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bigorangemachine t1_j7p7qma wrote

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.

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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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