一般都是上不了大学的学渣才去当兵，以前阿富汗美军曾有要求支援火力但是把自己坐标上报的，结果导弹过来把自己炸死了

While several "friendly fire" (blue-on-blue) incidents occurred in Afghanistan, the most high-profile and tragic case involving a wrong coordinate report leading to a direct strike on a US position occurred in June 2014.

 

The Incident: Zabul Province (June 9, 2014)

• The Situation: A unit of U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets) and Afghan troops were conducting a clearing operation. As they were preparing to be extracted by helicopter, they were ambushed by the Taliban.
• The Error: During the chaotic night battle, a Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) or a combat controller requested emergency air support from a B-1B Lancer bomber.
• The Fatal Mistake: Instead of transmitting the enemy's location, the coordinates for the U.S. troops' own position were transmitted to the bomber.
• The Result: The B-1B dropped two 500-pound GPS-guided bombs directly onto the building where the American and Afghan soldiers were positioned.
• Casualties: The strike killed 5 U.S. Special Forces soldiers and one Afghan sergeant. It remains one of the deadliest "friendly fire" incidents of the entire Afghan War.

 

 

 

Why did it happen? (Technical Failures)

1. IR Beacon Failure: The B-1B bomber's targeting pod was unable to see the Infrared (IR) strobes the soldiers were wearing (which are meant to identify them as "friendly" to pilots using night vision).
2. Human Error under Stress: In the heat of the ambush, the controller mistakenly read/entered the "own-ship" coordinates into the targeting system instead of the target's coordinates.
3. The "GPS Paradox": Because the bombs were GPS-guided (JDAMs), they were extremely "accurate"—they flew exactly to the coordinates provided. Unfortunately, those coordinates were the soldiers' own roof.