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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.

21 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.)
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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.


23 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.)
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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.


33 posted on 10/18/2012 5:36:04 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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