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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An umbrella insurgent group claimed responsibility for downing a U.S. helicopter and "burning it down completely" near Baghdad on Wednesday, according to a claim posted on various Islamist Web sites.
CNN was unable to confirm the authenticity of the statement from the group, which includes al Qaeda in Iraq.
It was the fifth U.S. helicopter to go down in Iraq in almost three weeks. (Watch smoke and flames spew from the downed chopper Video)
Originally posted by KonigKaos
Pull the soldiers out and nuke very Iraqi city one by one till they submitt!
Then if they still want and uprising nuke Baghdad with a 20kiloton bomb and turn that entire bitch into glass
One of my many many theories!!!
They are getting weapons supplied into them from Iran or Syria or some other nation. They would of ran out of weapons long ago!
Originally posted by KonigKaos
Pull the soldiers out and nuke very Iraqi city one by one till they submitt!
Then if they still want and uprising nuke Baghdad with a 20kiloton bomb and turn that entire bitch into glass
Originally posted by KonigKaos
One of my many many theories!!!
Originally posted by KonigKaos
They are getting weapons supplied into them from Iran or Syria or some other nation. They would of ran out of weapons long ago!
Originally posted by charliegrs
theres gotta be something going on here, either the insurgents are getting more of the older SA-7 type shoulder fired sams, or perhaps they are getting a newer more advanced type of sam like the SA-18? and more importantly where are they getting them from? perhaps iran or syria? or maybe they are using heavy anti-aircraft machineguns like russian made NSVs or KORDs? maybe they are getting real good with the RPGs? one thing is for sure though, they are getting much better at downing choppers and thats bad because the roads of iraq are already dangerous enough now the skies are getting worse.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. Apache helicopter went down north of Baghdad on Sunday, local residents said, but the U.S. military said it was not aware of any such incident.
Residents reported seeing a missile hit the attack helicopter, which carries two crew, bringing it down in the Timayma area, near Taji, site of a major U.S. air base 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad.
Originally posted by Agit8dChop
I think Iran are simply making sure they dent the US abilities NOW, before it really gets started...
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
I've had no luck in finding documentation on this, but I've heard that Somalians and Afghanis have cobbled these together in the past (Helicopters were critical to Russian tactics in Afghanistan). I've seen no factual information pertaining to this possibility, just rumors.
So, has anyone here ever heard of a proximity fuse being fitted to an RPG, for the purpose of creating an air burst to take out helicopters?
Is it just a rumor, or what?
Maximum range is between 900 and 1100 metres, the fuse sets the maximum range, usually 920 m. The timed detonation has been used to create rough proximity airbursts against helicopters once they have passed the preferred 100 m head-on attack zone.
At the maximum range of 920 meters, RPGs self explodes (4.5 seconds from firing) and that's how the weapon is sometime used as a form of "artillery", spraying shrapnel over military installations, or slow, low flying or hovering helicopters.
Military Confirms 7th Helicopter Was Shot Down
A Sea Knight helicopter that crashed last week northwest of Baghdad was shot down, the U.S. military said Wednesday, reversing earlier statements that it appeared to have been due to mechanical failure.
The Marine CH-46 troop transport went down northwest of Baghdad on Feb. 7, killing all seven people on board, and an al-Qaida-linked Sunni group claimed responsibility and aired a video.
Originally posted by Syrian Sister
Another one just got downed in ramadi.
hallelujah.
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[edit on 12-2-2007 by Syrian Sister]