During Operation Northern watch in ’99, a F-15E Strike Eagle - TopicsExpress



          

During Operation Northern watch in ’99, a F-15E Strike Eagle spots a SA-2 missile launcher and engages with a AGM-130 Air To Surface missile. Right before impact at 0:43 you can see the Iraqi operator dive for cover, but I can’t imagine that did much good. The AGM-130 is basically a rocket assisted version of the GBU-15 bomb, which carries a warhead of 2000 pounds and costs $880,000. While expensive, the pinpoint accuracy displayed in this video for a sledgehammer of this size is why the U.S. military has continued it’s use.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:13:45 +0000

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