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Thursday, April 01, 2010

Inside a Marine's Javelin missile mission


Seven days into Operation Moshtarak and Taliban snipers continue to be the bane of the Marines' existence.

Just the day before, the Marines had engaged in a ferocious firefight that starts in the late afternoon and goes well into night. On this day they take casualties. One Marine dies.

Expensive ordinance is brought in to play. We see JDAM (guided) bombs dropped from F-16s, Hellfire missiles rocketing off Cobra helicopter gunships and hear the low drone of the A-10 Warthog at night. It's hard to describe this sound.

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