Friendly Fire?

[hawky94]

Hi all! I'm writing a novel, as some of you may know. I've come across a bit of a minefield...

Hey all!

Backtracking to my question about snipers in the whole desert environment. The mission continues, but there is an accident involving an MQ-9 Reaper Drone, which is in autonomous flight mode and has its target (the compound) pre-programmed into it. It delivers its payload of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles on the target, which the SAS and DEVGRU operatives are assaulting below.

Is this plausible? With all the safeguards in place? Accidents happen right? But, I'm looking for some kind of back-drop, the SAS/DEVGRU guys were there to assassinate a HVT, and their secondary objective was to obtain a laptop from within the compound. The laptop contains information (quite what that info is, I haven't worked it out yet) it is however booby-trapped by the Taliban HVT, who, realising that his days are numbered and not wanting his enemies to get ahold of whatever the information is that is on the hard drive of the laptop. He places explosives beneath the keyboard: enter the password, hit enter, and BOOM.

Although the flight and target were pre-programmed into it, the drone is under the command of a NATO country (not quite sure who to pin it on yet). How could a NATO country not know about an operation being conducted by British and American Special Forces, with communication the way it is today... seems a bit unlikely. Or worse, perhaps that country specifically programmed the drone in a deliberate attempt to stop them obtaining the information that was on the laptop (kind of a FAIL because the Taliban dude destroyed it anyway.) Or maybe he doesn't... maybe the explosives do not detonate for some reason, somehow the hard drive survives!

Sorry, I'm just spouting out ideas, anyway, have at 'er.

Thanks, hawky.

[Tab]

The only friendly fire I know is the one you brew up on

[hawky94]

The only friendly fire I know is the one you brew up on

What?

[Tab]

What don'r you understand about that

[hawky94]

What don'r you understand about that

Well, I was just throwing ideas and looking for thoughts on those ideas???

[Tab]

When you are on patrol are you suggesting that the special forces now carry lap tops on top of there normal load. Patrols can last for quite few days so there will be all the extra battery power back required. Their communication equipment is already very sophisticated so why carry a lat top. Why would they be carrying secret information around with them, this would be sent to them from base as when they needed it . All this would have been arranged before they had left base. Also in the forces there is no such thing as friendly fire as it all can kill you.