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Originally Posted by wooohooo
Why exactly did those trucks have orange panels to begin with? And hasn't someone come up with a better way to communicate between friendlys? I thought they had a better way of communicating with each other from headquarters... I guess not?  |
They are there to identify friendlies to aircraft. Yes, its a rudimentary method, but it obviously worked if the pilots noticed it. And that is the problem. They relied on some guy on the ground saying that there shouldn't be any friendlies around. The fact that the pilots saw the orange (the mark of a friendly) and they somehow decided they must be rockets is where the crime takes place. They shot first, and asked questions later. They could have waited for more confirmation ESPECIALLY because of the markings.