Check out my new YouTube channel - BATTLE BORN 360! Check it out and SUBSCRIBE! http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy7dQIig8XELiRgh_WV99QQ ================================== I almost titled this video "RUN AWAY - RUN AWAY"! Check out the trucks at 1:10 and think Monty Python! Footage taken by a British Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 showing pro-Gadaffi forces using a tank to spearhead an attack in Musrata. The sequence shows the care with which the area is surveyed before the strike, the minimal collateral damage cause by the Brimstone missile and the effect on the supporting forces mounted in technicals. This video available in high definition. Libya11. Odyssey Dawn ================================ WORK: RAF Tornado Strike AUTHOR: The NATO Channel - http://www.dvidshub.net/unit/NATOTV PRODUCED BY: DVIDS COURTESY CREDIT -- United States Department of Defense (DOD). Advertisements DO NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT by the DOD. Creative Commons ""Public Domain Mark 1.0"" has been applied to this work: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ ***This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, and resides within the Public Domain. Commercial Use Authorized by DVIDS. ================================== BRIMSTONE (missile) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brimstone_(missile) Wikipedia: Creative Commons Deed: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Brimstone is an air-launched ground attack missile developed by MBDA for Britain's Royal Air Force. It was originally intended for "fire and forget" use against mass formations of enemy armor, using a millimeter wave (mmW) seeker to ensure accuracy even against moving targets. Experience in Afghanistan led to the addition of laser guidance in the dual-mode Brimstone missile, allowing a "man in the loop" to pick out specific targets when friendly forces or civilians were in the area. The Tandem Shaped charge warhead is much more effective against modern tanks than similar weapons such as the AGM-65G Maverick, whilst the small blast area minimizes collateral damage. Three Brimstones are carried on a launcher that occupies a single weapon station, allowing a single aircraft to carry many missiles. After a protracted development program, single-mode or "millimetric" Brimstone entered service with RAF Tornados in 2005, and the dual-mode variant in 2008. The latter has been extensively used in Afghanistan and Libya. An improved Brimstone 2 was expected to enter service in early 2015, but has been delayed. MBDA is working on the targeting of swarms of small boats under the name Sea Spear. The RAF are waiting for funding to fit Brimstone to their Eurofighter Typhoons and planned to integrate it with their Harriers until they were withdrawn from service in 2010. MBDA are studying the use of Brimstone on ships, attack helicopters, UAVs and from surface launchers; it will be integrated on the F-35 Lightning II when the F-35 enters British service. The US, France and India have expressed interest in buying Brimstone for their aircraft but Saudi Arabia is the only export customer to date. ================================== To all the men and women of our military - the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard, to those serving Stateside, to those fighting the Taliban and insurgent forces in Afghanistan, to those who face off with the soldiers of North Korea 24 hours a day, and to those stationed abroad in Germany, Japan, and other countries around the world - thank you for your service! I pray that the situation between Ukraine and Russia fails to escalate. U.S. troops in the Crimea? Let's hope it doesn't come to that. The situation could be much worse if the USSR were still around!

• published: 22 Mar 2014
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