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2007-07-29 Iraq

Operation Rogue Thunder: Outpost Established, Cache Discovered

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Posted by Fred 2007-07-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 I've kind of wondered if, when blowing a cache in an urban area, or where you would like to limit collateral damage, if it would be worth it to get a thick, heavy, kevlar blanket to drape over the munitions.

The idea would be that it would take a lot of the more dangerous frag, and would just flop up into the air before falling down again.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-07-29 00:26|| 2007-07-29 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 I beleive a blast blanket is used to minimize flying debris when blasting rock walls for roads and quarrys. I beleive they are very heavy and have to be pinned. In addition the blast is usually spread over a larger area and the debris isn't localized metal shards. All of the above to say that I suspect that Kevlar blankets would have limited use for eod disposal.

Posted by Throger Thains8048 2007-07-29 01:46|| 2007-07-29 01:46|| Front Page Top

#3 77 arty rounds? That's a substantial boom. Don't know the Jamia 'hood, but Mansour in general doesn't have a lot of wide open spaces, I think. Kinda curious how they can blow something this big in an area like that.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-07-29 02:32|| 2007-07-29 02:32|| Front Page Top

#4 perhaps they share my opinion that innocent civilians living nearby woulda noticed that cache being implaced and reported it. Not doing so makes damage to their own living rooms very acceptable collateral damage?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-07-29 10:49|| 2007-07-29 10:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Rogue Thunder... Nice!

If one of them touches you, they absorb your X-Man powers.

Posted by Free Radical">Free Radical 2007-07-29 20:46|| 2007-07-29 20:46|| Front Page Top

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