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'Block-Buster' Truck Bomb One of the Biggest Ever
ABC News ^ | Nov 13, 2013 | JAMES GORDON MEEK and ALEEM AGHA

Posted on 11/14/2013 11:46:11 AM PST by huldah1776

Afghan national security forces near the border with Pakistan recently intercepted one of the largest truck bombs ever built, a massive "vehicle-borne improvised explosive device," or VBIED, packed with some 61,500 pounds of explosives.

***snip*** An ABC News investigation, which aired on "World News with Diane Sawyer" this week, showed that lawmakers have tried to stop the U.S. Army from giving logistics contracts to companies linked to Afghan insurgents including the deadly network run by Jalaluddin Haqqani and his son Siraj

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; haqqani; terrorism; wot
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To: Revolting cat!
Seen the movie?

I guess smoking IS permitted. Steadies the nerves.

21 posted on 11/14/2013 1:58:00 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: a fool in paradise

Seen it multiple times, a masterpiece!


22 posted on 11/14/2013 2:01:53 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: a fool in paradise

A great sit on the edge of your seat film.


23 posted on 11/14/2013 2:34:24 PM PST by windcliff
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To: huldah1776


24 posted on 11/14/2013 4:27:05 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: huldah1776

What kind of truck can carry 61,500lbs?


25 posted on 11/15/2013 12:57:54 AM PST by wastedyears (The Ender's Game movie was a stupendous, colossal, galactic failure to me.)
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To: wastedyears

I drive a fairly large concrete mixer that has a nominal max payload of 11 cubic yards that is roughly 44,000 lbs.

Anything heavier requires additional axles, they have mixers that are on trailers but they are very very large and are rarely used in most cities.
About the only way to get that kind of weight on a truck is a set of turnpike doubles. Or a multiple axle lowboy trailer.


26 posted on 11/15/2013 1:11:17 AM PST by Spartan302 (Spartans never quit, they come back later with more warriors. Asymmetrical Warfare.)
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To: Spartan302

I’ve lived in Brooklyn most of my life, I unfortunately have no idea what you’re talking about.


27 posted on 11/15/2013 2:03:47 AM PST by wastedyears (The Ender's Game movie was a stupendous, colossal, galactic failure to me.)
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To: wastedyears

Wheeled Tank transporters have been around for a long time. the WWII medium tank was the Sherman weighing 34 tons or 68,000 pounds. They were hauled on multiple axled trailers for long distances to save wear on the tank’s tracks and suspension. Newer transporters routinely haul tanks weighing 52 tons and more. Check out this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_transporter


28 posted on 11/15/2013 3:52:30 AM PST by DMZFrank
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To: cherokee1

I think you are right. That truck looks like it might haul a load of rental uniforms back to the laundry facility but even that would be a struggle. Thirty tons would seem to be out of the question.


29 posted on 11/15/2013 5:11:49 AM PST by RipSawyer (The TREE currently falling on you actually IS worse than a Bush.)
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To: wastedyears
"What kind of truck can carry 61,500lbs?"

On dirt and sand roads yet....That sucker would sink plumb up to his eyeballs.!!

30 posted on 11/15/2013 5:40:22 AM PST by unread
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To: Spartan302

so judging by the truck, less the wood, could you guestimate the actual load of fertilizer? Either way, less IEDs.


31 posted on 11/15/2013 6:40:07 AM PST by huldah1776
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To: huldah1776

Strictly by eyeball, I’m becoming convinced that that 61,500 number is in GRAMS. Which would yield about 1600 pounds...

Oh, well. Most of the MSM types I’ve seen probably couldn’t tell the diff between a gram and a ton unless it landed on their head.

But then, I’ve also never known the media to let the facts get in the way of a good storyline, even if they had to FUBAR the Acceleration of Gravity and every system of weights and measures known to mankind to get there.


32 posted on 11/15/2013 8:57:08 AM PST by Unrepentant VN Vet (For why should my Freedom be judged by anothers conscience? 1 Cor 10:29)
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To: huldah1776

“lawmakers have tried to stop the U.S. Army from giving logistics contracts to companies linked to Afghan insurgents”

Good God,, I had no idea we were fighting so brutally. This is total war! We are seriously considering not hiring the enemy to run our logistics? Whats next, nuclear attack?


33 posted on 11/15/2013 11:16:42 AM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: DesertRhino

It’s part of Petraeus’ COIN strategy or the business ROE. Instead of waiting till after the war to rebuild, they fund the enemy during the war to “Influence insurgent-minded individuals to adopt a neutral disposition.”

How’s that working out for you, Mr. Petraeus?

One thing I have to say about the Taliban, they use their money to achieve their goals, as opposed to those who get handouts in the United States.


34 posted on 11/15/2013 12:25:51 PM PST by huldah1776
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