karan.1970
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Stupidity is when you make threats and don't follow through with them.
I have shrapnel and a shard from whats left of a clutch plate (as a reminder) from a blown up double cabin when we hit an improvised 155mm arty in Alizai back in spring 06.
And let me tell you - an MRAP won't do diddly squat with the right mixture of ingredients and the nature of the charge so get over your delusions and quit talking like you guys are experts. Weve faced times when there was weakness of our logistics and they will target vulnerable chokepoints (like bridges). Well guess what? You can search and sweep but can't always expect to go around and assume coast is always clear. In this case that particular area was safe enough to go by land but evidently there will be very unpleasant and tragic surprises looming - un foreseeable
Guts will get you so far then they can get you killed. Caution will get you farther but you can get just as killed too. Or did you think they say "peak a boo" from 25 meters away.
I can name 7-8 different methods these guys use from crude to more advanced. From crude shells to pressure plate devices that are buried under gravel on unpaved roads.
There's enough basic material for you tough talkers to read about without getting cocky and brave behind your computer screens. Or ask Rescue Ranger.
Or your CPRF guys in naxal infested areas who've encountered many an IED on their own.
Sometimes I feel like I'm talking to infants when I waste my time typing the obvious.
That's your real issue. You guys just go off on a tangent without realizing what you are responding to.
Any army that allows a Major General to be blown up in a random IED blast (am assuming it was not an assassination) has not been up to mark on planning. With all the bravado and slanted comments about Naxals and CRPF, what does not change is the fact that PA in this case, over estimated its hold on the area this General was driving thru and paid the price. You can spin it any way you want