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babicma
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This is what they look like...
http://www.sftt.org/article12092002b.html
http://www.sftt.org/article12092002b.html
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Simple, yet effective.
I would post more, similar types of things, but unfortunately this is not a secure forum, and I am not authorized to pass along the intelligence notices I receive through my work.
As I am sure every troop overseas knows already, the easiest thing to keep watching for is the hands. The hands are what will kill you, whether they are holding a weapon, a detonator, a knife, a cell phone (to set off a bomb), etc.
But thanks for the open source intel.
I would post more, similar types of things, but unfortunately this is not a secure forum, and I am not authorized to pass along the intelligence notices I receive through my work.
As I am sure every troop overseas knows already, the easiest thing to keep watching for is the hands. The hands are what will kill you, whether they are holding a weapon, a detonator, a knife, a cell phone (to set off a bomb), etc.
But thanks for the open source intel.
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Wow, they are a lot smaller than I would have imagined. That really hits home at how hard it would be to notice somebody with one on. Please lads,stay vigilent and godspeed.
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Yllw_Ninja
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The nuts are for shrapnel...they also use steel ball bearings
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Nuts, nails, anything metal and bought cheaply at any hardware store are used for fragmentation effect. As you saw in the pictures, when sealed into vacuum-packed plastic sheets, it ensures they are evenly distributed for maximum dispersal.
The vests contain pipe bombs wired together. Pipe bombs as again cheaply and easily made from any number of recipes available over the internet. The metal pipe casing serves to add additional shrapnel.
Ball bearings are used, too, but I‘ve never seen them for sale at the local hardware store, as they are generally put into things on the manufacturer‘s end of the product chain.
The fact that the raw materials are readily available in all but the poorest of nations should scare the crap out of everyone.
The vests contain pipe bombs wired together. Pipe bombs as again cheaply and easily made from any number of recipes available over the internet. The metal pipe casing serves to add additional shrapnel.
Ball bearings are used, too, but I‘ve never seen them for sale at the local hardware store, as they are generally put into things on the manufacturer‘s end of the product chain.
The fact that the raw materials are readily available in all but the poorest of nations should scare the crap out of everyone.
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Maxpower
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If you are interested in seeing this in action, I reccomend watching the first bit of the John Travolta movie Swordfish. They did an excellent job IMO of what an acutal bomb like this would look like.
You‘d look at it once and shake your head knowing that sad men out there are using such things. But then you realise that women are blowing themselves up, and I do believe there was one occurence where a woman had her son in her arms when she detonated.
It‘s a sad, sad world.
It‘s a sad, sad world.
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Suicide bombers are the scourge of any open warfare. The Afghan who jumped on Cpl Murphy's Iltis in Kabul was not a martyr or a hero for his cause... he was the lowest life form I can think of. The pics you posted a true to form - but I can tell you that there is so much more out there. Do I know - yes, as I work in the field if identification and disposal of such items. IEDs located in Kabul ranged from hi-tech to the basics of demolitions. Contact me privately if you would like any more information on this subject, as this open forum is not the proper chat space.
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MouseyZbyszko
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Bruce Monkhouse said:
***I have a friend in the Israeli army and a bunch of Israeli military were waiting by a military bus stop for a bus to take them back to the army base and standing among them was a PALI --- and you can't really tell them apart cause a lot of them DO look alike.
Anyhow, they all got on the bus and halfway down the street, the guy stood up and detonated himself; and no one had been any the wiser. =( :-[
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EODSpr
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The unfortunate part is that these weapons and other IED's are here to stay. They are cheap, easily made, serve a variety of uses and have shock effect and almost always make the news. Pretty good bang for the buck if you are a terrorist. This threat is real and will only get worse unfortunately.
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Chimo!
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Chimo!
