INSURGENTS TERRORISTS firing rockets at a British base in southern Iraq were spotted and tracked by an
Australian unmanned spyplane, then obliterated with a guided bomb from a US fighter jet.
In a stunning demonstration of the capabilities of the new ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle, the Australian operators tracked the insurgents for half an hour as they fired one rocket then drove to a different location to fire another.
They were not aware they had been spotted until a 227kg JDAM guided bomb exploded in their midst.
The images from May 1, recorded from an altitude of about a kilometre, show men from three vehicles hastily setting up a rocket launcher then firing at one of the British bases.
The camera follows as the men hop back in their vehicles and drive away, stopping some distance away to take another shot. The live images were also viewed in the British headquarters where frantic efforts were being made to retaliate.
That came in the form of a US F-16 jet, which sent a GPS-guided bomb into the insurgents’ position.
Good one, guys.
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