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'''Friendly fire''' incidents are caused by miscommunication among military forces on the same side. The two most common types stem from errors of targeting and errors of identification. | '''Friendly fire''' incidents are caused by miscommunication among military forces on the same side. The two most common types stem from errors of targeting and errors of identification. | ||
| − | In the confusion of battle, it is easy to shoot one's own comrades in arms, accidentally. | + | In the confusion of battle, it is easy to shoot one's own comrades in arms, accidentally. <ref>It's this combination of increasingly lethal firepower, fluid battlefields, complex communications, and the notorious "fog of war" that can add up to friendly fire losses. [http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0114/p03s01-usmi.html (Brad Knickerbocker)], ''The Christian Science Monitor '' </ref> |
Examples of victims of friendly fire include: | Examples of victims of friendly fire include: | ||
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*[[Pat Tillman]] | *[[Pat Tillman]] | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/du_ii/du_ii_tabh.htm Friendly Fire incidents in Desert Storm]] | *[http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/du_ii/du_ii_tabh.htm Friendly Fire incidents in Desert Storm]] | ||
Revision as of 23:55, July 31, 2007
Friendly fire incidents are caused by miscommunication among military forces on the same side. The two most common types stem from errors of targeting and errors of identification.
In the confusion of battle, it is easy to shoot one's own comrades in arms, accidentally. [1]
Examples of victims of friendly fire include:
References
- ↑ It's this combination of increasingly lethal firepower, fluid battlefields, complex communications, and the notorious "fog of war" that can add up to friendly fire losses. (Brad Knickerbocker), The Christian Science Monitor