, 01:41 PM

Reminds me of the M*A*S*H* episode where the bomb falls in teh middle of camp, and when it explodes, tons of papers come out. I forget what they said now. I loved that show. Hawkeye Pierce was my idol.

dar512 · 04-07-2005, 05:00 PM

The sign said "Fine for littering" - so the pilot did.

richlevy · 04-07-2005, 06:53 PM

Did anyone pick up one of those flyers?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-07-2005, 08:57 PM

I use to work with a guy that was in the 1st Armored Divison in North Africa during WW II. He said they paid a local to write a leaflet in the local tongue and printed hundreds of thousands to drop ahead as they progressed eastward. They had dropped over half of the leaflets before they found out they were an ad for Abdul's Tea.

04-07-2005, 10:59 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	4/7/2005: Information bombing I had never seen this before, and it's striking. This is leafletting by jet, offered at Strategypage. An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the "Black Aces" of Strike Fighter Squadron Four One (VFA-41), drops a Payload Delivery Unit Five (PDU-5) bomb filled with leaflets approximately 1 mile away from USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a training exercise. Leaflets lay out the consequences of actions in an effort to ensure local civilian populations are properly informed. Each leaflet is typically 3-by-6 inches in size, written in Arabic, and are dropped in fiberglass containers that explode over designated areas to increase scatter and drift to the ground. Nimitz and Carrier Strike Group Eleven (CSG-11) are currently conducting a Joint Task Force Training Exercise (JTFEX) off the coast of southern California. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Elisabeth Ann Saccotelli Sure it's better than dropping REAL bombs, but who's gonna clean all that up? Huh? D'ja ever think of that??

04-07-2005, 12:26 PM	#3
And Conjunction Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Conjunction Junction Posts: 168	Oh, don't worry, I'm sure somebody will die soon enough. Sneak attacks, suicide bombers, hypertense marine checkpoints, unexploded ordinance, stepping on a nail and getting tetanus... Or maybe paper cuts... __________________ -And, Word Wrangler and Keeper of the Cuttlefish.

04-07-2005, 12:53 PM	#4
Uryoces 2nd Covenant, yo Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pugetropolis Posts: 583	It's an Honor Bomb: "Greetings, insurgents! Please shoot yourself in the head, and pass this on to any other insurgents in your immediate area. Allah Ackbar!" __________________ The party's over ... the drink ... and the luck ... ran out.

04-07-2005, 01:41 PM	#5
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Reminds me of the MASH episode where the bomb falls in teh middle of camp, and when it explodes, tons of papers come out. I forget what they said now. I loved that show. Hawkeye Pierce was my idol. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

04-07-2005, 05:00 PM	#6
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	The sign said "Fine for littering" - so the pilot did. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

04-07-2005, 11:36 AM	#2
Vegeta As far beyond mutants as they beyond you Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: United States Posts: 52	I've actually always wondered that. But in the grand scheme of things, I'd say littering beats killing people, if the former can lessen the latter. Littering in America is entirely different however, and should be dealt with by killing people. G

04-07-2005, 06:53 PM	#7
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Did anyone pick up one of those flyers? __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

04-07-2005, 08:57 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I use to work with a guy that was in the 1st Armored Divison in North Africa during WW II. He said they paid a local to write a leaflet in the local tongue and printed hundreds of thousands to drop ahead as they progressed eastward. They had dropped over half of the leaflets before they found out they were an ad for Abdul's Tea. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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