Responding to msg by unicorn@schloss.li (Black Unicorn) on Sat, 27 Apr 10:46 PM
Watch your attributation. I didn't write this.
True. The NYT op-ed author's credit: Robert A. Pape teaches government at Dartmouth College and is the author of "Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War." ---------- ET cites: http://www.yahoo.com/headlines/960427/news/stories/chechnya_10.ht ml Tension rose even higher after the Chechens announced that Dudayev, a former Soviet air force general, had been killed in a rocket attack as he spoke to a Russian parliamentarian on a satellite phone. ---------- Which leaves open who is spoofing who. Dimitri, are you laser-celling killfile disinfo?
On April 21, two Russian laser-guided missiles reportedly zeroed in on the cellular phone of Dzhokhar ********
he spoke to a Russian parliamentarian on a satellite phone. *********
Now, more interesting than whom he was talking to (who could be a completely unknowing party to the events) is the issue of what kind of phone Dudayev was using. I somehow doubt that the area he was operating from has a widely spread out cellular net. And cellular targeting might not be accurate enough for this application of force. It makes more sense if he was using a direct (mobile) phone-satellite device, assuming such devices are emitting a stronger signal that could easily be targeted by AWAC type technology, or even satellites (that they are communicating with in the first place). Coming so soon after it was reported that the US had decided (still) that the war down there is an internal Russian affair, all but giving them a go for a total solution, the possibility of US involvement has to be contemplated. But I guess the Russians might have enough capabilities by themselves to orchestrate a stunt like this. That the involved weaponry was laser guided might be misinformation. Why not microwave signal guided? (I don't know what I'm talking about here, of course. Perhaps satellite phones even implement GPS and just tell where they are??). Asgaard
On Sun, 28 Apr 1996, Asgaard wrote:
On April 21, two Russian laser-guided missiles reportedly zeroed in on the cellular phone of Dzhokhar ********
he spoke to a Russian parliamentarian on a satellite phone. *********
That the involved weaponry was laser guided might be misinformation. Why not microwave signal guided? (I don't know what I'm talking about here, of course. Perhaps satellite phones even implement GPS and just tell where they are??).
Use radio trianglation, and have an operative "near by" paint the most likely spot with a laser. Send in the missles. AFAIK, the human eye/mind is still the quickest discrimination system around.
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