Author Topic: breaking news on CNN (Read 571 times)

pugg666 · « **on:** April 03, 2003, 12:56:40 PM »

CNN asks a ordinance handler what she's doing,

"installing the fuze initiator"

CNN reporter"what does that do?"

"it initiates the fuze"

Rasker · « **Reply #1 on:** April 03, 2003, 12:58:55 PM »

"what happens if I poke this?"

"we blow up"

"you mean, like this?"

Ka-blamm!

pugg666 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 03, 2003, 01:00:46 PM »

it wouldn't have suprised me at all if he had done that

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #3 on:** April 03, 2003, 02:34:34 PM »

Thats alright, I was watching fottage of more "F-18 Tomcats" launching from CV's last night.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #4 on:** April 03, 2003, 03:30:52 PM »

Heard an interesting one on a field reporter asking a Marine about his munitions on the back of an APV (Claymore mine, C-6 explosives}

Reporter: "Are those dangerous to handle?"
Marine: "U.S. explosives are the safest in the world to handle"

Staga · « **Reply #5 on:** April 03, 2003, 05:17:43 PM »

Explosives we did use were pretty safe, you could burn them in the oven, you could shoot thru them, hit them with a hammer etc.

Just don't eat it or you would get a trip which would make Jimi Hendrix (r.i.p) jealous

hmm kinda funny, explosives made for civilian use are more dangerous than stuff we were using...

Habu · « **Reply #6 on:** April 03, 2003, 06:42:27 PM »

High explosives such as RDX and HMX are very hard to detonate. You need to set them off with an explosion from a detonator.

The detonator contains a less stable explosive like lead azide that can be intiated by percussion or an electric charge.

Detonators are much more deadly to carry around in your pocket than the roll of primacord is to carry in your hand. We always carried detonators in a steel tube lined in foam. But we would carry primacord or shaped charges in a cardboard box.

hawk220 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 03, 2003, 07:10:43 PM »

LOL
I heard one reporter talk about the 50mm machine gun:D

BUG_EAF322 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 03, 2003, 07:21:42 PM »

m1a1 hmmm

Ripsnort · « **Reply #9 on:** April 03, 2003, 08:18:33 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Habu
High explosives such as RDX and HMX are very hard to detonate. You need to set them off with an explosion from a detonator.

The detonator contains a less stable explosive like lead azide that can be intiated by percussion or an electric charge.

Detonators are much more deadly to carry around in your pocket than the roll of primacord is to carry in your hand. We always carried detonators in a steel tube lined in foam. But we would carry primacord or shaped charges in a cardboard box.

Yeah yeah yeah, but look at the oxymoron...thought it was funny. Something destructive is safe...

superpug1 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 03, 2003, 09:38:07 PM »

Well theres always the Apache with the 30 cal. cannon

The F-14 hornets.

And the nosy reporters:D

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