• Chinese Air Force decides to drop bombs to free up ice in Yellow River
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvsGM2MUXH0[/media] [quote] Faced with possible flooding due to an ice-choked curve of the Yellow River, China decided to bring in the heavy artillery. Chinese authorities sent three bombers Tuesday to bombard the river and break up the ice. The barrage of 24 bombs successfully smashed the ice floes, lowering the water level that had risen to dangerous levels on Monday. Ice flooding is an annual concern in China and elsewhere in late winter or early spring, when the surface of a river remains frozen while the water underneath continues to flow. The flowing water pushes ice downriver into man-made dams, stressing their structural integrity and increasing the risk of accident. U.S. authorities also unblock ice-clogged rivers using explosives, though generally not from the air. The Yellow River has flooded hundreds of times over China’s history, so often that it became known as the River of Sorrow.[/quote] [url]http://time.com/30174/watch-china-drops-bombs-on-icebound-river-to-prevent-flooding/[/url]
Chinese taking the American approach? It's an interesting method to deal with the ice.
or you know...you could have just dynamited it and not used 500lb bombs
[QUOTE=Sableye;44299369]or you know...you could have just dynamited it and not used 500lb bombs[/QUOTE] Aircrews are out of practice. Ice is blocking up the river. The two problems practically solve each other.
[QUOTE=Psychokitten;44299377]Aircrews are out of practice. Ice is blocking up the river. The two problems practically solve each other.[/QUOTE] That and it's fucking awesome. Those pilots are dropping bombs in places they usually never bomb.
[QUOTE=Sableye;44299369]or you know...you could have just dynamited it and not used 500lb bombs[/QUOTE]They probably had some old bombs lying about that were fast becoming dangerous to keep due to rust. That, and it's probably quicker than setting up dynamite.
[QUOTE=Sableye;44299369]or you know...you could have just dynamited it and not used 500lb bombs[/QUOTE] But that's boring.
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;44299584]They probably had some old bombs lying about that were fast becoming dangerous to keep due to rust. That, and it's probably quicker than setting up dynamite.[/QUOTE] Keep in mind that the mission costs for aircraft tend to be pretty damn high.
[QUOTE=Psychokitten;44299638]Keep in mind that the mission costs for aircraft tend to be pretty damn high.[/QUOTE] Still dorfier than using ground based explosives, and that is all that matters.
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;44299584]They probably had some old bombs lying about that were fast becoming dangerous to keep due to rust. That, and it's probably quicker than setting up dynamite.[/QUOTE] True also the article really doesn't state whether it was in an inhabited region or not
Well...that's one way to break the ice.
They do this all the time. Hell, once upon a time the Chinese used to fire rockets into the sky or some shit to make it rain. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding[/url]
they still do cloud seeding they just use antiaircraft guns now
Ladies and gentlemen, we have officially declared war on Winter. Or at least after this winter, Chicago will. Fuck you winter.
[QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;44300085]They do this all the time. Hell, once upon a time the Chinese used to fire rockets into the sky or some shit to make it rain. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding[/url][/QUOTE] that actually works though, its called cloud seeding, though its more expensive than the traditional silver filled artillery shell it does get it higher up with a larger dispersion this is kinda dangerous since bombs are ment to fragment and blow up everything around them, namely people, houses, bridges, animals...ect
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