JSTARS, River Joint, U-2s to seek bin Laden

AllanStern wrote:

CNN is reporting this morning that the US Mil is about to deploy U-2 spy
planes, JSTARS acft, and Rivet Joint RC-135s to search for bin Laden. They
claim that the US is going to maintain round-the-clock surveillance/search to
locate him. They say the acft will be controlling some RPVs in the search.

AL STERN Satellite Beach FL

It's really too bad that these kind of assets weren't available several years
ago.

Bob McKellar, expecting a late October capture

"Bob McKellar" wrote in message
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AllanStern wrote:

CNN is reporting this morning that the US Mil is about to deploy
U-2 spy
planes, JSTARS acft, and Rivet Joint RC-135s to search for bin Laden.
They
claim that the US is going to maintain round-the-clock
surveillance/search to
locate him. They say the acft will be controlling some RPVs in the
search.

AL STERN Satellite Beach FL

It's really too bad that these kind of assets weren't available several
years
ago.

It takes time to turn the heroin North and create an economic reason for the
southern tribes to co-operate. Missing another entire crop would be bad for
their economies and further empower the northern tribes. I doubt bin Laden
will last until Otober.

"Bob McKellar" wrote in message
...


AllanStern wrote:

CNN is reporting this morning that the US Mil is about to deploy
U-2 spy
planes, JSTARS acft, and Rivet Joint RC-135s to search for bin Laden.
They
claim that the US is going to maintain round-the-clock
surveillance/search to
locate him. They say the acft will be controlling some RPVs in the
search.

AL STERN Satellite Beach FL

It's really too bad that these kind of assets weren't available several
years
ago.

They were, and they were used, and I'd be surprised if they have not
continued to be used over Afghanistan and the Pakistani border region since
then. The use of all three platforms was reported during the earlier
operations conducted in Afghanistan; that CNN is acting as if this is some
kind of new development is hardly surprising, given the poor accuracy of
their military reporting to date. Not sure how much value the JSTARS adds to
the mix, given the terrain and nature of the target.


Bob McKellar, expecting a late October capture

Uhhh...yeah. I guess the military is in on some great political conspriacy,
huh?

Brooks

In article ,
on Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:42:41 -0500,
Bob McKellar attempted to say .....



AllanStern wrote:

CNN is reporting this morning that the US Mil is about to deploy U-2 spy
planes, JSTARS acft, and Rivet Joint RC-135s to search for bin Laden. They
claim that the US is going to maintain round-the-clock surveillance/search to
locate him. They say the acft will be controlling some RPVs in the search.

AL STERN Satellite Beach FL

It's really too bad that these kind of assets weren't available several years
ago.

Umm, they were.
JSTARS was used in Gulf War I even though it was still in the testing
phase and had not been fully approved yet.
Rivet Joint has been around forever.



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When dealing with propaganda terminology one sometimes always speaks in
variable absolutes. This is not to be mistaken for an unbiased slant.

Bob McKellar, expecting a late October capture

Whats about early summer?
Specially after a couple of high profile terror acts voters will remember the
"capture" of OBL in November.

Denyav wrote:

Bob McKellar, expecting a late October capture

Whats about early summer?
Specially after a couple of high profile terror acts voters will remember the
"capture" of OBL in November.

Damn, a guy makes one little smartass remark, just a joke, and wakes up in a post
with Denyav.

I feel so dirty!

Bob McKellar

Bob McKellar wrote:


Denyav wrote:


Bob McKellar, expecting a late October capture

Whats about early summer?
Specially after a couple of high profile terror acts voters will remember the
"capture" of OBL in November.


Damn, a guy makes one little smartass remark, just a joke, and wakes up in a post
with Denyav.

I feel so dirty!

Well...*my* authority has it that OBL has *already* been
captured!

Yup! Gee Dubya is simply waiting for a week or so before
voting day to spring the news. I think the master of
Islamic-based terror is being held where they filmed the
moon landing.

Kerry might just as well give his concession speech now.


SMH

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:24:54 -0500, Stephen Harding
wrote:

Bob McKellar wrote:


Denyav wrote:


Bob McKellar, expecting a late October capture

Whats about early summer?
Specially after a couple of high profile terror acts voters will remember the
"capture" of OBL in November.


Damn, a guy makes one little smartass remark, just a joke, and wakes up in a post
with Denyav.

I feel so dirty!

Well...*my* authority has it that OBL has *already* been
captured!

Yup! Gee Dubya is simply waiting for a week or so before
voting day to spring the news. I think the master of
Islamic-based terror is being held where they filmed the
moon landing.

Kerry might just as well give his concession speech now.

He can't - he's being held in the next cell, helpless while his clone
(made from sooper sekrit UFO technology that the Raelians stole from
the WW2 Germans) is going to spout meanlingless gibberish for the rest
of the campaign......or is that Bush who's been cloned into an idiot?

:-)
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Peter Kemp

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