Well done, Canada! The way this story is written, the author suggests that none of the munitions should have malfunctioned or hit civilians. Sorry, it doesn't work that way. If you're in a war zone, sh!t will happen. That includes collateral damage to civilians. Malfunctions. Or hitting buildings adjacent to targets. BOOM! and the bldg next door gets hit. C'est dommage!
As well, 606 bombs were dropped. 17 malfunctioned. That's a failure rate of 2.8%. Less than half of what is deemed acceptable by bean counters and the military. So, to the manufacturers and the wpns techs that built them up, a big thumbs up!
Off-target airstrikes in Iraq buried behind wall of secrecy
In interview with watchdog, former Canadian commander wouldn't rule out possible civilian casualties in Iraq
Canadian bombs missed their targets 17 times during the air campaign in Iraq, according to new figures released by the Department of National Defence.
CBC News has obtained details of one of those missions, and the documents raise troubling questions about not only the Royal Canadian Air Force's guided munitions but how forthcoming DND is prepared to be about the sensitive issue.
Strikes on ISIS in Iraq sparing civilians: Canadian commander
Iraqi security forces were fighting a pitched battle with Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters outside of the war-weary city of Kirkuk in mid-November 2015.
Extremists had them pinned down with heavy machine gun fire when a pair of Canadian CF-18s roared overhead and dropped a smart bomb that missed the target.
Weapon 'malfunctioned'
The weapon "malfunctioned," according to heavily redacted after-action reports obtained by CBC News.
It plunged into an open field and exploded.
It was not the only one.
Of the 606 precision-guided bombs released during the 16-month Canadian air campaign in Iraq (including a small number in Syria), a total of 17 went off course, according to the DND figures.
The air force said it has "no information" that any of its airstrikes, on-target or otherwise, killed or wounded civilians.
No timeline released
It did not release a timeline for all of the misfires and refuses to say what may have caused them.
"No weapons system, is 100 percent accurate," Maj. Isabelle Bresse, a spokesperson for the overseas command, told CBC News in a recent email. "On rare occasions, weapons systems are affected by meteorological conditions or experience malfunctions."
The rest here. Off-target airstrikes in Iraq buried behind wall of secrecy - Politics - CBC News
As well, 606 bombs were dropped. 17 malfunctioned. That's a failure rate of 2.8%. Less than half of what is deemed acceptable by bean counters and the military. So, to the manufacturers and the wpns techs that built them up, a big thumbs up!
Off-target airstrikes in Iraq buried behind wall of secrecy
In interview with watchdog, former Canadian commander wouldn't rule out possible civilian casualties in Iraq
Canadian bombs missed their targets 17 times during the air campaign in Iraq, according to new figures released by the Department of National Defence.
CBC News has obtained details of one of those missions, and the documents raise troubling questions about not only the Royal Canadian Air Force's guided munitions but how forthcoming DND is prepared to be about the sensitive issue.
Strikes on ISIS in Iraq sparing civilians: Canadian commander
Iraqi security forces were fighting a pitched battle with Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters outside of the war-weary city of Kirkuk in mid-November 2015.
Extremists had them pinned down with heavy machine gun fire when a pair of Canadian CF-18s roared overhead and dropped a smart bomb that missed the target.
Weapon 'malfunctioned'
The weapon "malfunctioned," according to heavily redacted after-action reports obtained by CBC News.
It plunged into an open field and exploded.
It was not the only one.
Of the 606 precision-guided bombs released during the 16-month Canadian air campaign in Iraq (including a small number in Syria), a total of 17 went off course, according to the DND figures.
The air force said it has "no information" that any of its airstrikes, on-target or otherwise, killed or wounded civilians.
No timeline released
It did not release a timeline for all of the misfires and refuses to say what may have caused them.
"No weapons system, is 100 percent accurate," Maj. Isabelle Bresse, a spokesperson for the overseas command, told CBC News in a recent email. "On rare occasions, weapons systems are affected by meteorological conditions or experience malfunctions."
The rest here. Off-target airstrikes in Iraq buried behind wall of secrecy - Politics - CBC News