I have called in or been in close proximity to 2 airstrikes by a British Tornado and 3 Hellfire launches by Apache's. Both Tornado's dropped duds and 2 out of the 3 Hellfires were duds. Also was with a group of Soldiers, smoking cigarettes in our patrol base, surrounded by cement walls at least 10 feet high, and an RPG round landed right in the middle of us - don't even know what direction it came from - it just smacked into the ground in front of us all. Dud.
The duds from the Tornado's and Apaches were directed at the enemy - no real danger to us. That RPG round - we just kind of stared it for a minute and then slowly inched away. One of the few benefits of living on MREs is that you're usually too backed up to mess your pants in a situation like that.
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