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2018-10-13 Afghanistan

Taliban militants, civilians suffer heavy casualties in a premature car bomb explosion

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Posted by Fred 2018-10-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
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#1 Training accident or Insh allah engineering?

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-10-13 09:25|| 2018-10-13 09:25|| Front Page Top

#2 When I worked offshore on oil rigs we had to shut down all radio operations when loading sidewall core or perforating guns - I presume sometimes stray radio signals could trigger the detonators. Perhaps we have (or could) design radio transmitters to purposely trigger stuff...

Posted by Glenmore 2018-10-13 11:12|| 2018-10-13 11:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Perhaps times have changed.
We were once prohibited from developing an offensive SS7 capability which would initiate calls on any powered cell phone within range of a targeted cell tower. It was considered 'BAM' calls were likely to cause too much collateral damage.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-10-13 13:18|| 2018-10-13 13:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Perhaps they got a robo call from home security?

Posted by Clese the Limber2446 2018-10-13 17:57|| 2018-10-13 17:57|| Front Page Top

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