Full Version: Mistake in Australia
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050812/ap_on_...stralia_us_bomb
It's not an extremely detailed article, but my impression is that the Australian officials are forgiving. We probably can't assume that citizens will be the same...
Questions:
What do you think the consequences should be for the Marine?
What backlash will be produced from this event?
It's not an extremely detailed article, but my impression is that the Australian officials are forgiving. We probably can't assume that citizens will be the same...
Questions:
What do you think the consequences should be for the Marine?
What backlash will be produced from this event?
What do you think the consequences should be for the Marine?
Obviously it would depend on the reason for the accident. If it was a technical weapon malfunction, the Marine is not to blame. This happened to an F16 pilot during the Kosovo conflict. His HARM missile malfunctioned and landed in a house in Bulgaria. Fortunately no one was injured in that one either.
What backlash will be produced from this event?
If the Marine was not culpable, since no one was harmed, I doubt there will be much backlash. From the article, this happened at the range itself. So, only government property on the actual bombing range was damaged. I'm kind of surprised this even made international news.
Edited to add: I read another article on this incident and apparently the bomb actually hit the ground, not a building, though some damage was done. So, in a nutshell, a marine dropped a bomb on a bombing range in a remote location in Australia. The bomb hit near a military control building on the range, and the title of this article is 'U.S. Fighter Jet Bombs Australia Building'. Interesting. I'm surprised that didn't add 'as the US president applauds the performance of the Marines'.
Journalist tricks never cease to amaze me.
Obviously it would depend on the reason for the accident. If it was a technical weapon malfunction, the Marine is not to blame. This happened to an F16 pilot during the Kosovo conflict. His HARM missile malfunctioned and landed in a house in Bulgaria. Fortunately no one was injured in that one either.
What backlash will be produced from this event?
If the Marine was not culpable, since no one was harmed, I doubt there will be much backlash. From the article, this happened at the range itself. So, only government property on the actual bombing range was damaged. I'm kind of surprised this even made international news.
Edited to add: I read another article on this incident and apparently the bomb actually hit the ground, not a building, though some damage was done. So, in a nutshell, a marine dropped a bomb on a bombing range in a remote location in Australia. The bomb hit near a military control building on the range, and the title of this article is 'U.S. Fighter Jet Bombs Australia Building'. Interesting. I'm surprised that didn't add 'as the US president applauds the performance of the Marines'.
Journalist tricks never cease to amaze me.
What do you think the consequences should be for the Marine?
As Mrs P said, it depends on what really happened. And, there will be a pretty rigorous investigation into what caused this incident. Thank goodness it happened on a training range instead of in some town in Iraq or Afghanistan. That's one reason why we have such extensive training exercises - to find out if problems exist that could cause a real tragedy.
So, first they'll determine what caused the bomb to hit what it did and they'll review the ground procedures used to mount the bomb on the plane, and they'll review the flight procedures that the pilot followed. If they determine that there is a systemic problem with those procedures, they'll recommend that they be changed. If someone made a mistake and didn't follow the proper procedures, they'll be at the very least "re-trained" and possibly receive further discipline.
What backlash will be produced from this event?
None if you are referring to a political/diplomatic problem between Austraila and the US. Stuff like this happens from time to time, that's why we have these training exercises and the Aussies understand that as well as we do. So, we'll work together on a joint investigation, figure out what went wrong and make corrections. No fall-out, no backlash, maybe no shrimp on the barbie though for a Marine if they forgot to pull a lanyard when they loaded the bomb.
As Mrs P said, it depends on what really happened. And, there will be a pretty rigorous investigation into what caused this incident. Thank goodness it happened on a training range instead of in some town in Iraq or Afghanistan. That's one reason why we have such extensive training exercises - to find out if problems exist that could cause a real tragedy.
So, first they'll determine what caused the bomb to hit what it did and they'll review the ground procedures used to mount the bomb on the plane, and they'll review the flight procedures that the pilot followed. If they determine that there is a systemic problem with those procedures, they'll recommend that they be changed. If someone made a mistake and didn't follow the proper procedures, they'll be at the very least "re-trained" and possibly receive further discipline.
What backlash will be produced from this event?
None if you are referring to a political/diplomatic problem between Austraila and the US. Stuff like this happens from time to time, that's why we have these training exercises and the Aussies understand that as well as we do. So, we'll work together on a joint investigation, figure out what went wrong and make corrections. No fall-out, no backlash, maybe no shrimp on the barbie though for a Marine if they forgot to pull a lanyard when they loaded the bomb.
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