bigorangemachine t1_j7p7qma wrote
Reply to comment by parklawnz in An F-16 fighter jet doing a high-speed low pass over a car as a "show of force" by qzs1
IIRC this was the Iraq war like 2007?
The US was using sonic booms as shows of force for a while. It stopped because residence were complaining.
In this case (again IIRC) this was a suspected suicide bomber (VBED) who was hesitant to approach a checkpoint.
usefulbuns t1_j7snwma wrote
Could you fucking imagine if that actually was a VBIED that had a huge payload (many did in Iraq) and decided to blow up as the jet passed over and then crashed the jet? That would have been absolutely fucking insane.
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