Posted on 01/03/2020 1:19:57 PM PST by ransomnote
It’s OK. They can gripe about that while Trump takes care of business.
>>do what Libertarians do
Too general. I consider myself Libertarian and I’m all in favor of Trump taking down dangers to us far away from our shores.
>>That’s so they can fire those pinpoint accurate weapons.
Very clever. Like that.
Compare the aftermath of this BLEVE (boiling liquid, expanding vapor explosion) with the aftermath at BIAP.
BLEVE Demo. Start at about the 1:20 mark.
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Yeah, it was some variant of Hellfire, but not the flying ginsu. Not a thermobaric. Not a HEAT.
I’m thinking now some kind of basic HE warhead. Very little fragmentation, lots of blast, no crater. Very effective on humans. Turns internal organs and tissue to jello. Can leave larger intact pieces (like torsos) without shredding.
/slide
>>/slide
Not a slide. Valuable.
If you aren’t squeamish and want a laugh, go look at the “after” photo of Soleimani closer.
Check just under his belt about 3 inches.
I trust in Wictor on this. He pours through weapons patents and knows tons. He’s a walking weapons encyclopedia.
-SB
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"Nooooo! Not uncle Solly!!"
“I think it was a very small fuel-air bomb”
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Distinct possibility.
Here are a couple Hellfire shots on guntape. Probably HEAT. The little white spots at around :47 on the street are the human remains of the targets shown in “white hot” thermal mode. That’s what I mean when I say ‘shredded’. The shot at around 2:00 shows the cratering effect that is lacking in the Suleiman shot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqkH0R9f4l0
I admit this is a bit of an intellectual diversion while we wait for more drops. It really doesn’t matter as the strike was extremely accurate and effective. I just have a curiosity as to the warhead used.
Highly probable that we’ve developed a very small FAE like you say. Also possible that it’s a HE blast warhead like I’m thinking.
[and Mairdie says this isn’t a slide!] :)
Saw that yesterday. Didn’t want to say anything... ;)
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Episode 777 Scott Adams: What Happens Next With Iran Because Nothing else is Happening
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> Has he been there when they’re going off?
No, but like I said, he’s very wise on these things. If you have any eye witness testimony on it I’d love to read/see it though.
-SB
I thought Trump said gunships, not drones, were used. Would that indicate anything as far as weapons used?
That suggests helicopters with harpoon missile launchers? that would be even all the more daring ...
MQ-9 Reaper. Some might call it a ‘gunship’.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper
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