2020-01-09 at 4:57 AM UTC
i don't care if we all can make them, there is always the first person to think it up and put a design to it.
2020-01-09 at 4:57 AM UTC
you began chewing gum because someone many years ago created chewing gum
2020-01-09 at 4:58 AM UTC
aldra
JIDF Controlled Opposition
No Soleimani was essentially the head of the IRGC, military arm of a Shiite Muslim theocracy.
The Iraqi militias of the time were mostly violent Sunnis who clashed violently with Iran and caused serious problems for Shiite regions in Iraq. They were not friends of the IRGC or Hezbullah
2020-01-09 at 4:58 AM UTC
we drive cars because ford designed the model t
2020-01-09 at 4:59 AM UTC
we fly planes because the wright brothers made the first flight
we use tires because companies like uniroyal made them first
2020-01-09 at 5:01 AM UTC
we use a computer because it was first designed and created years ago
2020-01-09 at 5:01 AM UTC
aldra
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2020-01-09 at 5:02 AM UTC
tech takes x-rays because we discovered from taking pictures that film has negative qualities and we can transform that into physical imagery.
2020-01-09 at 5:04 AM UTC
ok, i was giving examples of things we do now that had to be thought of and then created. just like these Soleimani ied's.
2020-01-09 at 5:06 AM UTC
hard to believe that is spamming when i never posted same thing twice
2020-01-09 at 5:06 AM UTC
aldra
JIDF Controlled Opposition
Do you actually think Soleimani invented the concept of an IED?
2020-01-09 at 5:12 AM UTC
aldra
JIDF Controlled Opposition
He had nothing to do with the Iraqi militias that were churning them out, as per the previous links I posted.
IEDs were used significantly in the Vietnam war, probably way further back
2020-01-09 at 5:16 AM UTC
-SpectraL
coward
[the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
Historical useThe fougasse was improvised for centuries, eventually inspiring factory-made land mines. Ernst Jünger mentions in his war memoir the systematic use of IEDs and booby traps to cover the retreat of German troops at the Somme region during the First World War. Another early example of coordinated large-scale use of IEDs was the Belarusian Rail War launched by Belarusian guerrillas against the Germans during World War II. Both command-detonated and delayed-fuse IEDs were used to derail thousands of German trains during 1943–1944.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fougasse_(weapon)
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2020-01-09 at 5:17 AM UTC
aldra
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I've actually been meaning to read Juenger
2020-01-09 at 5:23 AM UTC
landmines were called ied's too but that would be incorrect.
a landmine, you can step on. it's stepping off that is the killer.
the ied just needs a literal foot pound and it detonates.
big difference.
2020-01-09 at 5:25 AM UTC
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coward
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Like the Bouncing Betty. Step on it, you're fine. Step off it, POP > BOOM.
Bounding - Usually buried with only a small part of the igniter. When activated, the igniter sets off a propelling charge, lifting the mine about a meter into the air. ... protruding from the ground, these mines are pressure or tripwire activated.
