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From: mcgp1!flak@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Dan Flak)
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Subject: Low Tech Warfare (Part 4 of 5)
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Date: 14 Dec 89 03:36:20 GMT
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From: mcgp1!flak@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Dan Flak)

                   LOW TECH WARFARE - PART IV

This story comes to me from a FAC friend of mine one of whose
jobs was to monitor the flow of traffic through his area. His
task was somewhat simplified by the fact that a lot of this
traffic had to go over a small wooden bridge. So, about once
every other week, he'd order an airstrike on the bridge, destroy
it, and wait until it was nearly rebuilt, and order another
airstrike.

His suspicions were aroused when construction on the bridge was
suddenly halted just short of completion. There was about a 10
meter gap in the bridge midstream. He could tell from other
indicators, that traffic flow was back up, so he ordered some IR
photos to be taken at night, and they told an interesting story.

It seems that the missing 10 meter section was stored under some
bushes downstream. At night, it was taken out from cover, moved
upstream and lashed into position. It was removed before dawn, and
hidden again.

He kept up his night surveillance of the bridge. Several nights
later, he caught a convoy on the bridge, and hit it with an
artillery strike.
-- 
       Dan Flak - McCaw Cellular Communications Inc., 201 Elliot Ave W.,
    Suite 105, Seattle, Wa 98119, 206-283-2658, (usenet: thebes!mcgp1!flak)