OK, I normally only post about once a week, but I saw this at lunch and just had to post, along with a huge shout out to all the EOD techs I have had the pleasure of working with in the past (Good job guys!!). In the link below, an EOD team deals with a VBIED (army speak for car bomb). The driver rams a tank, and the charge doesn't blow, likely because the impact with the tank damaged the primary firing circuit. The driver is pinned inside the car, still alive. It's a tough call, but the techs have to disable the device completely, which quite sadly, means paradise for jihadist. A warning, the video is somehwhat graphic.
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2691478
Three points I'd like to make:
1) The robot appears to be a Packbot or maybe a Talon. Either way, this is a good demonstration of just what kinds of risk military robots can circumvent. Hopefully, the DoD will continue deploying this type of techology to the field.
2) Some people more sympathetic to the noble Iraqi freedom fighters have said that this is simply some poor commuter being killed in cold blood. The "proof" is that if it where a car bomb, the whole thing would have exploded. What these types of experts fail to realize, is the concept of using a limited charge to disrupt the firing mechanism completely. There was likely a good chance that the impact with the tank detsroyed the circuit, but in this case, why take that chance or bet that there might not be a secondary firing circuit that Mr Jahadi is waiting to blow when the first troops come down range? It appears the team made every attempt to use the minimum charge necessary to make the scene safe. I am pretty confident that they even hoped the jihadi would be spared, because of the intelligence value of having him captured alive. C'est le guerre. See ya, dousch-bag.
3) I hope that all the wanna be jihadi's out there see this. Scenes like this play out every day. This is the truth that so many insurgents face. Not a glorious attack that shocks the world or defeats the "Great Satan", but a scared, doped up loser sitting pinned in a failed vehicle bomb knowing he is about to end his life a complete failure. Actually, this exact scenario doesn't play out every day, but ones like. The "brave mujahadeen" are for the most part thugs, drunkards, and rapists, especially the special breed of fighter that gets selected for a mission like this. It's not glory, just deluded killing, mostly targetting normal muslims just trying to live their lives.
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2691478
Three points I'd like to make:
1) The robot appears to be a Packbot or maybe a Talon. Either way, this is a good demonstration of just what kinds of risk military robots can circumvent. Hopefully, the DoD will continue deploying this type of techology to the field.
2) Some people more sympathetic to the noble Iraqi freedom fighters have said that this is simply some poor commuter being killed in cold blood. The "proof" is that if it where a car bomb, the whole thing would have exploded. What these types of experts fail to realize, is the concept of using a limited charge to disrupt the firing mechanism completely. There was likely a good chance that the impact with the tank detsroyed the circuit, but in this case, why take that chance or bet that there might not be a secondary firing circuit that Mr Jahadi is waiting to blow when the first troops come down range? It appears the team made every attempt to use the minimum charge necessary to make the scene safe. I am pretty confident that they even hoped the jihadi would be spared, because of the intelligence value of having him captured alive. C'est le guerre. See ya, dousch-bag.
3) I hope that all the wanna be jihadi's out there see this. Scenes like this play out every day. This is the truth that so many insurgents face. Not a glorious attack that shocks the world or defeats the "Great Satan", but a scared, doped up loser sitting pinned in a failed vehicle bomb knowing he is about to end his life a complete failure. Actually, this exact scenario doesn't play out every day, but ones like. The "brave mujahadeen" are for the most part thugs, drunkards, and rapists, especially the special breed of fighter that gets selected for a mission like this. It's not glory, just deluded killing, mostly targetting normal muslims just trying to live their lives.
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