He is injured but not dead

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[–] [S] 190 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (12 children)

Some analysis

Allegations he was targeted because he posted this yesterday

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (10 children)

    Not saying this info is wrong but the fins on the bombs in those pictures look very different. I'm no bomb expert of course

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  • [–] 68 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    That's pretty much undeniably a mk82 warhead. Which are fitted with different tail sections and other guidance systems for whatever they want to be used for. If the report is correct in that it was a 200lb load with 300lbs of metal, that would be the mk82 mod 7. Which likely has a Israeli tail section made for low altitude deployment with high precision.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    Dang I didn't know they could swap parts like like

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    Going by the tail section (and lack of wings), it looks like this was a mk82 fitted with a Paveway II system, which would make sense given that this was likely intended to be used to demolish the bridge he's standing on...

    Paveway tail/nose for comparison

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    How do people know so much about bombs?

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    In my case, autism. UXO/equipment identification is a hobby. If you think that's weird you should see how weird I got when they let me poke around in the Southern Pacific 4294 cab...

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Lemmy has a crowd of experts and academics in certain fields, but also weird hobbyists that expertise themselves for fun on a certain topic. Sometimes they are the same person.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago*

    Either way it's clearly different surroundings, and the missile in the video goes into a crater where a previous missile hit, while this still shows a missile hitting flat terrain

    Edit: silly me, it's just zoomed in. And the rocket hits a little farther back from the crater, not in the existing crater.

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