Prince Harry has said that he killed Taliban insurgents during his latest time in Afghanistan. Prince Harry's latest tour in Afghanistan is as a crew member of an Apache attack helicopter. CNN reports that the Prince has been there for four months as a co-pilot gunner in the southern Hemland province.
Harry told reporters as Camp Bastion that it was sometimes justified to "take a life to save a life. That's what we revolve around, I suppose," reported CNN.
He also added about the role of Apache helicopters that "It used to be very much: front seat, you're firing the whole time. Now, yes we fire when we have to but essentially we're more of a deterrent than anything else. Our job out here is to make sure the guys are safe on the ground and if that means shooting someone who is shooting at them, then we will do it," said Prince Harry according to CNN. "It's not the reason I decided to do this job. The reason to do this job was to get back out here, and carry on with a job."
Harry's last tour of duty was in 2007-2008. Camp Bastion was attacked in September, reported The Mirror, which many believed was a Taliban plan to murder him. The Mirror reported that hwen asked if he had killed insurgents, Harry replied, "Yeah, so lots of people have. The squadron's been out here. Everyone's fired a certain amount."
"But it's not just about the shooting, it's about giving the effect to the enemy guys on the ground, and that's not always pulling the trigger., he added.
Harry is due to be back home on Wednesday after the mission ends. Harry also spoke about flying the apache aircrafts. He said to The Mirror, "Every time you run to the aircraft you get that adrenaline rush.
"Once you're in you've got to try to slow yourself down because otherwise if the adrenaline's pumping too much and everything happens too quickly, then you're going to miss something. "We get to the craft as quick as possible and six-and-a-half, seven minutes is the quickest we've got it going."
The Mirror reported that Harry sits in front of a two-man cockpit and is in charge of weapons including a 30 mm gun, hellfire missiles and rockets. He also uses a "monocle-style gunsight" to target enemies, reported The Mirror.
"Known as a "slave to the eye" the system detects where he is looking and adjusts the surveillance and weapons sensors in the aircraft to follow his field of vision," reported The Mirror.
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