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CCIP
05-24-08, 07:17 PM
Video of a military warehouse fire cooking off a bunch of AAMs...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7418860.stm

Unofficial sources say that at least 400 air-to-air rockets were damaged at a cost of about $82m (£41m).

:o

Looks like a pretty big (and extremely dangerous) snafu to me!
Blacklight
05-24-08, 07:44 PM
:o

They actually let people get that close !?! I would have evacuated that place for miles around !!! If that happened in the States, you could be SURE that people would be shuffled off ASAP including the idiot standing there with the cam corder !!!

I wonder if anyone's house got hit.
Oberon
05-25-08, 05:02 AM
Across the border, Ukrainian UAV drivers are breathing a little easier now :lol:
XabbaRus
05-25-08, 05:23 AM
It was an early celebration of the Eurovision win.
CCIP
05-25-08, 11:59 AM
Across the border, Ukrainian UAV drivers are breathing a little easier now :lol:

:rotfl:

Good one!

400 does sound like quite a number though. I'd imagine it could be a real dent in the overall stockpile, especially if these were the newer types of missiles.
Jimbuna
05-25-08, 12:02 PM
Across the border, Ukrainian UAV drivers are breathing a little easier now :lol:

hehe :lol:
bookworm_020
05-25-08, 08:51 PM
Across the border, Ukrainian UAV drivers are breathing a little easier now :lol:
hehe :lol:

Maybe the UAV's decided to return the missle to the owner????:hmm:
Happy Times
05-26-08, 06:57 AM
Across the border, Ukrainian UAV drivers are breathing a little easier now :lol:

Lodeynoye Pole(Lotinanpelto in Finnish), is actually one of the main bases facing Finnish border, 177 IAP/177th Interceptor Aviation Regiment.
Funny how they put all the eggs in one basket:p
Jacky Fisher
05-26-08, 05:46 PM
Oops:lol:
STEED
05-26-08, 05:53 PM
It was an early celebration of the Eurovision win.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
rifleman13
05-26-08, 09:43 PM
As the man said,
[[quote]]It's like a May Day parade...[[quote]]
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
HunterICX
05-27-08, 02:55 AM
Thats some pricey Fireworks :o , I really wouldnt want to be near a place like that.

HunterICX
Stealth Hunter
05-27-08, 05:34 AM
Thats some pricey Fireworks :o , I really wouldnt want to be near a place like that.

HunterICX

You'd probably be better off away from it.:up: Just a thought.:up:
Zachstar
05-28-08, 04:52 PM
400 is a huge loss along with the many millions.
FIREWALL
05-28-08, 05:11 PM
In reading the article after the vid.

The first thing one offical doe's is LIE about it.

Once they find out it was caught on film theeeennn, they tell the truth.:roll:

And they wonder why nobody believes a word they say.
CCIP
05-28-08, 07:15 PM
In reading the article after the vid.

The first thing one offical doe's is LIE about it.

Once they find out it was caught on film theeeennn, they tell the truth.:roll:

And they wonder why nobody believes a word they say.

I don't see how that's a uniquely Russian problem though :hmm:
PeriscopeDepth
05-28-08, 08:16 PM
400 is a huge loss along with the many millions.
Depending on what model the AAMs were, I suppose. Doesn't really matter if they were junk.

PD