Thursday, February 9, 2012

Why would the military try and disarm a live bomb?

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Two U.S. soldiers and three Afghans were killed while the soldiers were trying to disable a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, a local journalist at the scene told CNN.Why would the military try and disarm a live bomb?
Probably trying to minimize collateral damage...

Better our Troops get killed then them...



Ain't a War run by Politician's great ?



Probably ordered to do so by some

dumb *** Officer 100's of Miles away

in a Fortified bunker...
I realy dont know why i bothered answering

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Why would the military try and disarm a live bomb?
and he\ has not Done That he never mentioned he was Bomb disposal I was

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Why would the military try and disarm a live bomb?
It all depends on what kind of bomb it is and where it is. If the bomb was placed next to a village or something that they did not want to get destroyed they may have tried to dis arm it rather than blow it up. The other possibility is that they may have under estimated what kind of bomb it was and not put enough distance between them and the bomb. Or they may have been setting the charges near the bomb to blow it up, and they could have bumped the bomb and blown it up setting the charges. There are so many possibilities of how or why they got killed, it is imposable to know with out being there.

Also they may have been killed by a different bomb all together. One tactic that terrorists are using is that they set up 2 or 3 bombs, and then when the US finds one and backs up away from the bomb there is anther one sitting next to where they normally back up to....and boom... they get blind sided by a second bomb.
there are several reasons for disarming a live bomb



If that amount of people died they were doing it wrong



firstly only person should have been within 500 mtr /yard radius in a bomb suite and he should decide what to do with it



If it is in a war zone and on the side of the Road i would Blow it

by setting a small charge near it or use a pull rope



again Only one person in a bomb suite



Dificult to know why 5 people died



I doubt they were EOD IED trained it they were then i would be looking at retraining whoever trained them
They attempt to disarm the IED (Improvised Explosive Device) in order to exploit the materials used in it's manufacturing. Depending on type of ordinance used, a CONDET (controlled detonation) will be used in order to dispose of the IED. However, much of the time, it's more effective to disarm the IED and collect it for evidence. Exploiting the materials int he IED has led to the capture of many known IED device planters.
Since your moniker relates to me that YOU just started BREATHING with the inauguration, I guess we have to explain it to you.



Bombs are usually set in Traffic or URBAN areas or close to where people (civilian %26amp; military) travel, work, sleep, go to school and/or otherwise EXIST.



So unless you want to destroy many dwellings, schools and other IMPORTANT and irreplaceable structures and assets NOT TO MENTION LIVES, you have to either fully disassemble or disarm for transport/ destruction said Improvised munitions.



And Smiley, people DIE saving other people EVERY day on this planet. Sometimes its Americans.



I am glad that you don't run this world, kiddo!
Are you serious?

I know !

Lets just leave it live and wait for someone to find it and destroy it,(and them self and maybe others).

That sound good to you?

Funny thing about bombs. They don't have buttons that press here to set me off. Let alone at a thousand feet away.

The people building inconsiderately make them hard to find and set off, doing things like burying them.
Defusing a live bomb is done by experts, to avoid huge innocent human life loses, if it explodes.
They often use robots to disarm bombs and carry out controlled explosion.



Perhaps there were circumstances that dictated that they needed to get up close.
because some are to unsafe to move and where you can't detonate them safely.
Great idea, never the less, sometimes the EOD doesn't have that option.
so they can reduce damage to the convoy
stupid IED, I hate those, they are the number one cause of death in the war
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