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| Iraq-Jordan |
| Marines Torpedo Roadside Bombs |
| 2004-11-12 |
| November 12, 2004: American marines fighting Iraq have come up with a simple way to quickly clear a stretch of road of remotely controlled bombs. Marine armored vehicles (AAVs) can be equipped with the Mk 154 Mine Clearance System, which uses rockets to propel a cable (stuffed with explosives) down a road. The explosives are detonated, and all mines, and road side bombs, are detonated or disabled over an area of 14 by 100 meters. The Mk 154 was originally designed to quickly clear mines during combat. But it turns out to work against booby traps and roadside bombs as well. The army has a similar system. Both are developed from the World War II era "bangalore torpedo." |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #6 Sounds like the New, Improved MiCLiC(tm)(pat. pend.). Nothing new here. OTOH, if some numbskull "reporter" hasn't seen one in action before, I guess they would be impressed. They do realy make a loud boom. |
| Posted by: N Guard 2004-11-12 1:29:34 PM |
| #5 Yes,.com.I new those had to be bangalores I saw being put together. |
| Posted by: raptor 2004-11-12 12:30:05 PM |
| #4 I still vote for a neutron bomb to clear out the Mosques. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2004-11-12 11:44:52 AM |
| #3 CS - Um, isn't that a line from "The Pink Submarine", lol? |
| Posted by: .com 2004-11-12 11:44:06 AM |
| #2 Nuking the place would have cleared them too -- can't beat that WWII era technology. |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-11-12 11:33:09 AM |
| #1 Oh, God, we sank a truck. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2004-11-12 11:23:43 AM |