hsedin33 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Just curious about this as I saw this on cnn about 'ghost rider'http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/21/us/arizona-b-52-restored/index.html Which got me thinking, would carpet bombing still be used in a modern day war? What do you think? Link to comment
Piggy Bank Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I should so they can wipe out all those damn boko haram people. Link to comment
RUPERTKBD Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Don't think so. Carpets aren't high value targets anymore... ...maybe if they still used them for flying... Link to comment
FramingDragon Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 It was used in Afghanistan in 2001 by the US I think Checked, it was from October - November 2001. High civilian casualties as one might expect. Link to comment
Chalky Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I'm not sure it will ever be the same as the carpet bombing as in WW2, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, but there is contemporary precedent for the use of the term. The USA "area bombing" campaign in Pakistan and Afghanistan when they were trying to get Bin Laden is technically carpet bombing. In the age of smart bombs and drones, the need for it would be dramatically less. Link to comment
MJDDawg Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Could it be used? Of course. Would it be used? Not bloody likely, considering that most of these terrorist groups disperse and plant themselves amongst the general population in urban areas. Link to comment
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Generally ineffective and most modern aircraft aren't built like B-52s. Link to comment
Rounoush Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 It really depends on the severity of the war but I would say the days of carpet bombing are over. Link to comment
Offensive Threat Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 In a full on war. Yes carpet bombing would be used. Not these glorified police actions in Afghan and Iraq. It would be used if it was reasonably safe to use B-52s. They are slow so air dominance would need to have been established. The US has not been in a full on war since WW2. Korea, Vietnam, Iraq etc have all been very minor conflicts in comparison to WW2. Link to comment
MikeyBoy44 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Don't think so. Carpets aren't high value targets anymore... ...maybe if they still used them for flying... It would teach them a lesson by bombing the ones they use to pray on. Link to comment
Dr.Strangelove Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Apart from being used during the opening stages of Afghanistan which led to a large amount of collateral damage there haven't been many times its been used since Vietnam. With this in mind I doubt it would be used today by any western military force except perhaps in the event of a full on invasion. As an aside even strategic or precision bombing can produce large numbers of civilian casualties one needs only look at Kosovo or Iraq/Afganistan to see how devastating any form of bombing can be to a populace. Link to comment
Lil B From The Pack Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Depends. How big is your kill streak in Call of Duty? Link to comment
aGENT Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 "Carpet bombing" is one of my favourite finishing moves Link to comment
RUPERTKBD Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 "Carpet bombing" is one of my favourite finishing moves How does the wife feel about it? Link to comment
aGENT Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 How does the wife feel about it? She's usually too busy basking to care Link to comment
MattJVD Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Carpet bombing isn't really neccissary anymore, even in a conventional war. Circa WWII, bombing wasn't terribly accurate. So they just dropped more ordinance to increase the chance of hitting the target. A single 500lb guided aircraft bomb can be more effective than an entire 1944 bomber's payload. Carpet bombing for "Strategic Bombing" (no specific target, just level the enemy's citys, ie London, Berlin) is now regared as not very effective. With today's accuracy precision strikes against military and industrial targets are vastly more effective. Link to comment
JohnLocke Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 "Carpet bombing" is one of my favourite finishing moves How does the wife feel about it? Link to comment
RUPERTKBD Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I'm pretty sure that's exactly how Mariah Carey gets ready for a concert.... Link to comment
KFBR392 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Better off using the Commando perk. Way OP. Link to comment
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