NationStates Jolt Archive


Do you get all the news from the front?

Deep Kimchi
28-11-2005, 18:26
Do you get all the news from overseas?

The first bit is an incident (from over a year ago in Iraq) involving Royal Engineers (UK) who, while destroying some found Iraqi munitions in a controlled explosion, accidentally set fire to one of their own vehicles, which blows up.
The photo's were taken the first time around in the sandy place. In the middle of the fireball are two Centurion AVRE's, CEV's to you. A small fire broke out on one of the AVRE's and spread out of control and set off the fuel tanks. The other AVRE was being towed by the first one and sympathetically detonated. Your looking at 60 x 165mm demolition rounds, two sets of reactive armour, 80lbs of plastic explosive, hand and phos grenades, LAW's, 48000 x 0.30inch belt and a few 9mm thrown in for good measure as well as about 200 odd gallons of petrol. The photo's are quite famous amongst the Royal Engineers. Unbelievably no-one was hurt, except pride of course.
The guys in the photo's were watching the fire and never expected the explosion.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/jtkwon/WHOOPS2.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/jtkwon/WHOOPS.jpg

And more recent news (sad news) from Afghanistan:
http://www.afnorth.nato.int/ISAF/
One of the two gravely WIA Swedish soldiers whose softskin was hit by an IED in Mazar-e-Sharif yesterday has died. One remains critical and two received less serious injuries.
Falhaar2
28-11-2005, 18:34
Holy crap that is a big explosion! :eek:
Deep Kimchi
28-11-2005, 18:37
Holy crap that is a big explosion! :eek:
Now, how many of you in the UK saw that on the news or on the web or in your paper?
Deep Kimchi
28-11-2005, 18:39
I might add that there are a few white phosphorus hand grenades in that explosion, but the explosion is so big, you would never know.