SAS Sniper Foils Suicide Bomb plot by killing five Jihadists with three bullets 800m away
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[url]http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/626351/Hero-SAS-sniper-foils-terror-attack-by-killing-five-extremists-with-just-THREE-bullets[/url]
[QUOTE]The sharp-shooter took out three terrorists, at least two of whom were wearing explosive vests, as they made their way to carry out a suicide mission.
The unnamed veteran, who joined the SAS a decade ago, saved potentially hundreds of lives by unleashing three well-aimed shots from a distance of 800m.
The operation took place two weeks ago at a bomb factory around 10km outside the ISIS-occupied city of Mosul.
The decision to open fire was given when three men were seen leaving the factory wearing heavy coats, despite the hot weather.
This was an attempt to hide their suicide vests as they made their way to attack civilians in a nearby town, an attack which could have killed a huge number of innocent men, women and children.
The sniper shot the first jihadi in the chest, detonating his explosive device and killing him instantly, along with two ISIS guards sat in a nearby car.
The second terrorist was killed with a headshot, as he and the third man tried desperately to get back into the locked factory.
The third jihadi also died when his explosive vest was set off by a third and final well-aimed shot from the colour sergeant. [/QUOTE]
Killing spree
Nice job, SAS.
That's incredible.
Dark horse.
I wonder what the explosive were made of to explode because of a kinetic impact like that.
[QUOTE=StrawberryClock;49312620]I wonder what the explosive were made of to explode because of a kinetic impact like that.[/QUOTE]
Dead man's switch?
[QUOTE=StrawberryClock;49312620]I wonder what the explosive were made of to explode because of a kinetic impact like that.[/QUOTE]
plastic explosives are triggered by kinetic force. a primer is essentially a mechanical force designed to initiate the secondary explosive.
[QUOTE=StrawberryClock;49312620]I wonder what the explosive were made of to explode because of a kinetic impact like that.[/QUOTE]
Perhaps the friction alone was enough to heat up the bullet enough to the point of ignition. Add some volatile chemicals into the mix, combined with sudden gushes of oxygen and things go boom easy.
My moto boner is tingling
I feel like a variant of this story gets reported every few months or so.
[QUOTE=Apache249;49312786]I feel like a variant of this story gets reported every few months or so.[/QUOTE]
[URL="https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1381583"]More like one specific story from a year and seven months ago.[/URL]
I thought the google search on this one would be bad but it was actually pretty straightforward surprisingly enough:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/goPlXru.png[/IMG]
Oh man imagining those guys shitting themselves as they tried to get back inside just to explode one by one.
At least they got their wish to be suicide bombers still, good on the sniper for being considerate.
Ace
[QUOTE=Hoffa1337;49312678]plastic explosives are triggered by kinetic force. a primer is essentially a mechanical force designed to initiate the secondary explosive.[/QUOTE]
A bullet is not enough to trigger C4 though. You need an initial explosion.
I'm not sure about Semtex, but I strongly doubt a bullet will set off that either.
[QUOTE=Lord Fear;49312967]A bullet is not enough to trigger C4 though. You need an initial explosion.
I'm not sure about Semtex, but I strongly doubt a bullet will set off that either.[/QUOTE]
Dynamex requires 15newton/cm^2 pressure to conflagrate so a bullet would suffice, can't find the values for C4 right now but wikipedia states the following: [B]Rifle bullet test, percent explosions 20[/B] so 1/5th of the shots detonated the C4. Nothing is stating that it was C4 used either it could have been a different plastic compound and a primary explosive wouldn't have taken out a nearby car unless he was carrying a couple of kilos.
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[QUOTE=Lord Fear;49312967]You need an initial explosion.[/QUOTE]
From a physics perspective a kinetic force is always a kinetic force.
Maybe C4 was too hard to get so they used something more volatile?
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It gets posted every month because it happens every month :v:
Upon reading this at first my bullshit senses were tingling, turns out this is completely unverified and should be taken with a grain of salt. A lot of stories like these surface and are passed around the internet as facts but they're rarely verified or simply true to begin with.
[QUOTE=Hoffa1337;49312982]Dynamex requires 15newton/cm^2 pressure to conflagrate so a bullet would suffice, can't find the values for C4 right now but wikipedia states the following: [B]Rifle bullet test, percent explosions 20[/B] so 1/5th of the shots detonated the C4. Nothing is stating that it was C4 used either it could have been a different plastic compound and a primary explosive wouldn't have taken out a nearby car unless he was carrying a couple of kilos.
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From a physics perspective a kinetic force is always a kinetic force.[/QUOTE]
It says in the Wikipedia article that 20 of them burned, but none exploded.
Kinetic force isn't enough though. You also need a lot of heat combined with a shockwave. Essentially, a smaller explosion done by a detonator.
C4 was specifically designed to be super stable.
Fucking AWPs
Can't mess with the sas
It's like something out of a cheesy action movie, holy shit that's awesome
This reeks of bullshit.
Mom, get the camera
Oi, suzey.
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