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12 Jan 2004, 17:35
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Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
Lucky it was a practice bomb.. BUT WHAT ABOUT NEXT TIME?!!!!!!1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm
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12 Jan 2004, 17:37
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
The worrying thing is when they hit, because half the time they're aiming at US.
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12 Jan 2004, 17:43
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
The Us Have Bombed The Uk.
Hit The Red Button!
Nuke Back In Retaliation!!!!
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12 Jan 2004, 17:56
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
I'm not going to say a word which should oddly be sufficient to express my opinion.
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12 Jan 2004, 17:57
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
Hopefully next time it will be a proper bomb and get rid of that foreign land t'other side of the Penines.
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12 Jan 2004, 17:58
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
bah lancashire scum
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12 Jan 2004, 18:00
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
which bit of that article indicates that it was the pilot's fault ?
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12 Jan 2004, 18:00
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
dropping bombs tends to be.
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12 Jan 2004, 18:02
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
it could easily be a manufacturing error or an error by the ground crew etc - it's not like a video game where u only hit enter to fire your weapon.
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12 Jan 2004, 18:04
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
except bombs are specifically designed, checked, and maintained so that doesnt happen.
Im quite aware of how easy / not easy it is to fire a military weapon, thank you.
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12 Jan 2004, 18:07
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
pilots are specifically chosen, trained, and trained some more so that doesnt happen
it's silly to automatically assume this was the pilot's fault
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12 Jan 2004, 18:09
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
It was a practice bomb?!??
He really is incompotent!
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12 Jan 2004, 18:09
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
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Originally Posted by NEWSBOT3
except bombs are specifically designed, checked, and maintained so that doesnt happen.
Im quite aware of how easy / not easy it is to fire a military weapon, thank you.
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Dude, it's not decided that it was pilot error. That's not saying it wasn't, but there's a plethora of things it could have been.
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12 Jan 2004, 18:10
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
Given how poorly the jet's have been built lately it could very well of been a manufacturing fault on the jet itself.
Nothing has beaten the harrier honestly :P
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12 Jan 2004, 18:12
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
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Originally Posted by Evergreen
Nothing has beaten the harrier honestly :P
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12 Jan 2004, 18:19
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
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which bit of that article indicates that it was the pilot's fault ?
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Yeah, none of it, sorry. I was just going over the top, much like the publishing of such an article considering the only damage was an 18-inch "crater".
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12 Jan 2004, 18:20
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
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Nothing has beaten the harrier honestly :P
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ground fire has. that's why they are mainly used as interceptors...
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12 Jan 2004, 18:22
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
With the amount of missions flown it is hardly surprising that an accident might occur in one of them. I know its another chance to moan about the Americans, but what is the fuss all about?
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12 Jan 2004, 18:23
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
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ground fire has. that's why they are mainly used as interceptors...
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They're mostly used at sea
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12 Jan 2004, 18:23
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
I thought Harriers were only used as bombers, due to their slow speed?
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12 Jan 2004, 18:24
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
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With the amount of missions flown it is hardly surprising that an accident might occur in one of them. I know its another chance to moan about the Americans, but what is the fuss all about?
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I wasnt moaning about Americans. :?
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12 Jan 2004, 18:25
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
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I thought Harriers were only used as bombers, due to their slow speed?
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during falkland a couple of them were taken down by ground based MGs - since then they are only used as interceptors out at sea or to drop bombs from a safe distance (with poor accuracy)
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12 Jan 2004, 18:30
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
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I thought Harriers were only used as bombers, due to their slow speed?
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They're slow, but they have a nifty trick or two which makes them good against other planes.
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12 Jan 2004, 18:43
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
Not really a big deal is it, a 25 pound smoke bomb. Big bloody deal.
Now if it had hit someone on the head, I might have laughed, otherwise why mention it?
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12 Jan 2004, 20:06
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
I think they're taking the piss...
6 fighter jets went over my house earlier (yes, i'm in Yorkshire).
I ducked =/
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12 Jan 2004, 20:13
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
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I ducked =/
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So that's why they missed!
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12 Jan 2004, 20:15
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
I dont think ducking helps when a bomb is being dropped from the sky?!
But when I'm back up in the Yorkshire ghetto I think I'll br watchin for them crafty American buggers!
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12 Jan 2004, 22:56
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
i remember when a F16 crashed in my aunts backgarden some years ago. she freaked heh :P
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12 Jan 2004, 23:13
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
an F16? did she get to keep what was left?
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12 Jan 2004, 23:35
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
youessay
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13 Jan 2004, 05:10
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
They should've used a real bomb
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13 Jan 2004, 09:20
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
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The Us Have Bombed The Uk.
Hit The Red Button!
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does Britan even have nukes?
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13 Jan 2004, 09:29
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
Yep, Trident II D-5's on board (some of?) our (Vanguard-class?) subs.
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
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an F16? did she get to keep what was left?
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heh no
but she made it to the newspaper though. i still have it :P
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13 Jan 2004, 11:00
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Re: Incompetant pilot drops bomb on Yorkshire!
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who will we ask for help then?
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Norway!
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