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Afghanistan
Video depicts massive explosion as B-52s bomb Taliban mines factory
2017-11-26
Fifteen second video can be seen at the link.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The US military in Afghanistan has released a new video of the ongoing air campaign against the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
purportedly showing the destruction of a mines factory.

The video shows the Arclight airstrike on Taliban explosives compound in southern Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province, triggering a massive kaboom after bombs were dropped, apparently by B-52 bombers.

According to the US military, the enormous secondary kaboom is evidence of stockpiles of explosives the Taliban would have used against the Afghan people.

The growing Arclight airstrikes have apparently put the Taliban into a state of panic with a front man of the group claiming last week that only civilians are being killed or maimed in the ongoing campaign.

A front man for the Taliban group Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said the claims of inflicting heavy losses to the Taliban fighters are false.

Ahmadi further added that only the civilians have been killed and their houses have been destroyed in the Arclight airstrikes.

The commander of the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
-led Resolute Support and US forces in Afghanistan General John Nicholson said Monday that the U.S. and Afghan forces conducted a series of strikes over the past 24 hours against Taliban drug labs, to target the revenue streams of the terrorists.

Gen. Nicholson further added that the combined operations struck seven Taliban drug labs and one command-and-control node in northern Helmand province.

"Specifically, in striking northern Helmand and the drug enterprises there, we’re hitting the Taliban where it hurts, which is their finances," he said.

Posted by:Fred

#16  The Arafish set up the PLO HQ in Beruit after they got their a$$es kicked out of Jordan by King Hussain in Black September. Put the HQ smack dab in downtown Beruit. Israelis told Lebanon to get them out, so Israel did. It was not pretty.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2017-11-26 20:33  

#15  Blow the hell out of the place if it will bring about an end to our long-standing war.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-11-26 15:38  

#14  Reads like we are getting a little more serious about bringing this war to a conclusion we've been at it a long time.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-11-26 15:32  

#13  Ahmadi further added that only the civilians have been killed and their houses have been destroyed in the airstrikes.

So Ahmadi should be thanking us for doing their job right?
Posted by: bbrewer126   2017-11-26 13:50  

#12  WW|| was won by bombing the stuff out of the enemies citys. Unfortunately, the terrorists in this world now build their tunnels and ammo depots in the middle of cities. There should be no places to hide for these animals, it is the only way to destroy them.
Posted by: CC Oscar   2017-11-26 13:32  

#11  Don't gives them any ideas, B.
Posted by: gorb   2017-11-26 12:31  

#10  If our systems are destroyed, I'm sure we'll be able to lease coverage from the Russians, or even the Chinese.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-11-26 11:46  

#9  W,
GPS birds are in high orbits (about 20000 km from the ground; geo is about 35,786 km). To my knowledge, nobody has tested a-sat weapons at that height. Besides, there are spares.
Posted by: Clong Glilet2602   2017-11-26 11:42  

#8  Open Question. How will we carry out GPS bombings like this, cruise missiles etc if the Chinese destroy our satellites? Weapons systems for just this purpose are underworks. Some have been tested.
Right now we have little defense, if any.

Respectfully, W
Posted by: Woodrow   2017-11-26 11:09  

#7  #6Is there anyone flying them that are older than the airframe?
Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-11-26 10:15


P2k,

Not any more, but there are at least two confirmed '3rd generation' pilots out there whose fathers and grandfathers flew the same aircraft.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2017-11-26 10:20  

#6  Is there anyone flying them that are older than the airframe?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-11-26 10:15  

#5  ALL HAIL DA BUFF
Posted by: RantBurgADMR   2017-11-26 09:55  

#4  "The video shows the airstrike on Taliban explosives compound in southern Helmand province, triggering a massive explosion after bombs were dropped, apparently by B-52 bombers."

In general, a B-52 strike will result in a massive explosion. That's kinda the point.
Posted by: Bangkok Billy   2017-11-26 06:31  

#3  ...Miss Buffy sends her regards.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2017-11-26 05:09  

#2  That blowed up real good!
Posted by: Nero   2017-11-26 01:25  

#1  Good!
Posted by: 3dc   2017-11-26 00:15  

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