As David Drake recalls from Kipling’s “Screw Guns,”
You may hide in the caves,
they’ll be only your graves,
but you can’t get away from the guns!
It’s a thermal imaging video of an AC-130 Gunship in action taking out some bad guys (and taking great pains to NOT hit a nearby mosque) in Afganistan. I don’t know its provenence, but I obtained it from a collection of books-on-CD written/edited by David Drake, and his first-hand experiences with the AC130 tends to lend some color *heh* to it. The view is from the 40mm cannon station.
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There is a better version of this video, I believe it’s from another AC-130 as I recall it was from a different angle.
These slower “low tech” AC-130s are proving their worth against insurgent/guerilla type terror – likely moreso than ultra-expensive (to procure & operate) jets.
On the game angle – there is a level in Call of Duty 4 that is almost identical to this. The game is worth purchasing just for that experience!
Haven’t seen the video you refer to, Wingless. Have a link to it?