"The day the ground erupted" Topic
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| Tango01 | 15 May 2014 11:00 p.m. PST |
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Rebels detonated 60 tonnes of explosives packed underneath a large Syrian army base, blowing a hillside hundreds of metres into the air, an insurgent in the operation who provided footage of the attack said today.
An Islamic Front commander said that his brigade dug a 850-metre (2,800ft) tunnel underneath Wadi al-Deif base, which is surrounded by rebels but has remained inside government control for the entirety of the three-year-long civil war.
The casualty toll from the blast was not immediately known…"
Full article here.
link WOW! Just… WOW!. Amicalement
Armand |
| cfuzwuz | 15 May 2014 11:17 p.m. PST |
WOW, that is huge .I wonder how it compares to the acw's crater explosion and those from WW1! Chime in experts! |
| Temporary like Achilles | 16 May 2014 3:29 a.m. PST |
Where are they getting the explosives from? |
| Etranger | 16 May 2014 5:18 a.m. PST |
According to wiki, link the Hawthorn Redoubt mine contained 18 tons of explosives. YouTube link link |
| MarescialloDiCampo | 16 May 2014 7:52 a.m. PST |
Ouch. That's a lot of bang for the buck… |
 Legion 4   | 16 May 2014 8:32 a.m. PST |
Yep, Union troops did similar at Petersburg in 1864, during ACW … 8000 lbs of HE link |
| tberry7403 | 16 May 2014 9:39 a.m. PST |
I wonder if they filed an Environmental Impact Statement? |
| MarescialloDiCampo | 16 May 2014 10:27 a.m. PST |
You can bet they didn't …and there won't be an Environmental Remediation either! Maybe AQ will shovel it back in |
| Legion 4 | 16 May 2014 10:39 a.m. PST |
Don't think any army in that region or terrorists do any kind of paperwork for stuff like that … or probably anything else for that matter …  |
| Redroom | 17 May 2014 10:30 a.m. PST |
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