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Offline rangerrebew

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The Army’s Secret Rope of Explosives That Clears a Path for War

It looks like a simple rope, but it’s actually packed with hundreds of pounds of C4 and launched by rocket to carve safe lanes through minefields. Meet MICLIC and its mini cousin MINILIC — the hidden, high-risk tools combat engineers use to blast paths for troops, even when failure means running toward live explosives.

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There is absolutely nothing secret about this mine clearing vehicle - its been use in Ukraine among other places.
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There is absolutely nothing secret about this mine clearing vehicle - its been use in Ukraine among other places.
These were used in the Gulf War. Not new.
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