the most dramatic and surprising use of
concrete in recent years has been its
deployment as a precision weapon in
modern warfare they actually use
concrete to make bombs concrete bombs
contain just solid concrete and a
guidance system but no explosives
meaning there should be much less
collateral damage
I fear an experiments coming on bring on
the heavy machinery
[Music]
concrete bombs were first used in combat
during the 1990s and they’re still in
use today
unlike many explosive bombs which
disperse a lethal shrapnel over a wide
area
concrete bombs containing no shrapnel at
all
we’ve decided to see just how much
damage an explosive bomb can cause to
the area surrounding its target and then
compare that to the collateral damage
resulting from a concrete bomb now the
way we’ve decided to do that is to line
up three cars using the center vehicle
as the target for our bombs the center
car will be rigged with explosives to
simulate the sort of damage that a
real-life explosive bomb causes when it
hits its target
when this empty munitions case drops on
the car from 40 metres it’ll trigger an
explosion similar to a medium-sized bomb
by looking at the damage caused to the
cars parked either side of the main
target we can see how much truth there
is in the theory that concrete bombs
caused less collateral damage
first up the explosive bomb come on all
right yeah yeah can you take it up
[Music]
right to the top okay wait
you ready yeah get out for three all
right three two one go check out the
counter girl anything but a swear word
that win why
goodness me that is that’s total – the
other two had done oh look she the
windscreen I thought that was covered
towards a session I hit I hit the deck I
hopefully look at the state of it has
never seen devastation like in that is
annihilated it’s chewed up and look at
this you can really see where the blasts
try to escape the enclosed spaces try to
blow the roof off look folded right up
if these has been buildings either side
of that target they’ll be destroyed yeah
they’d be gone wow that’s pretty scary
that’s one half of the experiment done I
tell you what it’s now it’s time to see
if the concrete does as much damage the
concrete bombs dropped from aircraft in
warfare ranging way from just over two
hundred kilograms to nearly a ton now
our concrete bomb was 650 kilograms
which is roughly equivalent to a
medium-sized real-life weapon now this
red car is gonna be the central target
Johnny’s gone to get another car to the
side that’s his car
Johnny Johnny that’s your car it
certainly is mate what are you doing
well I’m so confident that this is gonna
work that I’m willing to put my own
luxury executive saloon on the line no
way nice you’re actually no no no no I’m
I’m confident on a secret all right then
bombs away yeah let’s get it up
right are you ready oh I can’t wait I am
ready I’m ready are you ready let’s go
take it up please will Johnny’s car
survived on scratched or on this
occasion will the concrete bomb actually
cause some collateral damage if it does
then it looks like the boys might be
walking home tonight that’s six hundred
fifty kilograms on there yeah waiting
for this all day come on on three two
one roll it’s got it like a bold little
girl believable oh my word that is a
stunning success I am seriously pleased
we weren’t sat in there yeah yeah I’m
with you on that one
I just can’t get over the fact that
there isn’t a scratch look nothing it’s
unbeliev of the cars on either side if
you compare it to the explosive bomb
which absolutely annihilate or
everything didn’t it it’s um it’s a lot
more effective isn’t it I’ll tell you
what don’t give me a lift oh yeah I’ll
give you this time I’d see what I never
knew quite how amazing concrete was
until this day I tell it it’s awesome
stuff
you
[Music]
concrete in recent years has been its
deployment as a precision weapon in
modern warfare they actually use
concrete to make bombs concrete bombs
contain just solid concrete and a
guidance system but no explosives
meaning there should be much less
collateral damage
I fear an experiments coming on bring on
the heavy machinery
[Music]
concrete bombs were first used in combat
during the 1990s and they’re still in
use today
unlike many explosive bombs which
disperse a lethal shrapnel over a wide
area
concrete bombs containing no shrapnel at
all
we’ve decided to see just how much
damage an explosive bomb can cause to
the area surrounding its target and then
compare that to the collateral damage
resulting from a concrete bomb now the
way we’ve decided to do that is to line
up three cars using the center vehicle
as the target for our bombs the center
car will be rigged with explosives to
simulate the sort of damage that a
real-life explosive bomb causes when it
hits its target
when this empty munitions case drops on
the car from 40 metres it’ll trigger an
explosion similar to a medium-sized bomb
by looking at the damage caused to the
cars parked either side of the main
target we can see how much truth there
is in the theory that concrete bombs
caused less collateral damage
first up the explosive bomb come on all
right yeah yeah can you take it up
[Music]
right to the top okay wait
you ready yeah get out for three all
right three two one go check out the
counter girl anything but a swear word
that win why
goodness me that is that’s total – the
other two had done oh look she the
windscreen I thought that was covered
towards a session I hit I hit the deck I
hopefully look at the state of it has
never seen devastation like in that is
annihilated it’s chewed up and look at
this you can really see where the blasts
try to escape the enclosed spaces try to
blow the roof off look folded right up
if these has been buildings either side
of that target they’ll be destroyed yeah
they’d be gone wow that’s pretty scary
that’s one half of the experiment done I
tell you what it’s now it’s time to see
if the concrete does as much damage the
concrete bombs dropped from aircraft in
warfare ranging way from just over two
hundred kilograms to nearly a ton now
our concrete bomb was 650 kilograms
which is roughly equivalent to a
medium-sized real-life weapon now this
red car is gonna be the central target
Johnny’s gone to get another car to the
side that’s his car
Johnny Johnny that’s your car it
certainly is mate what are you doing
well I’m so confident that this is gonna
work that I’m willing to put my own
luxury executive saloon on the line no
way nice you’re actually no no no no I’m
I’m confident on a secret all right then
bombs away yeah let’s get it up
right are you ready oh I can’t wait I am
ready I’m ready are you ready let’s go
take it up please will Johnny’s car
survived on scratched or on this
occasion will the concrete bomb actually
cause some collateral damage if it does
then it looks like the boys might be
walking home tonight that’s six hundred
fifty kilograms on there yeah waiting
for this all day come on on three two
one roll it’s got it like a bold little
girl believable oh my word that is a
stunning success I am seriously pleased
we weren’t sat in there yeah yeah I’m
with you on that one
I just can’t get over the fact that
there isn’t a scratch look nothing it’s
unbeliev of the cars on either side if
you compare it to the explosive bomb
which absolutely annihilate or
everything didn’t it it’s um it’s a lot
more effective isn’t it I’ll tell you
what don’t give me a lift oh yeah I’ll
give you this time I’d see what I never
knew quite how amazing concrete was
until this day I tell it it’s awesome
stuff
you
[Music]
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