No Collateral Damage

 Unscathed Dog

OK--this post is for those who maintain a keen interest in military technology and hardware.  Enormous strides in recent years have made it increasingly difficult for the "bad guys" to hide.

We have come a long way since that deadly night fighter, the (wooden) Mosquito took to the air in 1942.

The circumstances and specifications are detailed below. 

This video was taken from inside the cockpit of an A-10 by the pilot.

It was a night view. What you see is from 9,700 feet away (almost two miles)..
Four terrorists are walking along a street with no clue that someone is watching them.....

from almost 2 miles away in the dark..
The A-10 fired a 30 mm cannon WITHOUT injuring the dog nearby, who escaped
unharmed. You can see the gun camera shake a bit as the pilot fires.
Then count about 4 seconds for the rounds to travel 2 miles. Every
tenth round is a tracer, so the bullets you actually see are every tenth.
They are getting hit with hundreds of rounds, but the dog is unscathed.

Muzzle velocity on the 30mm cannon is 2,430 feet per second. The result is that four
fewer guys won't be blowing up women and children anymore!
The dog, in the upper right, just safely gets  out of there.

 

Thanks to our humble correspondent who sent this through.