Posted on 03/21/2017 2:06:45 PM PDT by Lorianne
“…The Islamic State has become especially adept at turning various makes and models of cars into vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs). Armor is fixed to large and small vehicles alike in order to make it more difficult for Iraqi and American forces to destroy them before they reach their target.
The US has been able to take out dozens of VBIEDs before their drivers could complete their missions. But the video showcases some of the jihadists’ more successful bombings. In one instance, one VBIED is driven into a security checkpoint and then a second snakes its way through an apartment complex until reaching the target. The footage is recorded from above, likely using small commercial-style drones, which have become a common tool for both the Islamic State and al Qaeda.
The Islamic State is unashamed of its use of children (or young adolescents) and handicapped men in suicide VBIED attacks. The youth are portrayed as “martyrs,” even though they are more accurately described as victims. The jihadists have used captured Yazidi children and others in its “martyrdom” operations.
Some, perhaps all, of the handicapped men shown operating VBIEDs were probably injured while fighting for Abu Bakr al Baghdadi’s cause. So their “martyrdom” is likely more willing.
Similar to its use of VBIEDs on the ground, the Islamic State has modified drones such that they can carry and deliver a small payload from above. The Ninawa province’s video dramatizes such attacks, showing the drones hovering over their targets and then dropping their bombs. In one short scene, a jihadist mans what appears to be a control station filled with computers and screens that allow him to guide the weapons to their drop sites.
In another scene, an Islamic State member uses a game console controller to fire rockets at his foes…”
It's a mess, and unqualified mess.
All the Iraqi army has to do is put land mines in a row across the road with red flags on `em; The ISISA VBIED driver will either get blown up by the mines or stop. There ain`t no armor on the underchassis` of these VBIED`s.
The Iraqi army hasn`t figured out how to do this in 4 years of warfare - they might think of it next year -duhhh.
Correctamundo...
Obama era “vetting” and TOW missiles ... but, hey, Russians! ... Just as any DNC wanker....
Meant to ping you...
VBIED - in other words a car bomb.
Nice!
And still politicians and liberals and the MSMLSD and the Hollyweird people stand up to identify themselves with murdering mussies.
That VW makes me smile for some reason.
Thank you. I have not seen that sequel.
16 years and $6 trillion - and it never stops
we should defend our borders and leave those crazies alone
not worth one american life
It’s okay. Nothing to rave about.
She does a decent enough job, to be honest. After a while the genre kid of looses steam. (at least for me)
I love creativity. I like that different people have different ideas and you get to see them manifested like this.
I spend time on the internet just looking at people’s ideas, inventions, gadgets. It’s quite interesting to me.
It’s amazing the creativity some folks have.
I broke down and bought the blu-ray® disc to this movie. I don’t usually do that but I wanted to see all of the vehicles in the movie and how they made the movie. The producer talked about how he was fascinated with these people on the poles (polecats in the movie). So he incorporated them in it. All of the vehicles were real working engines. Yes, they had tandem 350 chevys in one vehicle. it wasn’t easy but they done it.
I suspect some of those vehicles already existed.
There are folks who really love to mess around creating stuff like that. More power to em. I might do it if I had the know-how.
Did you enjoy what you found on your blue-ray?
I stopped buying DVDs and blu-rays. At one point I had about 1,500 movies. It took up so much space.
I purchase movies on iTunes now. It sure saves space. I’m back up to about 350 movies.
I sure did. it had an extra disc dealing with the movie making. The cars were the most fun part.
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