Why does the USA attack at night with missiles?

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Why does the USA attack at night with missiles?
lightchild_uk Waiting for IT User ID: 72429277 United Kingdom 04/13/2018 03:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Why does the USA attack at night with missiles? I could understand invading a country with troops under the cover of darkness. BUT why does the USA attack at night with missiles? 1. Missiles can be tracked by radar 2. Missiles could be more visible in a clear night sky 3. The enemy is expecting to be attacked at night 4. The enemy can probably respond better in the cooler night air 5. Night vision technology is widely available 6. Less going on at night, less chance of the fog of war 7. More chance of civilians seeing missiles flying during the day, creating panic and disruption. What have I missed?

Anonymous Coward User ID: 71116600 Canada 04/13/2018 03:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Why does the USA attack at night with missiles? Dirty deeds done in dirty dark.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72626591 United States 04/13/2018 03:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Why does the USA attack at night with missiles? Well because regardless of all the fair points you make. There's no getting around the natural human cycle of wakefulness. Unless Assad and Putin have their soldiers all on stimulants, an attack at night means the defense forces have slower reflexes and higher chance of mistakes due too tiredness.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76408640 United States 04/13/2018 03:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Why does the USA attack at night with missiles? Yes but it also causes the human factor to be more likely for mistakes when employing counter measures. If there is even a 1 or 2 second hesitation or delay by the sleepy night watch that may be the difference in missile getting through or not.
YouAreDreaming User ID: 75909364 Canada 04/13/2018 03:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Why does the USA attack at night with missiles? Well because regardless of all the fair points you make. There's no getting around the natural human cycle of wakefulness. Unless Assad and Putin have their soldiers all on stimulants, an attack at night means the defense forces have slower reflexes and higher chance of mistakes due too tiredness. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72626591 Makes sense, but don't they have 24/7 rotation of troops for this purpose?
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76448913 United States 04/13/2018 03:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Why does the USA attack at night with missiles? I could understand invading a country with troops under the cover of darkness. BUT why does the USA attack at night with missiles? 1. Missiles can be tracked by radar 2. Missiles could be more visible in a clear night sky 3. The enemy is expecting to be attacked at night 4. The enemy can probably respond better in the cooler night air 5. Night vision technology is widely available 6. Less going on at night, less chance of the fog of war 7. More chance of civilians seeing missiles flying during the day, creating panic and disruption. What have I missed? Quoting: lightchild_uk because if we attacked by day with pillows we would get our ass handed to us.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1010412 United States 04/13/2018 03:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Why does the USA attack at night with missiles? I could understand invading a country with troops under the cover of darkness. BUT why does the USA attack at night with missiles? 1. Missiles can be tracked by radar 2. Missiles could be more visible in a clear night sky 3. The enemy is expecting to be attacked at night 4. The enemy can probably respond better in the cooler night air 5. Night vision technology is widely available 6. Less going on at night, less chance of the fog of war 7. More chance of civilians seeing missiles flying during the day, creating panic and disruption. What have I missed? Quoting: lightchild_uk Less civilian movement at night and less chance of causing casualties to civilians. If you target a building in the day, then there could be a lot of people moving in and around that building. At night there's less people.
lightchild_uk (OP) Waiting for IT User ID: 72429277 United Kingdom 04/13/2018 03:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Why does the USA attack at night with missiles? Thank you for the replies
Philosopher Fry User ID: 71040025 United States 04/13/2018 03:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Why does the USA attack at night with missiles? I like the lost about tiredness. Another reason being when the cameras are rolling, they have a higher chance of amplifying the shock and awe factor, with the night sky becoming electrified with the weapons of war. Affecting the population, as well as the opposing force's morale. Having sleep deprivation can be the equivalent of feeling intoxicated. Combined with the mental stress of an active threat, and you got rich soil for seeds of doubt and self preservation to be sewn. "In the future, everyone in the FUSA will be a warlord for 15 minutes." – Zombie Andy Warhol Be ready for a dumpster-fire 2018, and chuckle quietly if/when you are wrong.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1010412 United States 04/13/2018 03:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Why does the USA attack at night with missiles? Here's one time that a daytime strike proved useful: @ 0:55 mark

lightchild_uk (OP) Waiting for IT User ID: 72429277 United Kingdom 04/13/2018 04:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Why does the USA attack at night with missiles? Watch with English subtitles switched on [link to www.youtube.com (secure)]
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