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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Video: Half-Kilometer-Long Explosive Whip Clears IEDs The Explode-y Way
From Popular Science:
Clearing battlefield obstacles has pitted trapper against sapper since Roman times. But whereas the minefields and dragon teeth of previous conflicts merely slowed advancing armies, the IEDs favored by today's insurgents have become the number one killer in the Long War. Now, to ensure safe passage through trap laden Afghan paths, the British Army is fighting fire with even bigger fire in the form of their newly developed Python explosive whip.
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My Comment: Expect more "boom-booms" when this mine clearing platform is used.
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