Iraq into a training ground for new U.S. weapons, the U.S. had used “the mother of a bomb.”

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Iraq into a training ground for new U.S. weapons, the U.S. had used “the mother of a bomb.”

Date:2011-12-12Author:adminCategory:International militaryComment:0

Data Figure: U.S. nicknamed “the mother of a bomb,” the huge conventional bombs

weapons in Iraq as U.S. combat training field

from the 1991 Gulf War, the United States in every war will be part of the newly developed or improved new weapons and equipment used on the battlefield, because any battle-tested weapons need to really show their power and inadequate. So let the war become a testing ground for new weapons is also waging another war the United States one of the purposes. And let it deep 8-year-old war in Iraq is no exception. According to the Chinese People’s University scholar Zhang Guofeng Nanfang Daily reporter to the information provided by the U.S. military in Iraq, the latest weapons used in war are as follows:

“the mother of bombs” – high-power air-detonated bombs

known as the “mother of a bomb,” the high power of the air blew the end of 2002 began to develop the giant conventional bombs, three times during the trial, in March 2003 for Iraqi battlefield. “The mother of a bomb,” is the most destructive arsenal of bombs, mainly used to destroy the Iraqi ground or underground important goals, including the Iraqi command center, tanks and other clusters.

new “Patriot” missiles

Iraq war, U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, Israel, Qatar, Kuwait, Turkey has deployed two new “Patriot” missiles: one is the “Patriot” -2 enhanced missile, the other is the “Patriot” -3 missiles. “Patriot” -2 enhanced missile until November 2002, Raytheon delivered by the U.S. military’s new missile. And the 1991 Gulf War to intercept “Scud” missiles “Patriot” missile -2 compared to the “Patriot” -2 enhanced in-flight missile with a programmable fuse, once the missile tracking radar target recognition type, you can indicate where the missile warhead detonated, so destructive to the strongest. In addition, the “Patriot” -2 enhanced low-altitude missile strengthened target acquisition and tracking capabilities, in addition to ballistic missile defense, it can also be used against aircraft targets.

“Patriot” -3 missile is in the “Patriot” missile -2 based on the development of an advanced tactical ballistic missile defense system, developed primarily by the new and improved kinetic energy interceptor radar and command and control system, etc., 1997, began flight testing, has conducted a total of 13 trials, of which 3 failed. By 2002 only with the type of missile combat capability. In the Iraq war, “Patriot” -3 missiles opportunity to get first real test.

RQ-1B “Predator” unmanned attack aircraft

RQ-1 “Predator” is a U.S. Air Force equipment, hollow, long-endurance when the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, primarily the implementation of small areas and mountain reconnaissance and surveillance missions, but can also track the movement of surface to air missile system. Its small-scale sustainable mountain a few days or weeks to monitor, and maintain a continuous all-weather reconnaissance, so the theater for the U.S. military command structure to provide real-time battlefield information.

RQ-1 “Predator” unmanned aerial vehicles in two models. One is the R Q-1 A, is mainly used for surveillance and reconnaissance. The other is the R Q-1 B, compared with A-, B-type machine to improve the take-off weight, increased battery life, the most important is the addition of ground attack capabilities, it is also known as unmanned attack aircraft.

U.S. war against Iraq will be part of the R Q-1 B UAV U.S. military equipment on the most advanced airborne weapons – “joint direct attack munitions.” “Predator” unmanned attack aircraft equipped with the latest and lightest of the “joint direct attack munitions,” the improved, codenamed GB U-38. Per aircraft, “Predator” unmanned attack aircraft can carry six GB U-38 missiles.

“Tomahawk” -4 new generation of ship-launched cruise missiles

2002 In November, U.S. troops newly developed “Tomahawk” -4 cruise missile successfully completed the underwater test. And old-fashioned “Tomahawk” missiles compared to the “Tomahawk” cruise missiles -4 there are many new features. The most prominent feature is the launch hovering over the target area in a few hours, to be finalized after the target, then attack. In general, the “Tomahawk” cruise missiles in flight -4 no more than 400 km away from the battlefield hovering over 2-3 hours, to receive real-time satellite, early warning aircraft, unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, and ground command structure of information sent and, based on latest information received, the data re-established targets, and then attack the target. In addition, the “Tomahawk” cruise missiles in addition to -4 using inertial guidance and GPS combined guidance system, also uses an infrared imaging or improved scene matching terminal guidance technology, can reduce the time to determine the targets for several minutes, so you can hit moving targets.

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