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Syrian Helicopter Reportedly Downed by Rebels Over Idlib
(Awesome Video of Mid-Air Disintegration)
NBC News ^
| October 18, 2012
| Staff
Posted on 10/18/2012 4:32:30 AM PDT by lbryce
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To: driftdiver
"Could the fuel lead to an explosion like this?"Way too big, too energetic. Jet fuel/air is much less explosive than gasoline/air and if it had been the fuel it would have been a much smaller detonation. This looked like the air burst of an aircraft bomb.
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posted on
10/18/2012 5:53:51 AM PDT
by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: PghBaldy
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posted on
10/18/2012 6:01:42 AM PDT
by
dps.inspect
(rage against the Obama machine...)
To: Chainmail
Could have been a combination of atomized fuel spraying from a ruptured fuel line and on board ordnance exploding. Unusual though. Most helicopter shoot downs involve damage to flight control components and the aircraft just drops and spins to the ground.
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posted on
10/18/2012 6:05:58 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Conservatism didn't magically show up in Romney's heart in 2012. You can't force what isn't in you.)
To: lbryce
That’s one way to enforce a “no-fly” zone..
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posted on
10/18/2012 6:23:58 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(Barack Obama: An empty suit sitting in an empty chair...)
To: PghBaldy
I used to know someone who grew up in Libya because her father was stationed there with the State Dept. She left as a young teenager as part of an evacuation in the late 70s. At that time the people there loved Americans for the most part, except for the few radicals.
The radicals have had a generation to cement their position and are willing to kill anyone who disagrees. The fact that we are now helping the radicals is surreal.
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posted on
10/18/2012 6:37:00 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
“Could the fuel lead to an explosion like this?”
That is a fuel/air explosion you see, but it was atomized by a high explosive, a lot of it — probably ordinance they were carrying was armed and rattling around as they tumbled.
BANG.
To: Born to Conserve
What I want to know is why is it that we choose sides in this civil war? Why is it that we want to help the Jihadist to win control of a country with sophisticated weaponry and chemical weapons? At least the Assad government was stable.
Heaven help us.
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10/18/2012 8:01:42 AM PDT
by
JAKraig
(Surely my religion is at least as good as yours)
To: driftdiver
The radicals have had a generation to cement their position and are willing to kill anyone who disagrees. The fact that we are now helping the radicals is surreal.Their radicals sound just like our democrats. Birds of a feather...
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posted on
10/18/2012 8:06:57 AM PDT
by
meyer
(It's 1860 all over again - the taxpayer is the new "N" word)
To: Born to Conserve
ordinance
ordnance
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posted on
10/18/2012 9:10:43 AM PDT
by
A.A. Cunningham
(Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
To: jdsteel
Hooray for Al Queda? We need more “democracy” islam nations in the Middle East!!! They are slaughtering the Christians and Americans and that has to be a good thing! :(
To: A.A. Cunningham
Ordnance. You got that peeve too, huh?
That ain't it, but you should have seen the bomb dump at Chu Lai. Takes a lot to keep three squadrons of F-4s fed.
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
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10/18/2012 5:25:21 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Chainmail
Just my amateur observation but usually HE gives a smokey grey explosion while fuel will give you the “Hollywood” orange fire ball.
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posted on
10/18/2012 5:36:04 PM PDT
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: Straight Vermonter
HE usually has a large fireball but on the ground dust often obscures it from view. If you have seen some of the video of the IDEs used in Iraq and Afghanistan, you’ll usually see large fireballs from the large quantities of explosives used. That explosion says “HE” to me and I have been on both ends of that stuff much of my life.
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10/18/2012 5:42:31 PM PDT
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Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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