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2017-07-28 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Kaboom! Russian Drone With Thermite Grenade Blows Up a Billion Dollars of Ukranian Ammo

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Posted by gorb 2017-07-28 10:28|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Russian thermite grenade technology, leaps and bounds ahead of the west.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-07-28 10:45|| 2017-07-28 10:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Wouldn't that be their thermobaric weapon research, B?

Posted by magpie 2017-07-28 12:14|| 2017-07-28 12:14|| Front Page Top

#3 I suspect a little exaggeration, especially since only one person was killed and 4 wounded.

Posted by Frozen Al 2017-07-28 13:58|| 2017-07-28 13:58|| Front Page Top

#4 I suspect a little exaggeration

But a billion dollars of ammunition, Frozen Al!

One assumes that is the retail value for insurance purposes rather than what Ukraine actually paid for it...

Posted by trailing wife 2017-07-28 14:57|| 2017-07-28 14:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Do the Ukrainians have their own ammo or is tall Ex-Russian/Soviet stuff supplemented by Euro/American donations?

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-07-28 16:34|| 2017-07-28 16:34|| Front Page Top

#6 $1B? Could have been a CONEX half-full of 338 Lapua Mag. Just say'n.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-07-28 18:46|| 2017-07-28 18:46|| Front Page Top

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