Smoke rises during an air strike in Ramadi city, December 26, 2015. Picture taken December 26, 2015. REUTERS/STRINGER
CNN: Pentagon adopts Israeli tactic in bombing ISIS
Washington (CNN)The U.S. has adopted a unique Israeli battlefield tactic in its fight against ISIS: exploding a missile above a building to warn civilians inside that it's about to be bombed.
Israeli forces have widely used the so-called knock-on-the-roof operations in Gaza attacks in recent years to try to get civilians out before they are hit.
The first public revelation of the U.S. using a "knock operation" came Tuesday at a press briefing by Air Force Maj. Gen. Peter E. Gersten, deputy commander for operations and intelligence for the anti-ISIS Operation Inherent Resolve.
Gersten described a strike against an ISIS financial storage center on April 5 in southern Mosul, Iraq. The U.S. had been closely watching the house of an ISIS finance operative, or "finance emir" in the words of Gersten.
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Update: U.S. military used 'roof knock' tactic in Iraq to try to warn civilians before bombing (Reuters)
WNU Editor: I fail to see how such a tactic saves lives .... after-all .... how do civilians know that a second and far more deadlier air-strike is to follow quickly after the first one.
Give the Pentagon use of "double taps", yup, that's not going to work,
ReplyDeleteNor did it work in Gaza,
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roof_knocking
If it worked wouldn't the bad guys who are the targets get out too?
ReplyDeleteMakes no sense at all to tell your enemies "Get out! I'm about to bomb that location!"
ReplyDeleteThey might flee, but have to leave hardware behind.
ReplyDeleteIf it does not work, we know why Obama is using it.
ReplyDeleteWe know how hands off Obola was in destroying ISIS oil infrastructure until Putin and the Russians joined the fight. Then because he had been shown up Obozo had to do something effective for a little while.
Truth is, Obamination is not on America's side.