Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Reckon it came too close for comfort for the USS Boxer. Good shot. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/18/trump-says-us-navy-shot-down-iranian-drone.html?__source=facebook|main&fbclid=IwAR0dCD0ISNpRZFXxoYARlbeV5k86n6EFHwHDQLK-sEpyznPeZk0WT1za5YI GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 I wonder who made that drone........ OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 14 minutes ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said: I wonder who made that drone........ OLG Probably Russia or China - from technology stolen from us? (or gathered from captured or shot down US drones) GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 I'll bet your $$$$ on China. OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 I have some pix of Russian drones somewhere, but agree, probably Chinese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 I'll bet it was this type of gun used. https://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/phalanx I seen live-fire demos of them. They put out a wall of flying steel/explosives. OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoky Pistols Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 21 minutes ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said: I'll bet it was this type of gun used. https://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/phalanx I seen live-fire demos of them. They put out a wall of flying steel/explosives. OLG My cousin was a tech on one of those guns when he served. Quite a deadly piece of equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Gunner Gatlin, SASS # 10274 said: Reckon it came too close for comfort for the USS Boxer. Good shot. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/18/trump-says-us-navy-shot-down-iranian-drone.html?__source=facebook|main&fbclid=IwAR0dCD0ISNpRZFXxoYARlbeV5k86n6EFHwHDQLK-sEpyznPeZk0WT1za5YI GG ~ Who escalated tensions in the middle east? Sure as hell wasn't us. I'd say Iran is guilty of an act of war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 9 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Who escalated tensions in the middle east? Sure as hell wasn't us. I'd say Iran is guilty of an act of war. If an Iranian drone came too close to the ship, of which it seems here, it should be and was shot down. GG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 5 minutes ago, Gunner Gatlin, SASS # 10274 said: If an Iranian drone came too close to the ship, of which it seems here, it should be and was shot down. GG I'm of the opinion that we should have found the drone's base and done some more damage: a LOT more damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 1 hour ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said: I'll bet it was this type of gun used. https://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/phalanx I seen live-fire demos of them. They put out a wall of flying steel/explosives. OLG LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I wonder how long those barrels last before they have to be replaced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish-Pat Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 The navy got it with a light weapon, a laser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 The Iranians are now saying that it wasn't their drone! Trying to save face there mullahs?? https://gizmodo.com/iran-denies-claim-that-u-s-military-destroyed-drone-in-1836520388 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Supposedly used radio jamming, not a gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Cognizant Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Yep, stuff made specifically for anti-drone work. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/07/18/heres-new-marine-corps-weapon-just-destroyed-iranian-drone.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Buck Rogers stuff! Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Supposedly used radio jamming, not a gun. Yes, that's the report! Fascinating! Too bad they couldn't turn it around and have it crash on its launch base! From the videos shown on TV, the U.S.S Boxer appears to be a helicopter assault ship (Marine CV-22's and Sea Stallion helos on board). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 "Shot down" via radio waves - GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 The 'tit-for-tat' is going to get old quick! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7266005/Iran-Guards-say-confiscated-British-tanker-Strait-Hormuz.html?ito=social-facebook&fbclid=IwAR0gPB0om8lIHZm5YkMj_FlDIgyawj5KVmRkx8GAOYFTYNdDESuZlR5baxs&fbclid=IwAR3iHmNpFLO6nSO7JPJeAbeIcnTg6-MQj_QTeV7-2KRgdKSYZUwLADjJlY4 GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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