RE: Scouts.....

I recently heard part of an interview on NPR about ANACONDA where an
allied
Afghan major was saying (and I am paraphrasing) that the U.S. forces had
their laptops and their 3D maps, but we told them that they needed us
and
that they were going too far ahead and the enemy was in the "wrong"
place.
This was in reference to the Chinook that got downed.

I bet there will always be situations were good scout reports will have
some
role.

How about a scenario where half of the defenders units are hidden - the
rest
marked via sat and UAV. Then a scout detachment gets several turns to ID
any
additional units before the main assault. Could be a good way to build
tension and alter plans of action.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
[mailto:owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU]On Behalf Of John Atkinson
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 5:25 PM
To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: Scouts.....

--- Alan E Brain <aebrain@webone.com.au> wrote:

> Next thing you do is to leave the attackers a choice
> of routes to travel. BUT
> their maps are not completely accurate, and they

Why not?  US forces now frequently use satellite
imagery with a UTM gridline superimposed.  Accuracy is
pretty much a given with modern mapping methods and/or
even a handful of recon satellites.

> have no idea where the enemy
> is, apart from "somewhere over this line. We think."

Again, both sat recon and UAVs in plenty make things a
bit more precise.

John

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