Excalibur

Posted on May 26, 2007 | Comments Off on Excalibur

The US Army’s XM982 Excalibur precision-guided, extended-range 155mm artillery shell, demonstrated in this part-video, part-animation movie. It was recently used in combat for the first time, in Baghdad, by the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division. Surprise death from above.

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0 responses to “Excalibur”

  1. jdallen's avatar jdallen | May 26, 2007 at 8:08 am |

    If they are not going to use it to ameliorate specific problems, then why bother? A quarter of a million dollars a shot at mickeymouse targets?
    For that price, they should be taking out al Sadr, Ahmadinejad, expensive targets.
    That’s almost as silly as using a million dollar smart bomb to blow up a truck when you don’t know who is in it.

  2. jdallen's avatar jdallen | May 26, 2007 at 8:08 am |

    If they are not going to use it to ameliorate specific problems, then why bother? A quarter of a million dollars a shot at mickeymouse targets?
    For that price, they should be taking out al Sadr, Ahmadinejad, expensive targets.
    That’s almost as silly as using a million dollar smart bomb to blow up a truck when you don’t know who is in it.

  3. Unknown's avatar Dick Stanley | May 26, 2007 at 12:57 pm |

    The Cav used it to hit a specific house in Baghdad that was two miles from the gun. It was used by folks discovered dumping bodies in the river. Much more likely to wipe out the whole block, instead of one house, when using an air-delivered bomb. All this stuff is expensive, and always has been.

  4. Unknown's avatar Dick Stanley | May 26, 2007 at 12:57 pm |

    The Cav used it to hit a specific house in Baghdad that was two miles from the gun. It was used by folks discovered dumping bodies in the river. Much more likely to wipe out the whole block, instead of one house, when using an air-delivered bomb. All this stuff is expensive, and always has been.