gravelexpress

Well I thought we were adult enough to make our own minds up.

That clip does demonstrate the ability of these systems to "reach out and touch some one" - in that instance with a 30mm chain gun.

The engagement range was probably in excess of 2000 m at a guess - frightening

The AC 130 clip was less graphic but fascinating - I gather the voices are Forward Air Controllers and the gunship crew. The weapons platform harnesses 105mm howitzers in a plane!!

Thanks MJ

stu200

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Of course you should

As a point of fact, though, AFAIK it's the moderators' call as to whether or not something gets edited/deleted/whatever. They're there to deal with posts that people find questionable.

If it irks you that much, RTM the thread yourself and ask for them to reinstate the link

gravelexpress

Now I have found a link to the same video from the American news network ABC.

It also has comment on the ROE that the US forces have displayed in Iraq.

It provides background and comment to the violent imagery, on the clip.

PS i did watch the Clarkson documentary last night. But thought it was rather shallow and not suited to his style of presentation.

mj

I thought it suited his style perfectly, or have I just let a sarcastic comment go over my head?

Who else could do it aswell?

I used to watch stuff like this on the history channel, and although it was interesting, it did not have the ( dare I say it ) [whisper]entertainment[/whisper] factor that Clarkson brings to his programmes.

I suppose if you like JC anyway you will watch & enjoy anything he does.

mike. (planes,guns & Clarkson fan )

ajm

It doesnt annoy me much at all because, at the end of the day, its just a bulletin board. However, I did take the liberty of accepting sasim's offer and relished the opportunity of a discussion on the matter and initiated the following thread:-

http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...hreadid=291954

Unfortunately the carrot was tweaked away from me at the last minute, and now a disucssion is apparently only available if more people lodge an objection:-

But I have said my piece, and now I guess I am forever committed to holding my peace

sasim

ajm, either you have misinterpreted my post in policy, or I have not worded it very well, either way I did read your comments in the policy thread and acknowledge them. Apologies if it looked like I was ignoring what you said, this is definitely not the case.

Can we keep this thread on track by only discussing the TV program in here, and post any comments about the editing of it only in the thread in Policy

Thanks
Stuart

cw42

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mick, just checked digiguide, and it doesn't look like this one is being repeated just yet, not for the next 2 weeks anyway!