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Iraq
ISIS vehicle finds IED, launches skyward, survivors doubtful.
2015-04-15
[Jerusalem Post] The fight against the Islamic State has played out on the battlefield and through the camera lens as factions resisting its spread have taken to sharing footage of their victories against the self-styled Caliphate.

In a recent video uploaded by Kurdish Peshmerga forces to YouTube, a vehicle driven by a would be suicide-bomber is seen careening down a roadway on its way to detonating itself near a Kurdish outpost, allegedly in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

Before it completes its attack however, the vehicle can be seen launched into the air by a roadside IED [improvised explosive device], before bursting into a fireball, presumably due to its own payload or due to the detonation of its gas-tank.
Posted by:Besoeker

#8  ISIS vehicle finds IED, launches skyward

Nice hang time.
Posted by: gorb   2015-04-15 21:22  

#7  Houston, we have liftoff.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-04-15 19:48  

#6  

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Posted by: Blossom Unains5562   2015-04-15 19:31  

#5  I love a happy ending.
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-04-15 19:13  

#4  Agree, I have only seen gas tanks do that in the movies.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-04-15 16:36  

#3  The triggering device held by the Marine in the picture is a typical IED electric 'pressure plate' initiator. It is has an 'air gap' that when stepped on or driven over, collapses to permit contact between two or more electrical contacts. The contacts are wired to a blasting cap in the main charge. Pressure Plate IED's are usually powered by a 9 volt battery. Crude yes, but very effective.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-04-15 01:45  

#2  That wasn't the gas tank!
Posted by: gorb   2015-04-15 01:13  

#1  Boy Howdy that was some IED.

How big was that thing? 500 Kg??
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2015-04-15 00:52  

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