Condom bombs?
Chief Tango sends us a link from Popular Science which links to Russia Insider, which, in turn, links to a UK Sunday Express article for a weird story about anti-Assad rebels in Syria defending against aircraft by releasing explosive devices into the airspace over their positions, explosives inside condoms with some lighter-than-air gas.
I’m not sure how much I believe this story, but then I’ve been known to underestimate the stupidity of people in that region in the past. Russia Insider seems to think that this will wipe out the Russian Air Force over Syria.
A week from now, when all of Russia’s warplanes in Syria are blown out of the sky, Putin will scratch his head and think to himself: Why didn’t I consider the threat of explosive, floating condoms?
What goes up, must come down.
Category: Terror War
They must be pulling out all the stops. If they aren’t careful they’ll blow their loads and not have anything left for the goats.
What I want to know is whether that lighter-than-air gas is methane, and if so how they produced it.
On second thought, that’s just what I do not want to know.
Keep your eyes peeled for the Myth Buster’s next program where they show Syrian troops lined up behind a herd of cattle, already having fed them tons of beans and popcorn, catching their farts in the condoms. In goes the explosives, followed by the methane. What amazes me is how they can time all the cattle to fart only moments before Russian aircraft invade their air space. Unless cows are fairly regular like most of us and the Russians are too dumb to realize the methane “clouds” are pretty much on schedule every day.
That’s why I stopped using them myself. Every time the same thing, they blew off then blew up. But then again I didn’t buy Trojans. I bought the knockoff Blojans.
Why wouldn’t Putin think of that? I’m guessing because it’s Mythbusters fodder that will never work.
Hey Bernasty be on the lookout for condoms and corn. Kind off sounds like a night on the town for the DRG.
The DRC are willing to accept used condoms as well. I heard they’ve been scouring alley ways and parking lots behind the Motel 6 for them.
Rinse ’em all out in the kitchen sink and then blow ’em up.
Just beware of a messed-up Jaguar with a bad tranny. That’s your giveaway right there. 🙂
Would that bad tranny be Bruce or Rupaul?
Good question……
Which bad tranny wears purple cammo?
Checking the calendar – no, it’s not 1 April.
WTF? methane is heavier than air, so where would they be getting either hydrogen or helium? I call bullshit on this, it sounds like something the Dutch Rudder Gang would come up with in one of their releases of vapid verbal diarrhea.
If they blow up the condoms and attach the explosives by dental floss to the condoms, it might work, but it depends out how big the condoms get before failing.
The alternative is using trained frogs carried by pigeons.
Is that any crazier than dropping Bats carrying thermite bombs over japan? We almost tried it in WWII. The project was cancelled before it killed too many bats.
Did you forget the U.S. base burned to cinders during testing? It would have worked, but the war ended.
It’s the only way ISIS can get it up.
What goes up must come down. I kind’a doubt Johnny Jihad gave much thought to the folks who live down wind from the condom-bomb launch site.
Someone must have looked over my old DARPA submissions. But they forgot to hook them together with piano wire, that way they’ll really f with the intake. Cheap, easy to make, transport, sent it in back in 86. Friggin hilarious.
Well those “Balloons” don’t have to have explosives. They only have to have a small metal object in them. A half inch heavy hex head nut would do a bit of damage to a jet engine in flight. If the “balloons” were clear it might make it hard for the pilot to see. Still the physical labor needed to make each one and the resulting effectiveness of a random balloon or two in the sky…. Is it really worth the effort?