This Time We Were Involved
Introducing our latest weapon: Zionist Die-PodTM (Hat tip: Town Crier).
Abu Musab al Zarqawi, al-Qaida’s top terrorist in Iraq, was killed withhelp of Israeli target acquisition technology fitted onto a US Air
Force F-16. Rafael Armament Development Authority Ltd.
supplies Litening advanced airborne infrared targeting and navigation
pod to Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC), which installs them on combat jets
under a cooperation agreement. The Israel Air Force also uses the
Litening.
According to a report by senior US Air Force officers, al
Zarqawi was killed by a pair of USAF F-16s on a routine mission in
central Iraq, when the decision to act was taken. USAF commander in
Iraq, Lt.-Gen. Gary North said the fighters carried a variety of laser
and GPS-guided ordinance and the Litening pod.
The Litening pod
has target-acquisition capability, laser spot detection and tracking
and a video camera. For the Zarqawi strike, the pilot activated the
system from 20,000 feet, guided a 250kg. bomb to its target, and then
used pod’s video camera to examine the resulting damage. A second bomb
was then dropped, which killed al Zarqawi.
In a media briefing,
senior USAF officers mentioned Litening’s role in locating the target.
“Aviation Week” said that the pod was Northrop Grumman’s but did not
mention that the technology was Israeli, developed at Rafael.
Glad to be of service.
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An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.Filed Under: General
