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sol_o_o_l

Boeing Whistleblower Found Dead In A Truck From "Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound"

#Boeing #Whistleblower #Found #Dead In A #Truck From " #Self-Inflicted #Gunshot #Wound "

"The latest twist in what can only be described as an onslaught of horrific news surrounding Boeing - or perhaps the sequel to the Hudsucker Proxy where a mysterious cabal is trying to spark a stock panic so they can buy the company for pennies on the dollar - came this afternoon when we learned that a key whistleblower employee, a former quality control manager who raised concerns about the firm's production standards, **was found dead after an apparent suicide."
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Congratulations, Russian Army: You’ve Invented A Self-Exploding Truck.

It’s a very bad idea to stick explosive reactive armor on a thinly-protected vehicle.

It’s clear some Russian troops don’t know how their armor works.

Photos that recently circulated online depict Russian Gaz-66 trucks wearing blocks of explosive reactive armor.

The armor won’t protect the trucks. Indeed, it almost certainly will contribute to the trucks’ destruction, if and when Ukrainian forces score hits on them.

That’s because explosive reactive armor—ERA—works by, well, exploding. When an incoming round strikes an ERA block, it triggers the layers of explosives inside the block. They explode outward, partially deflecting the incoming blast.

While reactive armor doesn’t work against all types of projectiles, it can roughly double a vehicle’s protection against certain projectiles. High-explosive shells, for example. Which is why the Russian and Ukrainian militaries both add reactive armor to many of their vehicles.

But note what kinds of vehicles the Russians and Ukrainians usually don’t add ERA to. Jeeps, trucks, mobile howitzers and air-defense vehicles, to name a few.

There’s a good reason for this. All of these vehicles have thin metal hulls. And that makes ERA impractical, or even counterproductive.

“A fair degree of base armor is needed to survive the explosions inherent in explosive reactive armor,” the U.S. Congressional Budget Office explained in a 2012 report. “Thus, reactive armor cannot be added to all vehicles—a limitation that includes, for example, trucks.”

Stick ERA on a truck, and that armor might actually destroy the truck when it goes off, as surely as an incoming enemy round would do.

It’s apparent the Russian crews of those Gaz trucks appreciate the basic risk. They added thin metal plates underneath the ERA, seemingly hoping the plates will protect the trucks from their own explosive protection.

But these plates might not be thick enough, or of the right metallurgical quality, to do the job. “These trucks lack inherent armor, making the installation of explosive reactive armor on them dangerous and ineffective,” the independent Conflict Intelligence Team noted. “Although small plates of thin armor can be seen under the ERA blocks in the photos, this does not change our conclusion.”

The Ukrainians barely need to hit these trucks in order to trigger their reactive armor. At which point they’re likely to do the Ukrainians a favor ... and blow themselves up.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/12/05/congratulations-russian-army-youve-invented-a-self-exploding-truck/
#russia #selfexploding #truck #DavidAxe #forbes

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faab64@diasp.org
Farhad A

Horrifying scenes as 18 migrants are found dead after suffocating to death inside secret compartment in abandoned lorry in #Bulgaria

#Police in Bulgaria made a horrifying discovery when they found an #abandoned #truck containing the bodies of 18 dead #migrants who appear to have suffocated to death inside a secret compartment.

The country's Interior Ministry said the truck appeared to have been carrying around 40 migrants, with the survivors taken to nearby hospitals for emergency treatment.

Bulgarian Health Minister Assen Medzhidiev said most of the survivors were in a serious condition.

#Politics #Europe #HumanTrafficking

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11764397/Horrifying-scenes-18-migrants-dead-suffocating-death-inside-lorry-Bulgaria.html

Horrifying scenes as 18 migrants found dead inside lorry in Bulgaria 

The abandoned truck in Bulgaria was reported to have been carrying around 40 migrants, with 18 found dead while the survivors taken to nearby hospitals for emergency treatment.

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faab64@diasp.org
Farhad A

At least 18 people have been found dead in #Bulgaria in an abandoned truck near the capital #Sofia, officials said.

The #truck was transporting timber and carrying #refugees and #migrants hidden in a compartment, the country’s interior ministry said in a statement on Friday.

Health minister Asen Medzhidiev said 34 survivors, including five children, were rushed to hospitals in Sofia and some were in critical, but stable condition.

“There has been a lack of oxygen to those who were locked in this truck. They were #freezing, wet, they have not eaten for several days,” Medzhidiev told reporters.

#Europe #HumanTrafficking #politics

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/at-least-18-people-found-dead-in-abandoned-truck-in-bulgaria/ar-AA17CFIR

At least 18 people found dead in abandoned truck in Bulgaria

Health minister says 34 survivors, including 5 children, were rushed to hospitals and some were in critical condition.