A historical first - German Tornados now stationed in Afghanistan

Skybird · 04-05-07, 06:06 PM

After a three-day travel and two refueling stops, 6+2 German Tornados have arrived in Afghanistan. Like all the weeks before I am still wondering of what kind of use they can be. the real intention, imo, has not much to do with recce that is of worth for ground troops - the Tornados do not have live-time links for their high-definitioon cameras, only the infrared-camera with very low resultion has a certain live-feeding capacity.Public support for the mission is ridiculously thin over here: 4%.

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi...dele=jdc_inter

Worth to mention: the germans do not have any rescue capacity by themselves for shot-down pilots, and the political parties in Berlin do not have even an idea of what exit strategy there ever could be. It's all depending on hopes, and gambles.

What a superior planning.

04-05-07, 06:06 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,666 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	A historical first - German Tornados now stationed in Afghanistan After a three-day travel and two refueling stops, 6+2 German Tornados have arrived in Afghanistan. Like all the weeks before I am still wondering of what kind of use they can be. the real intention, imo, has not much to do with recce that is of worth for ground troops - the Tornados do not have live-time links for their high-definitioon cameras, only the infrared-camera with very low resultion has a certain live-feeding capacity.Public support for the mission is ridiculously thin over here: 4%. http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi...dele=jdc_inter Worth to mention: the germans do not have any rescue capacity by themselves for shot-down pilots, and the political parties in Berlin do not have even an idea of what exit strategy there ever could be. It's all depending on hopes, and gambles. What a superior planning. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.