Originally Posted by
JeanKhul
They call it "a show of force" - came from NATO ideas (Bosnia and Afghanistan) Supposed to impress the bandits and make them run away, after a request from TACP
First in a meeting they will never replicate the brute power of a jet flying at 100 ft or lower. Now on theatre, they will not fly so low anyway, for fear of small arms fire (not even mentioning manpads)
And the the whole idea is questionable : if the bad guys are really bad and not so easily impressed (which you can expect from them anyway, after months of hard fighting in the jebels) result will be nil.
Also known as a Show of Peace when the Taliban clocked on how to push their luck without stepping into offensive RoE territory.