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That video was incredibly eye-opening. Everyone needs to see it just to know what war is like in the 21st century. You can't just ignore this shit. As for th

That video was incredibly eye-opening. Everyone needs to see it just to know what war is like in the 21st century. You can't just ignore this shit. As for the itching part, I felt at first he was threatened, and I could sense a bit of fear in his voice that the RPG was going to be aimed at him (not sure what the chances are of that hitting the copter though), and I felt like I could understand that reaction were I in a similar position...but then it was pretty clear he just wanted to light it up. I guess my take on all of this is that these kids are over there in a war zone. Their friends die. The enemy is real and they have been ordered to kill him. You can't blame the kids, but it's so hard to hear their voices knowing they were once living a life like you are, away from danger and war. To most of us, this is just a capture of a video game. It's crazy shit.

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elblanco 17y ago
If you notice, at no time does anybody look at the helicopter. That's how far away they were from the action, the people on the ground weren't even aware of the presence of the aircraft.
- rosser 17y ago
  There's a lag of 2-3 seconds between the sounds of gunfire on the video and the rounds striking their targets. The AH-64's chain gun has a muzzle velocity of around 2600 ft/s, so the choppers are at least a mile away.
  - elblanco 17y ago
    I was just doing some back of the envelope calculations as well and concluded about the same thing.
  - yesimahuman 17y ago
    Wow, that's incredible. Unfortunately, part of me is in complete awe of the power of our country. I can see why so many young kids want to be apart of this. These kids have so much power and responsibility.
    - patrickk 17y ago
      I think something is seriously wrong somewhere when a kid can have that kind of firepower under his thumb but not be able to legally buy a beer
sunchild 17y ago
A sidenote to yours: War prior to the 21st century was equally horrible, if not more so, in terms of scale.

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elblanco 17y ago

If you notice, at no time does anybody look at the helicopter. That's how far away they were from the action, the people on the ground weren't even aware of the presence of the aircraft.

rosser 17y ago
There's a lag of 2-3 seconds between the sounds of gunfire on the video and the rounds striking their targets. The AH-64's chain gun has a muzzle velocity of around 2600 ft/s, so the choppers are at least a mile away.
- elblanco 17y ago
  I was just doing some back of the envelope calculations as well and concluded about the same thing.
- yesimahuman 17y ago
  Wow, that's incredible. Unfortunately, part of me is in complete awe of the power of our country. I can see why so many young kids want to be apart of this. These kids have so much power and responsibility.
  - patrickk 17y ago
    I think something is seriously wrong somewhere when a kid can have that kind of firepower under his thumb but not be able to legally buy a beer

sunchild 17y ago

A sidenote to yours: War prior to the 21st century was equally horrible, if not more so, in terms of scale.