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November 27, 2004

High Explosive Chess in Fallujah

Topics: Middle East News and Perspectives

At Tech Central Station on Nov 12 there was an interesting post on how tried technologies like the Bangalore and new ones, like APOBS, are helping to give highly trained U.S. troops a little more edge while playing chess with bombs in urban combat. Here are a few excerpts from the article:

There was a very telling piece of video shown on one of the cable stations on the second day of the battle for Fallujah. Taken from an aircraft over the city, it showed a laser-guided bomb landing at a precise spot on a street where terrorists had hidden an elaborate network of explosive devices.

It was a fearsome sight, flash after flash up and down the street upon which the terrorist forces had hoped to surprise American or Iraqi troops. The so-called "daisy chaining" of bombs is common in Iraq

But from high above the U.S. has been watching the Islamothugs plant their bombs for weeks, noting the position and characteristics of most of them. .......

............Now being experimented with in Iraq is at least a partial replacement for the old

But APOBS is actually a pretty ingenious device, with the potential to clear mined areas over a much greater distance and in far less time than a Bangalore. Remember, with the Bangalore you have to assemble it (130 pounds of explosive laden pipe) and then crawl right up to the area to be breached. The APOBS, on the other hand, is a stand-off device.

The rocket is fired, dragging the line of grenades ....   Read More...

Posted by Hyscience at November 27, 2004 3:20 PM

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