Overkill

>>29768962
Cheaper than a human bean

>>29768962
Yes.

While using a missile or small bomb to take out a the sniper in your pic would be considered enough for such a mission, a 2,000lb bomb would be considered a waste of resources.

>>29768962
He was an HVT. If he was killing men or halting a key movement for any longer than deemed acceptable, a missile is a simple way to save time and bodies.

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>>29768962

>>29769634

That was a rather large missile for a single sniper.

>>29768962
Nah, that's appropriate force. He's in heavy cover, after all, so it takes a bit more to get him.

>>29768962
Overkill is just an expression and there are no rules against it.

Best I ever seen though, was a 4 door KIA that got smacked with a Hellfire.

>>29768962
No, just wasted money/resources

Time is money tho.

>>29769651
Its better to spend ammunition that can be replenished easily than men that can't be replenished as easily. Besides the Russians probably gave them more than enough ammo to replace those that are used up.


The US is dropping even bigger stuff on similar targets when Iraqi or the Kurds ask for it.
e.g.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H7UYLcTxog

probably 3-6 guys max on that hill. But because its a strategic position or is proving to be a pain to attack, they rather spend a few extra dollars than a few extra men.

>>29768962
Sometimes it's not just about the individual. Think of it this way... They could take out the sniper, but the cover remains. If troops move through that area consistently, there wouldn't be much stopping a new sniper from using the same cover. So, the troops took the "fuck you and your cover" approach and collapsed the whole thing in a fireball. Problem solved, problem staying solved.

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>>29769696
>KIA
>Killed In Action
kek

>>29769641
Sebastian Junger is a retard. The lifetime productivity of even a subsistence farmer in their 40s is well beyond 80k.

>nuke a city to take out a sniper
yeah that might be a little overkill if that happened

>>29768962

Ammo and ordnance are cheap. Lives are not.

The only kind of overkill in any situation is nuclear weapons.

It's not overkill.It's being thoroughly humane.

>>29770022
this
>riddled with holes
>fall over and bleed out in agony
or
>BTFO
>insides liquified by shockwave
>instant death

Overkill never fails.